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Events on Monday 23 March 1801 1
1754 – 1801Paul I of Russia (1754-1801)Died 23 March 1801, aged 46Tsar Paul I of Russia was assassinated in his bedroom at St Michael's Castle in St Petersburg on the night of 23 March 1801, beaten and strangled by a group of army officers dissatisfied with his erratic rule. His son succeeded him as Emperor Alexander I. The coup reversed Paul's recent alignment with France against Britain.