Thursday, 2 August 2018

Grigori Rasputin | Timeline

Rasputin, 1915
Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin (21 January 1869 – 30 December 1916) was a Russian mystic and self-proclaimed holy man who befriended the family of Tsar Nicholas II, the last monarch of Russia, and gained considerable influence in late imperial Russia. (Intro from Wikipedia)

January 21, 1869 - Pokrovskoye, Tyumen Oblast - Grigori Rasputin is born
January(?) 1(?), 1884 - Pokrovskoye - The district Head sentences 15-year old Rasputin to two-days in jail for his "rude attitude" towards him
July(?) 1(?), 1886 - Abalak - Rasputin meets a peasant girl named Praskovya Dubrovina
February 1(?), 1887 - Pokrovskoye - Rasputin marries Praskovya Dubrovina. After the wedding, they move in with Grigori's parents
September 29, 1889 - Pokrovskoye - First son, Mikhail, is born
May 1(?), 1894 - Pokrovskoye - Praskovya gives birth to twins - Anna and Georgy
October 25, 1895 - Pokrovskoye - Son Dmitry is born
January(?) 1(?), 1897 - Pokrovskoye - According to a census, Rasputin was still living with his father by 1897
March 26, 1898 - Pokrovskoye - Daughter Matryona (Maria) is born
January(?) 1(?), 1900 - Mt.Athos, Greece - Journey to Mount Athos, the main center of Orthodox Monasticism, in company of Dmitry Pecherkin
November 28, 1900 - Pokrovskoye - Daughter Varvara is born
January(?) 1(?), 1903 - Pokrovskoye - Another daughter, Praskovya, is born but dies three months later
October(?) 1(?), 1903 - Pokrovskoye - Rasputin returns home for good after two years of pilgrimage =(START)
May 1(?), 1904 - Kazan - Rasputin arrives to the tatar city of Kazan in May (maybe later), brought by a wealthy merchant widow by the name of Bashmakova
January(?) 1(?), 1905 - Pokrovskoye - Rasputin begins attracting acolytes, like Nikolai Raspopov, his brother-in-law, Nikolai Rasputin, his cousin, and Ilya Arapov, a Pokrovskoye peasant
October(?) 1(?), 1905 - Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin travels to Saint-Petersburg (between late Autumn and early Spring) with a letter of recommendation from Bishop Khristofor Shchetkovsky, vicar of the Kazan diocese
November 1, 1905 - Peterhof, Saint-Petersburg - Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra meet Grigory Rasputin for the first time and they listen to him for three hours
November 5, 1905 - Saint-Petersburg - Letter to Nicholas II: "Great Emperor, Tsar, Autocrat of all Russia! Greetings to you! May God give you sage advice. When advice comes from God, the soul rejoices, our joy is genuine, but if its stiff and formal, then the soul becomes despondent and our head is confused. All of Russia worries, she has descended into a terrible argument, she trembles in joy and rings her bells calling for God, and God sends us mercy and scares our enemies with awe-inspiring threats. So they, the mad ones, are now left with a broken vessel and a foolish head, as the saying goes: 'the devil has been busy for a long time but finally ended up flying off from under the back porch' - Such is the power of God and His miracles!  Don't disdain our simple words. You, as our master, and we, as your subjects, must do our best, we tremble and pray to God to keep you safe from all Evil, to protect from all wounds, now and in the future, so that your life will forever flow like a life-giving Spring"
Rasputin, Hermogen and Iliodor
Tsaritsyn, 1906
November(?) 10(?), 1905 - Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin departs to Prokovskoye with new followers, including Olga Lokhtina
January(?) 1(?), 1906 - Pokrovskoye - Two women, Yevdokiya (Dunya) Pecherkina and Yekaterina (Katya) Pecherkina, move into the Rasputin home, initially to help Praskovya
April 1, 1906 - Pokrovskoye - Easter Greeting to Nicholas II: "Christ has risen! This is where our joy is - that he has risen and is rejoicing with us"
July 12, 1906 - Pokrovskoye - Rasputin departs to Saint-Petersburg to stay at Lokhin's apartment
July 18, 1906 - Tsarskoe Selo, Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin meets Nicholas II and Alexandra for the second time
July 23, 1906 - (While in Saint-Petersburg) - Vishnevsky, the Tyumen district superintendent of police, sends a report to the district chief of police regarding the local peasant Grigory Rasputin and the various guests from the capital he had been hosting of late
August 4, 1906 - (While in Saint-Petersburg) - The district chief of Police, Nikolai Gondatti, forwards Vishnevsky's report to Anatoly (Alexander Karzhavin), Bishop of Tobolsk
October 13, 1906 - Tsarskoe Selo, Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin arrives to the train station from Siberia and visits the Tsars
November(?) 15(?), 1906 - Zhitomir, NW.Ukraine - Detour to Zhitomir to visit Anna Obukhova on the recommendation of Feofan (speculative date)
December 6, 1906 - Pokrovskoye - Letter to Nicholas II: "Angels praise you and Cherubs at the throne sing praise to God and we are rejoicing for the sound that is yours [...] and the Tsar rules forever, to the enemy's fear and our glory, and our glory is your deeds [...]"
December 15, 1906 - Pokrovskoye - Request to Nicholas II: "Living in Pokrovskoye, I bear the surname of Rasputin while many other residents of that village have the same surname, which may cause some complications. Laying myself at the feet of your Emperial Majesty I beg you to give me and my descendants the right to be called by the surname of Rasputin-Novy. Your Majesty's loyal subject Grigory".
