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Recipients of the Order of St. Anna, 1st class
- Johann Wolfgang von GoetheJohann Wolfgang von Goethe was born on the 28th of August 1749 in a large house on Großer Hirschgraben in Frankfurt. His father, Johann Caspar Goethe, had…
- Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of WellingtonArthur Wellesley entered the world on the 1st of May 1769 within a townhouse at 6 Merrion Street in Dublin. The exact date and location remain disputed by…
- Napoleon IIICharles-Louis Napoleon Bonaparte was born in Paris on the night of 19 to the 20th of April 1808. His father Louis ruled Holland from 1806 until 1810.
- Fabian Gottlieb von BellingshausenFabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen entered the world on the 20th of July 1778 on the island of Saaremaa. This Baltic region belonged to the Russian Empire at…
- Maximilian I of MexicoOn the 6th of July 1832, Maximilian was born inside the Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna. He entered a world of rigid hierarchy where his father, Archduke Franz…
- Alexander III of RussiaGrand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich entered the world on the 10th of March 1845 inside the Winter Palace of Saint Petersburg.
- Alexander I of RussiaAt 10:45 on the 23rd of December 1777, a baby named Alexander Pavlovich drew his first breath inside the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg.
- Alexander II of RussiaOn the 13th of March 1881, a bomb exploded on the Catherine Canal in Saint Petersburg. The blast shattered the legs of Emperor Alexander II and tore open his…
- Fyodor RostopchinFyodor Vasilyevich Rostopchin was born in the Kosmodemyanskoe village, now part of the Livensky District in Oryol Oblast.
- Gebhard Leberecht von BlücherGebhard Leberecht von Blücher was born on the 16th of December 1742 in Rostock. He entered military service at age sixteen as a hussar in the Swedish Army…
- Michael Andreas Barclay de TollyMichael Andreas Barclay de Tolly entered the world in 1761 within the Polish, Lithuanian Commonwealth. His family belonged to a Baltic German lineage that…
- Nikolay KaramzinNikolay Mikhailovich Karamzin was born in the small village of Mikhailovka near Simbirsk. This location sits within what is now Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia.
- Fyodor TyutchevFyodor Ivanovich Tyutchev entered the world in 1803 at the Ovstug family estate near Bryansk. His father Ivan Nikolaevich Tyutchev served as a court…