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Events from the year 1741 in Russia were dominated by a dramatic change in leadership, as Elizabeth Petrovna deposed the infant Emperor Ivan VI and his regent, Anna Leopoldovna, in a bloodless palace coup, and by the outbreak of the Russo-Swedish War (1741–1743).[1][2]
Incumbents
[edit]- Monarch – Ivan VI (until 6 December 1741)[3]
- Regent – Grand Duchess Anna Leopoldovna (until 6 December 1741)[4]
- Monarch – Elizabeth Petrovna (from 6 December 1741)[5]
Events
[edit]- Late July – France-backed Sweden declares war on Russia, initiating the Russo-Swedish War (1741–1743), aiming to recover territories lost in the Great Northern War.[6]
- 8 August – Sweden formally declares war on Russia following the murder of Swedish diplomatic courier Malcolm Sinclair.[6]
- 23 August – At the Battle of Villmanstrand, Russian forces under Field Marshal Peter von Lacy defeat the Swedish army at present-day Lappeenranta, Finland.[7]
- 6 December (N.S.) / 25 November (O.S.) – Elizabeth Petrovna stages a bloodless coup with the Preobrazhensky Regiment, deposes Ivan VI and Anna Leopoldovna, and is proclaimed Empress of Russia.[5]
- 12 December – The deposed regent Anna Leopoldovna, her husband Anthony Ulrich, and their children are imprisoned, initially at Riga and later at Dünamünde fortress.[8]
Births
[edit]- Pyotr Melissino (c. 1726–1797), Greek-born Russian General of the Artillery.[9]
- Catherine Antonovna of Brunswick (15 July 1741–1807), daughter of Anthony Ulrich and Anna Leopoldovna.[10]
Deaths
[edit]- 8 December – Vitus Bering, Danish-born explorer; died on Bering Island after his ship was wrecked. Modern research suggests he died of heart failure rather than scurvy.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ "Elizabeth". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 2025-06-13.
- ^ "Russo-Swedish Wars". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 2025-06-13.
- ^ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bain, Robert Nisbet (1911). "Ivan s.v. Ivan VI.". In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 91.
- ^ Baynes, T. S., ed. (1878), , Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 2 (9th ed.), New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, p. 59
- ^ a b Rice, Tamara Talbot (1970). Elizabeth, Empress of Russia. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 978-0-297-00109-6.
- ^ a b Tengberg, Niklas August (1857). Bidrag till historien om Sveriges krig med Ryssland, åren 1741–1743 (in Swedish). Tryckt uti Berlingska boktryckeriet. pp. 124–125.
- ^ Malmström, Carl Gustaf (1863). Sveriges politiska historia från konung Karl XII :s död still statshvälfningen 1772, af Carl Gustaf Malmström. Andra upplagan, delvis omarbetad (in Swedish). Stockholm: H.A. Norstedt. OCLC 457964593.
- ^ "Ivan VI". Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2025-06-13.
- ^ Mandich, Donald R.; Placek, Joseph Anthony (1992). Russian heraldry and nobility. Dramco. p. 311. ISBN 978-0-9633063-9-5.
- ^ Anisimov, Evgenij Viktorovič (2004). Five Empresses. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 0-275-98464-8.
- ^ "Vitus Bering". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 2025-06-13.