January 11, 1907 - (While in Pokrovskoye) - Rasputin is granted the right to use the name of Rasputin-Novy
May 9, 1907 - Pokrovskoye - Village gathering: Rasputin offers 5,000 rubles given to him by the Tsar to build a church - he asks his fellow villagers to contribute aswell
June 1, 1907 - (While in Pokrovskoye) - Letter from Olga Lokhtina to Bishop Antony Karzhavin of Tobolsk: "Rasputin has taught be to love in the name of Christ"
June 16, 1907 - (While in Pokrovskoye) - Anonymous letter to Rasputin's wife from Tyumen, expressing sympathy for her situation
September 1, 1907 - (While in Pokrovskoye) - Letter from Bishop Antony to the Tobolsk Ecclesiastic Consistory, outlining in detail the suspicious behavior of Rasputin
September 6, 1907 - Pokrovskoye - In response to Bishop Antony's letter, father Nikolin Glukhovtsev arrives in Pokrovskoye to take depositions from the locals concerning Rasputin
November 10(?), 1907 - Saint-Petersburg - Back in Saint-Petersburg
November 12(?), 1907 - Tsarskoe Selo, Saint-Petersburg - Prince Alexei, aged 3, hurts his leg in the Palace gardens. Doctors say there's nothing to be done. Alexandra asks Rasputin to come immediatly. He came and prayed over the child. On the next day, Alexei was not only alive, but fully recovered
November 15, 1907 - Tsarskoe Selo, Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin visits the tsars without invitation. However, they are delighted to see him
December(?) 20(?), 1907 - Kazan - Visiting Kazan
January 1, 1908 - Pokrovskoye - Glukhovtsev writes a preliminary summary about Rasputin
January 2, 1908 - Pokrovskoye - Glukhovtsev, Father Pyotr Ostroumov, the village constable, the village elder and three peasant witnesses arrive to interview Rasputin and his family. Rasputin is frightened thinking he might be sent to jail
January 10, 1908 - Pokrovskoye - Glukhovtsev sends his report to the Tobolsk Consistory
March 8, 1908 - Pokrovskoye - Letter to the Tsars (about a shirt that Alexandra had sewn for him) - caused disbelief and envy at the village
March 12, 1908 - Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin and Feofan visit the Tsars at Anna Vyrubova's house
May 10, 1908 - Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin visits the Tsars at Anna Vyrubova's house
May 23, 1908 - Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin visits the Tsars at Anna Vyrubova's house
July 1, 1908 - Pokrovskoye - Letter to Anna Vyrubova, who was experiencing problems in her marriage
August 4, 1908 - Tsarskoe Selo, Saint-Petersburg - Nicholas II returns to the Palace and finds Alexandra and Rasputin meeting together. He sees it as a happy coincidence
November 6, 1908 - Saint-Petersburg - The Tsars meet Rasputin at Anna Vyrubova's house
December 1(?), 1908 - Pokrovskoye - Some villagers start turning against Rasputin - How could he afford a fine home and travel by steamer and railroad without working in the fields? And who boasted about his powerful friends. He was changing
December 25, 1908 - Saint-Petersburg - The Tsars meet Rasputin at Anna Vyrubova's house at Christmas. They light the tree and leave by midnight
February 4, 1909 - Tsarskoe Selo, Saint-Petersburg - Visit to the Tsars with Feofan
May 19, 1909 - Pokrovskoye - Olga Lokhtina sends a telegram to Saint-Petersburg describing how a group of women were celebrating Trinity Sunday with Rasputin
July 25, 1909 - Saint-Petersburg - Princess Olga's diary: "We are all wonderfully happy to see him again"
November 1(?), 1909 - Pokrovskoye - Departs to Saratov to meet Germogen. Both travel to Tsaritsyn to visit Iliodor
November 5(?), 1909 - Tsaritsyn (Volgograd) - Germogen and Rasputin arrive at Tsaritsyn
November 30(?), 1909 - Tsaritsyn - Rasputin and Iliodor depart to Pokrovskoye
December 7, 1909 - Pokrovskoye - Rasputin (alegedly) shows Iliodor some letters from the Empress and the Great Duchesses
December 15, 1909 - Pokrovskoye - Rasputin and Iliodor depart from Pokrovskoye
December 25, 1909 - Tsaritsyn ( Volgograd) - Christmas at Tsaritsyn
December 30, 1909 - Tsaritsyn - Rasputin departs to Saint-Petersburg
January 6, 1910 - Tsarskoe Selo, Saint-Petersburg - Visit to the Tsars
February 14, 1910 - Tsarskoe Selo, Saint-Petersburg - Visit to the Tsars before returning to Siberia
March 2, 1910 - (While in Pokrovskoye) - The "Moscow Gazette" publishes a lenghty article under the title "The spiritual touring-actor Grigory Rasputin"
March 7, 1910 - Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin returns to Saint-Petersburg
March 30, 1910 - (While in Saint-Petersburg) - Follow-up article "One more thing about Grigory Rasputin"
April 7, 1910 - (While in Saint-Petersburg) - Leopold Graf Berchthold, austrian ambassador, writes to Vienna with news of the growing scandal
April 30, 1910 - (While in Saint-Petersburg) - Another article about Rasputin is published by the "Moscow Gazette"
May 20, 1910 - (While in Saint-Petersburg) - The liberal newspaper "Speach" runs 10 articles about Rasputin (until 26-6)
May 30, 1910 - (While in Saint-Petersburg) - The Yekaterinoslav newspaper "Southern Dawn" runs a lenghty article about Rasputin (until 4-6)
May(?) 31(?), 1910 - Saratov - Rasputin leaves Saint-Petersburg to meet Germogen and Iliodor in Saratov
June 13, 1910 - (While in Saratov)(?) - The "Tsaritsyn Thought" runs a story under the title "The end of Rasputin"
July 24, 1910 - Pokrovskoye - Telegram from Alexandra (Sana) Vyrubova: "From Petersburg to Rasputin in Pokrovskoye. Am ill. I beg for your help. I want to live. Sana"
August 8, 1910 - Pokrovskoye - Telegram from Nikolai Sablin to Rasputin: "Pray. Lift Mama's (Alexandra) spirit. She's not well. With you in my thoughts. We often recall you, very sad without you. I kiss you. Are you coming?"
