Dashed left edge = started before April 1879 ·
Dashed right edge = ongoing beyond April 1879
Events in April 1879 1
1879Assassination Attempt on Tsar Alexander IIRevolutionary Alexander Solovyov fires on the Russian emperorAlexander Solovyov, a member of the revolutionary group Land and Liberty, fired several shots at Tsar Alexander II as he walked near the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg. The tsar escaped unharmed and Solovyov was captured and later executed. The attempt was one of several against Alexander II before his eventual assassination in 1881.