1807 in Russia
Events from the year '''1807 in Russia'''
Incumbents
Events
- Russo-Persian War (1804–1813)
- War of the Fourth Coalition
- * February 3: Battle of Allenstein
- * February 7–8: Battle of Eylau
- * June 5–6: Battle of Guttstadt-Deppen
- * June 10: Battle of Heilsberg
- * June 14: Battle of Friedland
- * July 7 and 9: Treaties of Tilsit end war
- Russo-Turkish War (1806–1812)
- * May 22: Battle of the Dardanelles
- * June 18: Battle of Arpachai
- * July 1–2: Battle of Athos
- Anglo-Russian War (1807–1812) begins
- * October 26: Russia declares war
- Lovers of the Russian Word
- Kalashnikov Concern
Births
- Vladimir Benediktov, poet and translator
- Ignatius Brianchaninov, Russian Orthodox bishop, theologian, and saint
- Pyotr Grigoryevich Demidov, nobleman and general
- Alexey Galakhov, writer, educator, and literary historian
- Karolina Pavlova, poet and novelist
- Vladimir Pecherin, nihilist, poet, priest
- Nikolay Yakovlevich Rosenberg, chief manager of the Russian-American Company 1850-1853
- Kozma Spassky-Avtonomov, geographer, studied and wrote about Baku
- Nikolai Stepanov, artist, caricaturist, and editor
- Vladimir Titov, writer, statesman, diplomat
- Otto Moritz von Vegesack, Baltic German diplomat
- Semen Zhivago, painter
Deaths
- Pavel Dashkov, engineer
- Pyotr Glebov-Streshnev, general
- Alexander Mikhailovich Golitsyn, diplomat, philanthropist, art collector
- Mikhail Kheraskov, poet and playwright
- Avdotya Mikhaylova, actress and opera singer
- Mikhail Nikitich Muravyov, poet and writer
- Aleksey Okhotnikov, soldier and lover of Empress Elizabeth Alexeievna
- Yakov Povalo-Shveikovsky, General of the Infantry, Privy Councillor
- Ivan Rakhmaninov, publisher, translator of Voltaire
- Nikolai Rezanov, statesman, ambassador to Japan, promoted Russian colonization of Alaska and California
- Franciszek Smuglewicz, Polish/Lithuanian draughtsman, painter
- Marko Voinovich, admiral