August 15(?), 1910 - Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin is tracked by the police after returning to Saint-Petersburg on the third week of August to stay at Georgy Sazonov and his wife's house
August 20, 1910 - Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin meets Felix Yusupov
August 24, 1910 - Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin departs to Moscow
September(?) 1(?), 1910 - Moscow - Arrival in Moscow
November 1, 1910 - Pokrovskoye - Telegram from Alexandra (Sana) Vyrubova: "From Petersburg to Rasputin in Pokrovskoye. I'm in Pain. Bedridden. Am terribly afraid. Please pray for me. Sana"
Rasputin, his wife and daughter Matryona, 1911
February 12, 1911 - Tsarskoe Selo, Saint-Petersburg - First visit to the Tsars since the Spring 1910. Because of the recent scandals, the tsars tell Rasputin that for his and their benefit, he should undertake a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, departing immediatly
February 13, 1911 - Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin departs to Kiev
February 18, 1911 - Kiev - Rasputin arrives in Kiev
February(?) 25(?), 1911 - Pochaev - Rasputin visits Pochaev Monastery in western Ukraine
March(?) 1(?), 1911 - Odessa - Rasputin embarks in a steamer for Istanbul
March(?) 20(?), 1911 - Istanbul - Rasputin arrives in Istanbul. Visit to "Hagia Sofia" mosque. Later he boards another ship
March(?) 28(?), 1911 - Jaffa, Jaffa, Ottoman Palestine - The ship arrives in Jaffa, having sailed by the Agean Sea, Rhodes and Beirut
April(?) 1(?), 1911 - Jerusalem - Rasputin arrives in Jerusalem and breaks down in tears of emotion
April 10, 1911 - Jerusalem - Celebrates Orthodox Easter in Jerusalem
June 4, 1911 - Tsarskoe Selo, Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin returns from his pilgrimage and visits the Imperial family
June 14, 1911 - Tsaritsyn (Volgograd) - Rasputin travels to Tsaritsyn to see Iliodor. He stays for two weeks
June 18, 1911 - Tsaritsyn (Volgograd) - Sermon before 200 women about his pilgrimage to the Holy Land
June 25, 1911 - Dubovka - Rasputin, Iliodor and Germogen, travel by boat to Dubovka, with 40 women, to visit the sisters at the Holy Voznesenksky Convent
June 28, 1911 - Dubovka - Rasputin meets with Iliodor's followers one by one in the corner of the church to tell them their future and give them advice on their troubles
June 29, 1911 - Dubovka - Rasputin boards the steamer "Emperor Nicholas II". Women sing hymns, throw flowers and kiss his hands. He spends a month in Siberia
August 4, 1911 - Tsarskoe Selo, Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin returns from Siberia and visits the Tsars
August 25(?), 1911 - Kiev - Nicholas II and Alexandra travel to Kiev for the unveiling of a statue to Alexander II in connection with the 50th anniversary of the emancipation of Russia's serfs. Rasputin joins them
October 27, 1911 - Pokrovskoye - Rasputin writes a piece titled "A Walk through my village"
December 16, 1911 - Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin meets Iliodor in Saint-Petersburg. Both go meet Germogen. Later, Rasputin is confronted by Iliodor and Germogen
January 3, 1912 - (While in Saint-Petersburg) - In Moscow, Mikhail Novoselov, a printer, prepares to print 1,200 copies of a booklet titled "Grigory Rasputin and the Mystical Libertinage"
January 16, 1912 - (While in Saint-Petersburg) - In Moscow, the police seizes the booklet copies before they are published
February 4, 1912 - Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin is seen with two prostitutes in the street, named Botvinkina and Kozlova
February 6, 1912 - Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin is seen with a prostitute in the street, named Petrova, and goes with her to the baths
February 11, 1912 - Tsarskoe Selo, Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin visits the Tsars and the children: "It was a great confort to see him and listen to him talk"
February 12, 1912 - Saint-Petersburg - Letter to Prime-Minister Kokovtsov announcing his plan to leave Saint-Petersburg for good and requesting a meeting
February 15, 1912 - Saint-Petersburg - Meeting with Prime-Minister Kokovtsov
February 18, 1912 - Saint-Petersburg - Before departing to Pokrovskoye, Rasputin sends a letter to the Tsars: "My dearest Mama and Papa! How strong the Devil is getting, may he be condemned. And the Duma serves him; there are many revolutionaries and jews there. What do they care? Only to get rid of God's anointed. Guchkov, their master, a crook, spreads slander and disturbances, and makes inquiries. Papa, it's your Duma, do what you want. What kind of inquiries can there be about Grigory? This is a Devil's prank. Command. No inquiry is needed. Grigory"
February 22, 1912 - Pokrovskoye - Rasputin returns to Pokrovskoye
March 11, 1912 - Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin returns to Saint-Petersburg
June 29, 1912 - Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin arrives from Crimea
July 3, 1912 - Pokrovskoye - Returns to Pokrovskoye
July 31, 1912 - Pokrovskoye - Rasputin boards the train to Saint-Petersburg with a priest named Vasilev
August 3, 1912 - Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin arrives in Saint-Petersburg
