09/07/1856 Alexander II is crowned as Russian Emperor, following his father, Nicholas I, to the Romanov throne. (By John Osborne) Source Citation The American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge for the Year 1858 (Boston: Crosby, Nichols, and Company, 1857), 365. Record Data Date Certainty Exact Type Foreign Relevance Personal People Places Russia Images Tsar Alexander II