1741 in Russia

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Carle Vanloo, Portrait de l’impératrice Élisabeth Petrovna (1760)

Events from the year 1741 in Russia

Incumbents[]

  • EmperorIvan VI (until 6 December)
  • Regent – Sovereign and Grand Duchess Anna Leopoldovna (until 6 December)
  • EmpressElizabeth (since 6 December)

Events[]

  • 8 August – Sweden declared war on Russia as the response to the murder of the Swedish diplomatic courier Malcolm Sinclair.
  • 6 December – Elizabeth of Russia becomes empress after a palace coup.

Births[]

  • 15 July - Catherine Antonovna of Brunswick, younger sister of emperor Ivan VI.
  • Ivan Gudovich, military commander

Deaths[]

  • 19 December - Vitus Bering, explorer of the Far East and the Pacific.

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