October 13, 1912 - Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin speaks against the war in "Petersburg Newspaper"
November 15, 1912 - Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin arrives in Saint-Petersburg
November 21, 1912 - Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin picks up two prostitutes in less than an hour. They said he offered them a bottle of beer and payed to look at their naked bodies
November 29, 1912 - Saint-Petersburg - The investigation into Rasputin and his connection to the "Khlysty" is closed after 5 years
January 9, 1913 - Saint-Petersburg - Inspector Shilnikov sees Rasputin picking up 2 prostitutes - Maria Lysoeva and Nadezhda Lashkova
January 18, 1913 - Tsarskoe Selo, Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin returns from Siberia and visits the Tsars
February 21, 1913 - Saint-Petersburg - Visits the small house of Peter the Great in the Summer Gardens together with Nicholas II and Alexei during the festivities
June 3, 1913 - Kostroma - Rasputin joins the Imperial family in Kostroma for more festivities
June 7, 1913 - Moscow - Triumphal entry of the tsars in Moscow - culmination of the festivities
June 13, 1913 - Tsarskoe Selo, Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin meets the tsars after tea and departs to Pokrovskoye
June 17, 1913 - Tsarskoe Selo, Saint-Petersburg - Back in Saint-Petersburg to visit Alexandra, who was ill, and Alexei, who had hurt himself
June 20, 1913 - Saint-Petersburg - The "Smoke of the Fatherland" newspaper prints a lenghty defense of Rasputin
June 30, 1913 - Saint-Petersburg - Birthday greeting to Alexei: "Happy holiday, be strong in spirit and wise in your mind, for the victory over the enemy, everyone and everything loves you from the bottom of their heart, sometimes crying about the health of the amazing and radiant young man Ts. Alexei Nikolaevich"
July 17, 1913 - Tsarskoe Selo, Saint-Petersburg - Visit to the tsars
September 1(?), 1913 - Saint-Petersburg - Departs to Crimea
October 3, 1913 - Yalta, Crimea - Rasputin asks Maria "Munya" Golovina to send a letter to Felix Yusupov
November 1(?), 1913 - Pokrovskoye - Rasputin arrives in Pokrovskoye
December 30, 1913 - Saint-Petersburg - Back in Saint-Petersburg
January 2, 1914 - Tsarskoe Selo, Saint-Petersburg - Nicholas II's diary: "We had the joy of seeing Grigory in the evening. It was quiet and peaceful"
January 18, 1914 - Tsarskoe Selo, Saint-Petersburg - Night visit to Alexandra alone, which gives suspicious minds reason to talk
January 20, 1914 - Tsarskoe Selo, Saint-Petersburg - Tea with the Tsars
February 25, 1914 - Saint-Petersburg - Departs to Pokrovskoye
March 9, 1914 - Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin returns to Saint-Petersburg with his father, Yefim.
March 13, 1914 - Tsarskoe Selo, Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin organizes an audience with Nicholas II for some of the Name-Glorifiers
May 1(?), 1914 - Saint-Petersburg - Returns from Tyumen
May 15, 1914 - Crimea - Visit to the tsars
May 21, 1914 - Crimea - Visit to the tsars before boarding the train back to Saint-Petersburg
June 17, 1914 - Tsarskoe Selo, Saint-Petersburg - Visit to the tsars
June 21, 1914 - Saint-Petersburg - Departs to Pokrovskoye
June 22, 1914 - (While traveling by train to Siberia) - Khionya Guseva, a 33-year old seamstress, arrives in Pokrovskoye using a false name, planning to kill Rasputin
June 25(?), 1914 - (While traveling by train to Siberia) - A journalist arrives from the capital at the district administration in Prokovskoye claiming to an agent of the St.Petersburg governor-general sent to collect official proof of Rasputin's youthful horse thieving. No proof is found
June 28, 1914 - Pokrovskoye - Rasputin arrives in Pokrovskoye aboard the steamer "Sokolovsky"
June 29, 1914 - Pokrovskoye - Rasputin is stabbed outside his house and gravely wounded by a seamstress named Khionya Guseva
June 30, 1914 - Pokrovskoye - A surgeon is brought from Tyumen and Rasputin has to be operated with very poor conditions on the spot
July 2, 1914 - Pokrovskoye - Rasputin is carried to the river and placed on the steamer "Sukhotin". Telegram to Rasputin from Empress Alexandra: "Thoughts and prayers surround you. Our suffering is indescribable, hoping for God's mercy"
July 3, 1914 - Tyumen - Rasputin is taken to hospital in Tyumen
July 6, 1914 - Tyumen - Rasputin is questioned by the police - He thinks Iliodor is behind the attempt against his life
July 12, 1914 - Tyumen - Telegram to Rasputin, probably from Vyrubova: "You are aware that our eternal enemy Austria is preparing to attack little Serbia. That country is almost interely made up of peasants, utterly devoted to Russia. We shall be covered in infamy should we permit this shameless reprisal. If the occasion arises, use your influence to support this just cause. Get well soon"
July 22, 1914 - Tyumen - Rasputin is questioned by the police - He thinks Iliodor is behind the attempt against his life
August 9, 1914 - Tyumen - Rasputin is questioned by the police - He thinks Iliodor is behind the attempt against his life
August 20, 1914 - Saint-Petersburg - Still weak and in considerable pain, Rasputin returns to Saint-Petersburg
