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1854 in Russia
Events from the year
1854 in
Russia
Incumbents
Monarch
âÂÂ
Nicholas I
Events
February 27
â Britain sends Russia an ultimatum to withdraw from the Romanian provinces
Moldavia
and
Wallachia
.
March 27
âÂÂ
Crimean War
: The United Kingdom declares war on Russia.
March 28
â France declares war on Russia.
June 21
âÂÂ
Battle of Bomarsund
in
ÃÂ land
.
August 16
âÂÂ
Battle of Bomarsund
: Russian troops in the island of Bomarsund in
ÃÂ land
surrender to FrenchâÂÂBritish troops.
September 20
âÂÂ
Battle of the Alma
:
Menshikov
's forces unsuccessfully defend a
height
above the
Alma River
from an allied infantry advance commanded by
de Saint-Arnaud
, Suleiman Pasha, and
Lord Raglan
.
Births
July 7
–
Nikolai Alexandrovich Morozov
, poet, scientist and revolutionary (d.
1946
)
Deaths
References