August 22, 1914 - Tsarskoe Selo, Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin visits the tsars
August 25, 1914 - Tsarskoe Selo, Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin visits Nicholas II
September 1(?), 1914 - Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin is able to eat solid food since the attack - a bit of bread and a fish cutlet
September 5, 1914 - Tsarskoe Selo, Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin visits Nicholas II
September 14, 1914 - Tsarskoe Selo, Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin visits Nicholas II
October 5, 1914 - Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin spends 30 minutes with a prostitute
October 17, 1914 - Tsarskoe Selo, Saint-Petersburg - Nicholas II's diary: "Only under the influence of Grigory's calming talk did my soul return to its normal balance"
November 4, 1914 - Tsarskoe Selo, Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin meets the tsars before Nicholas II's departure
November 17, 1914 - Saint-Petersburg - Nicholas II departs to the front
December 25, 1914 - Tsarskoe Selo, Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin spends Christmas with the Imperial Family
January 2, 1915 - Saint-Petersburg - Visit to Anna Vyrubova at the hospital - She was badly wounded in a train accident. She survived but never walked again without crutches
January 10, 1915 - Saint-Petersburg - Telegram to Anna Vyrubova at the hospital
January 17, 1915 - Tsarskoe Selo, Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin with his wife and daughter Maria, visit the tsars
January 26, 1915 - Tsarskoe Selo, Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin presents Alexandra with a large stack of petitions for the Tsar
January 27, 1915 - Saint-Petersburg - Nicholas II meets Rasputin at Vyrubova's house
March 11, 1915 - Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin pays a visit to a singer named Tregubova (the police identifies her as a prostitute)
March 25, 1915 - Saint-Petersburg - Departs to Moscow
March 26, 1915 - Moscow - Rasputin arrives in the morning to Nikolaevsky Station, Moscow. Yar incident - A famous episode of debauchery in a Moscow restaurant - It has been proved that never took place, being a last attempt by Deputy Minister Dzhunkovsky to destroy Rasputin, which backfired
March 30, 1915 - Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin returns to Saint-Petersburg
April 1, 1915 - Tsarskoe Selo, Saint-Petersburg - Visit to Nicholas II
April 9, 1915 - Saint-Petersburg - Dinner party at Filippov's house with writers, journalists, heads of cinematographic companies
April 15, 1915 - Saint-Petersburg - At Filippov's house to listen to the french actor Dezarie sing and play the guitar. Rasputin dances
April 27, 1915 - Tsarskoe Selo, Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin visits Nicholas II after he returns from his travels
May 4, 1915 - Tsarskoe Selo, Saint-Petersburg - Nicholas II's diary: "Grigory blessed me before my departure"
May 26, 1915 - Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin is seen arriving at night to his house with Tregubova. They kiss passionately
May 31, 1915 - Tsarskoe Selo, Saint-Petersburg - Visit to the tsars
June 9, 1915 - Tsarskoe Selo, Saint-Petersburg - Visit to the tsars
June 14, 1915 - Saint-Petersburg - Alexandra meets Rasputin at Vyrubova's house
June 15, 1915 - Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin departs to Pokrovskoye
June 21, 1915 - Pokrovskoye - Rasputin arrives in Pokrovskoye, accompanied by two okhrana agents
July 27, 1915 - Pokrovskoye - Rasputin's son Dmitry is called into the Army. Rasputin and son depart on horseback to Tyumen, to take the train to the capital
July 29, 1915 - (while travelling to Saint-Petersburg) - The "Siberian Trade Newspaper" publishes a letter from Rasputin defending himself from accusations of horse thievery in his youth. He gives the newspaper 3 days to proove their story or he would complain to the tsars. It is the start of a new campaign against Rasputin
July 30, 1915 - Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin and Dmitry arrive in Saint-Petersburg and visit the Tsars at Vyrubova's house
August 4, 1915 - Tsarskoe Selo, Saint-Petersburg - After receiving news of the fall of Kaunas, the downcast tsars receives Rasputin
August 9, 1915 - Tyumen - Rasputin, Dmitry and the two okhrana agents arrive at Tyumen
August 10, 1915 - (While on the steamer to Pokrovskoye) - Rasputin gets drunk aboard the steamer "Tovarpar". The story spreads and is exagerated as time passes
September 19, 1915 - Pokrovskoye - Rasputin receives an anonymous letter with a death threat
September 27, 1915 - Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin returns to Saint-Petersburg
September 28, 1915 - Saint-Petersburg - Dinner with the "Troika" - Khvostov, Andronikov and Beletsky
October 8, 1915 - Saint-Petersburg - Meets Alexandra and Vyrubova
November 25, 1915 - Saint-Petersburg - Meeting with Khvostov - He tells Alexandra he is "very content" with the minister
December 5, 1915 - Tsarskoe Selo, Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin is summoned to the Imperial Palace to help Alexei. He makes the sign of the cross on the boy's forehead and tells the tsars that it's not serious and that the Prince will be fine
December 6, 1915 - Tsarskoe Selo, Saint-Petersburg - As at Spala, 3 years before, the Prince awakes in the morning completely recovered
December 8, 1915 - Saint-Petersburg - Dinner with publisher Filippov, Yelena Dzhanumova and others at the restaurant "Donon"
December 15, 1915 - Saint-Petersburg - Several newspapers start accusing Rasputin of being in league with Germany, of being a foreign agent and spy
February 4, 1916 - Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin is warned of the plot to assassinate him
February 11, 1916 - Saint-Petersburg - Telegram from Iliodor: "Send someone immediatly, I'll show all the proofs of the plots of highly placed persons to kill you, telegraph your approval"
April 13, 1916 - Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin returns to Saint-Petersburg
April 23, 1916 - Tsarskoe Selo, Saint-Petersburg - Visit to the tsars
June 15(?), 1916 - Tobolsk - Rasputin travels to Tobolsk to attend the canonization ceremonies for Ioann Maximovich
Caricature about Rasputin's
influence over the Tsars, 1916
July 30(?), 1916 - Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin returns to Saint-Petersburg
August 9, 1916 - Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin and his family depart to Siberia
September 5, 1916 - Tsarskoe Selo, Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin meets Alexandra alone in the Palace
September 21, 1916 - Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin, Praskovya and daughter Maria meet Alexandra at Vyrubova's House. Rasputin gives Alexandra a list of instructions to pass on to Nicholas II
November 23, 1916 - Saint-Petersburg - Visit to the Golovins
November 30, 1916 - Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin is seen at the Makaev wine shop
December 2, 1916 - Saint-Petersburg - The tsars spend the evening with Rasputin at Vyrubova's house
December 7, 1916 - Saint-Petersburg - Visit to Arthur Gyulling and to Alexander Kon
Caricature about Rasputin's
influence over the Tsars, 1916
December 10, 1916 - Saint-Petersburg - Visit to Simanovich
December 12, 1916 - Saint-Petersburg - Alexandra and daughters have dinner with Rasputin at Vyrubova's house. Their last meeting
December 16, 1916 - Saint-Petersburg - Rasputin receives an anonymous death threat by phone, then other death threats by mail. During the day, he prepares to visit Prince Felix Yusupov, who comes to his appartment close to midnight to pick him up
December 17, 1916 - Saint-Petersburg - Once at Yusupov's house basement, Grigori Rasputin is assassinated. The body is dumped to the river =(END)

Bibliography
SMITH, Douglas - Rasputin

Monday, 30 July 2018

Thermopylae (1868) | Timeline

Thermopylae was an extreme composite clipper ship built in 1868 by Walter Hood & Co of Aberdeen, to the design of Bernard Waymouth of London. (Intro from Wikipedia)

September 16, 1867 - Aberdeen, Scotland - The keel of the extreme clipper "Thermopylae" is laid at the shipyard of Walter Hood & Co, Aberdeen, for the White Star Line (George Thompson & Co.), Aberdeen
June 26, 1868 - Aberdeen, Scotland - Outer planking completed
August 19, 1868 - Aberdeen, Scotland - "Thermopylae" is launched. The ship, with her green-painted hull is described as the most beautiful sailing ship ever built =(START)
September 17, 1868 - Aberdeen, Scotland - Finished & equipped. White figure-head represents the young King Leonidas
November 7, 1868 - Gravesend, England - Sails on her maiden voyage to Australia under command of Captain Robert Kemball
November 8, 1868 - The Lizard - Passes the Lizard
November 28, 1868 - Line of the Equator - Crosses the line of the Equator
December 13, 1868 - Meridian of Greenwich - Crosses the meridian of Greenwich
January 7, 1869 - Cape Otway, SW of Melbourne - Sights Cape Otway, Australia
January 9, 1869 - Port Phillip, Melbourne, Australia - "Thermopylae" anchors in Melbourne, after sailing for 63 days, establishing a speed record
February 10, 1869 - Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia - Sails from Newcastle to Shanghai with a cargo of coal
March 2, 1869 - Northern Mariana Islands - Thermopylae sails through the Northern Mariana Islands
March 13, 1869 - Shanghai, China - "Thermopylae" arrives in Shanghai in 31 days
July 3, 1869 - Fuzhou, China - Sails to London with a cargo of tea
July 28, 1869 - Anyer (Banten), West Java, Indonesia - Passes Anyer (Sunda Strait)
August 9, 1869 - Off Mauritius - Passes Mauritius
August 21, 1869 - Cape Agulhas, South Africa - Thermopylae rounds Cape Agulhas
August 29, 1869 - St.Helena Island - Passes St.Helena Island
September 1, 1869 - Ascension Island - Passes Ascension Island
September 6, 1869 - Line of the Equator - Crosses the line of the Equator
September 12, 1869 - Cape Verde Islands - Passes Cape Verde Islands
September 23, 1869 - Azores Islands - Passes the Azores Islands
September 30, 1869 - The Lizard - Thermopylae reaches the coast of England
October 1, 1869 - Dungeness - Thermopylae reaches Dungeness
October 2, 1869 - London - "Thermopylae" passes Gravesend and docks in London after 91 days sailing
November 10, 1869 - London - Thermopylae departs to Australia under command of Captain Robert Kemball
January 25, 1870 - Melbourne, Australia - Arrives in Melbourne
July 29, 1870 - Fuzhou, China - Sails to London
November 12, 1870 - London - "Thermopylae" arrives in London after 105 days sailing
December 23, 1870 - London - "Thermopylae" departs to China
December 26, 1870 - The Downs - "Thermopylae" takes long to get throught the Downs, after loosing an anchor off the Nore
January 13, 1871 - Line of the Equator - "Thermopylae" crosses the line of the Equator in company of "Norman Court"
February 2, 1871 - Meridian of the Cape of Good Hope - Both clipper ships cross the meridian of the Cape of Good Hope, but part follow separate routes from this point
March 2, 1871 - Melbourne, Australia - "Thermopylae" reaches Melbourne
June 22, 1871 - Shanghai, China - Sails to London
July 22, 1871 - Anyer (Banten), West Java, Indonesia - "Thermopylae" passes Sunda Strait
October 6, 1871 - London - "Thermopylae" arrives in London after 106 days sailing
November 11, 1871 - London - Departs to Melbourne under command of Captain Robert Kemball
January 23, 1872 - Melbourne, Australia - Thermopylae arrives in Melbourne
June 18, 1872 - Shanghai, China - Cutty Sark and Thermopylae sail to London together with a cargo of tea
July 19, 1872 - Anyer (Banten), West Java, Indonesia - "Thermopylae" passes Sunda Strait ahead of Cutty Sark
July 26, 1872 - Cocos (Keeling) Islands - Cocos (Keeling) Islands in sight
August 23, 1872 - NW of Cape Town - "Thermopylae" is 490 nautical miles ahead of "Cutty Sark"
October 12, 1872 - London - Thermopylae returns to London, in 115 days, a week before Cutty Sark
November 14, 1872 - London - Thermopylae departs to Melbourne under command of Captain Robert Kemball
November 17, 1872 - Off Dartmouth - Thermopylae drops pilot off Dartmouth
January 27, 1873 - Melbourne, Australia - Thermopylae arrives in Melbourne
July 11, 1873 - Shanghai, China - Thermopylae departs to London two days after "Cutty Sark"
August 8, 1873 - Off Anyer, Banten - Thermopylae passes Anyer
October 20, 1873 - London - "Thermopylae" arrives in London after 101 days sailing
December 2, 1873 - London - Thermopylae departs to Melbourne under command of Captain Robert Kemball
February 17, 1874 - Melbourne, Australia - Thermopylae arrives in Melbourne
July 15, 1874 - Shanghai, China - Sails to England
October 27, 1874 - London - "Thermopylae" arrives in London after 101 days sailing
November 28, 1874 - London - Thermopylae departs to Melbourne under command of Captain Matheson
February 6, 1875 - Melbourne, Australia - Thermopylae arrives in Melbourne
July 8, 1875 - Fuzhou, China - Sails to London
October 31, 1875 - London - "Thermopylae" arrives in London after 115 days sailing
November 29, 1875 - London - Thermopylae departs to Melbourne under command of Captain Matheson
February 9, 1876 - Melbourne, Australia - Thermopylae arrives in Melbourne
July 29, 1876 - Fuzhou, China - Sails to London
November 21, 1876 - Scilly Islands - Thermopylae reaches the Scilly Islands
November 24, 1876 - London - "Thermopylae" arrives in London after 118 days sailing
December 19, 1876 - London - Thermopylae departs to Melbourne under command of Captain Matheson
March 14, 1877 - Melbourne, Australia - Thermopylae arrives in Melbourne
July 8, 1877 - Shanghai, China - Sails to London with a cargo of tea
October 20, 1877 - London - "Thermopylae" arrives in London after 104 days sailing
December 3, 1877 - London - Thermopylae departs to Melbourne under command of Captain Matheson
February 17, 1878 - Melbourne, Australia - "Thermopylae" arrives in Melbourne after 76 days sailing
November 27, 1878 - Shanghai, China - Departs to London
March 17, 1879 - London - "Thermopylae" arrives in London after 110 days sailing
June 2, 1879 - London - Thermopylae departs to Sydney under command of Captain Matheson
September 3, 1879 - Sydney - "Thermopylae" arrives in Sydney after 93 days sailing
November 18, 1879 - Sydney - Thermopylae departs to London
February 7, 1880 - London - "Thermopylae" arrives in London after 81 days sailing
May 21, 1880 - London - Thermopylae departs to Sydney under command of Captain Matheson
August 11, 1880 - Sydney - "Thermopylae" arrives in Sydney after 82 days sailing
October 14, 1880 - Sydney - Thermopylae departs to London
January 12, 1881 - London - "Thermopylae" arrives in London after 88 days sailing
March 10, 1881 - London - Thermopylae departs to Sydney under command of Captain John Henderson
June 6, 1881 - Sydney - Thermopylae arrives in Sydney after 90 days
June 15, 1881 - Sydney - Cutty Sark arrives in Sydney and finds the "Tweed" and the "Thermopylae" there, loading coal
October 30, 1881 - Fuzhou, China - "Thermopylae" departs from Fuzhou with a cargo of tea
February 15, 1882 - London - "Thermopylae" arrives in London after 107 days sailing
March 21, 1882 - The Lizard - Thermopylae departs to Sydney under command of Captain John Henderson
June 2, 1882 - Sydney - Thermopylae arrives in Sydney after 73 days
October 14, 1882 - Sydney - Thermopylae departs to London
December 29, 1882 - London - "Thermopylae" arrives in London after 77 days sailing
January 21, 1883 - London - Thermopylae departs to Sydney under command of Captain John Henderson
May 9, 1883 - Sydney - Thermopylae arrives in Sydney after 109 days
October 31, 1883 - Sydney - Thermopylae departs to London
December 31, 1883 - E. of Natal, Brazil - Thermopylae is passed at sea for the first time by another ship, except "Cutty Sark": a german barque
January 26, 1884 - London - "Thermopylae" arrives in London after 87 days sailing
February 25, 1884 - London - Thermopylae departs to Sydney under command of Captain Nathaniel Allan
May 18, 1884 - Sydney - Thermopylae arrives in Sydney after 82 days
October 6, 1884 - Sydney - Thermopylae departs to London
December 23, 1884 - Prawle Point - Thermopylae reaches the southwest coast of England
January 19, 1885 - London - Thermopylae departs to Melbourne under command of Captain Nathaniel Allan
April 8, 1885 - Melbourne, Australia - Thermopylae arrives in Melbourne after 79 days
October 18, 1885 - Sydney - Thermopylae departs to London
January 6, 1886 - London - "Thermopylae" arrives in London after 80 days sailing
February 16, 1886 - London - Thermopylae departs to Sydney under command of Captain Nathaniel Allan
May 20, 1886 - Sydney - Thermopylae arrives in Sydney after 93 days
October 24, 1886 - Sydney - Thermopylae departs to London
January 19, 1887 - London - "Thermopylae" arrives in London after 87 days sailing
May 11, 1887 - London - Thermopylae departs to Sydney under command of Captain Nathaniel Allan
July 25, 1887 - Sydney - Thermopylae arrives in Sydney after 75 days
October 16, 1887 - Sydney - Thermopylae departs to London
January 3, 1888 - London - "Thermopylae" arrives in London after 79 days sailing
February 16, 1888 - London - Thermopylae departs to Sydney under command of Captain Jenkins
May 7, 1888 - Sydney - Thermopylae arrives in Sydney after 80 days
June 9, 1888 - Sydney - Thermopylae departs to London
September 22, 1888 - The Lizard - Thermopylae reaches the southwest coast of England
October 30, 1888 - London - Thermopylae departs to Sydney under command of Captain Jenkins
December 31, 1888 - N. Of Kerguelen Island, Southern Indian Ocean - Thermopylae makes 358 nautical miles in 24 hours
January 29, 1889 - Sydney - Thermopylae arrives in Sydney after 91 days
March 26, 1889 - Sydney - Thermopylae departs to London
June 29, 1889 - London - "Thermopylae" arrives in London after 95 days sailing
August 10, 1889 - London - Thermopylae departs to Sydney under command of Captain Jenkins
November 1, 1889 - Sydney - Thermopylae arrives in Sydney after 83 days
December(?) 1(?), 1889 - Sydney(?) - Sold to W. Ross & Co., London
January 9, 1890 - Sydney - Thermopylae departs to London
April 8, 1890 - Deal, England - Thermophylae reaches the Downs after 89 days
August(?) 1(?), 1890 - Hong Kong(?) - Sold to Redford, Montreal, for £5000
May 5, 1891 - Hong Kong(?) - Departs to Victoria, Canada, with a cargo of Rice
June 24, 1891 - Off Victoria, British Columbia, Canada - After a 60-day crossing from China, the "Thermopylae" sails up the Juan de Fuca Strait and anchors at Royal Roads off Victoria with a cargo of 1,350 tons of rice
December 30(?), 1891 - Victoria - "Thermopylae" departs to Bangkok under command of Captain Winchester
February(?) 15(?), 1892 - Bangkok, Thailand - Thermopylae loads a cargo of rice at Bangkok
February(?) 20(?), 1892 - South China Sea - "Thermopylae" runs into a storm that lasts 50 days!!!
April(?) 11(?), 1892 - Pacific Ocean - As "Thermopylae" sails out of South China Sea, she runs into a hurricane and waves "as high as mountains"
July(?) 11(?), 1892 - Victoria - The "Thermopylae" and crew return to Victoria in tatters after a long 101 days passage. Captain Winchester says it was the roughest passage of his career. His crew resorted to export rice to eat during the last 10 days
January(?) 1(?), 1893(?) - Victoria - "Thermopylae" is reduced to a barque rig and her sails changed - The Pacific route was challenging for the ship because she carried too much sail for Pacific winds and weather
February 15, 1893 - Victoria - Sails to Hong Kong in ballast
March 10, 1893 - Hong Kong - "Thermopylae" arrives in Hong Kong in 23 days
July 1(?), 1893 - Victoria - Arrives at Victoria
January(?) 1(?), 1895 - Victoria - Arrives at Victoria for the last time
June 29, 1895 - Port Blakely, Bainbridge Island (W. of Seattle) - Departs to Scotland after loading lumber at Port Blakely
December 17, 1895 - Leith, Scotland - Reaches Leith after 141 days sailing
Thermopylae, Aberdeen docks, 1868
January(?) 1(?), 1896 - Leith - Sold to Portugal for use as a naval training ship and renamed "Pedro Nunes"
May 29, 1896 - Tagus River, Lisbon - The "Pedro Nunes" arrives to the River Tagus, Lisbon
August 20, 1896 - Lisbon, Portugal - The "Pedro Nunes" is incorporated as a school-ship in the portuguese royal Navy
October 13, 1907 - Off Cascais - The Portuguese Royal Navy towed her down the Tagus river using two warships, and before Amelia de Orleans, Queen of Portugal, she was torpedoed with full naval honours =(END)

Bibliography
LUBBOCK, Basil - The China Clippers
OCTAVIUS THORNDIKE HOWE, Frederick C. - American Clipper ships, 1833-1858, Vol.1

RICHARDSON, John - The Cutty Sark Story