1698 in an effort to westernize his nobility tsar peter i of rus 09 05
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In an effort to Westernize his nobility, Tsar Peter I of Russia imposes a tax on beards for all men except the clergy and peasantry.

On September 5, in the year 1698, In an effort to Westernize his nobility, Tsar Peter I of Russia imposes a tax on beards for all men except the clergy and peasantry. This event is recorded as a Historical Events event in the history of September 5, one of 493 recorded events on this date across all of history.

Tsar ( ) is a Slavic title derived from the Latin word caesar, which was intended to mean "emperor" in the European medieval sense of the term—a ruler with the same rank as a Roman emperor, holding it by the approval of another emperor or a supreme ecclesiastical official—but was usually considered by Western Europeans to be equivalent to "king".

Key Facts

  • This event took place on September 5, 1698 (AD era).
  • It is categorised as a Historical Events event in recorded history.
  • Referenced in 2 Wikipedia articles.
  • Wikipedia source last updated on 26 August 2026.

On This Date in History 493

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Notable Deaths 2019 Sep 5 Francisco Toledo, Mexican painter, sculptor, and graphic artist (born 1940)
Notable Deaths 2018 Sep 5 Bhagwatikumar Sharma, Indian Gujarati writer and journalist (born 1934)
Notable Deaths 2018 Sep 5 Beatriz Segall, Brazilian actress (born 1926)
Notable Deaths 2017 Sep 5 Nicolaas Bloembergen, Dutch-American physicist and Nobel laureate (born 1920)
Notable Deaths 2016 Sep 5 Hugh O'Brian, American actor (born 1925)
Notable Deaths 2016 Sep 5 Phyllis Schlafly, American lawyer, writer, and political activist (born 1924)
Notable Deaths 2015 Sep 5 Goh Eng Wah, Malaysian-Singaporean businessman, founded Eng Wah Global (born 1923)
Notable Deaths 2015 Sep 5 Aadesh Shrivastava, Indian singer-songwriter (born 1964)
Notable Deaths 2015 Sep 5 Chester Stranczek, American baseball player and businessman (born 1929)
Notable Deaths 2014 Sep 5 Bruce Morton, American journalist (born 1930)
Notable Deaths 2014 Sep 5 Mara Neusel, German mathematician, author, and academic (born 1964)
Notable Deaths 2013 Sep 5 Edwin Bideau, American lawyer and politician (born 1950)
Notable Deaths 2013 Sep 5 Geoffrey Goodman, English pilot, journalist, and author (born 1922)
Notable Deaths 2013 Sep 5 Isamu Jordan, American journalist and academic (born 1975)
Historical Events 2012 Sep 5 An accidental explosion at a Turkish Army ammunition store in Afyon, western Turkey kills 25 soldiers and wounds four…
Notable Deaths 2012 Sep 5 Ian Dick, Australian cricketer and field hockey player (born 1926)
Notable Deaths 2012 Sep 5 Victoria Fyodorova, Russian-American actress and author (born 1946)
Notable Deaths 2012 Sep 5 John Oaksey, English jockey and journalist (born 1929)
Notable Deaths 2010 Sep 5 Hedley Beare, Australian author and academic (born 1932)
Notable Deaths 2010 Sep 5 Guillaume Cornelis van Beverloo, Belgian-Dutch poet and painter (born 1922)
Notable Deaths 2009 Sep 5 Gani Fawehinmi, Nigerian lawyer and activist (born 1938)
Notable Births 2007 Sep 5 Matthew Schaefer, Canadian ice hockey player
Notable Deaths 2007 Sep 5 Jennifer Dunn, American engineer and politician (born 1941)
Notable Deaths 2007 Sep 5 Paul Gillmor, American lawyer and politician (born 1939)
Notable Deaths 2007 Sep 5 Thomas Hansen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1976)
Notable Deaths 2007 Sep 5 D. James Kennedy, American pastor and author (born 1930)
Notable Deaths 2007 Sep 5 Nikos Nikolaidis, Greek director and screenwriter (born 1939)
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Historical Events 2005 Sep 5 Mandala Airlines Flight 091 crashes after takeoff from Polonia International Airport in Medan, Indonesia, killing 149.
Notable Deaths 2005 Sep 5 Roberto Viaux, Chilean general (born 1917)
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Notable Deaths 2003 Sep 5 Gisele MacKenzie, Canadian-American singer and actress (born 1927)
Notable Deaths 2002 Sep 5 David Todd Wilkinson, American cosmologist and astronomer (born 1935)
Notable Births 2001 Sep 5 Bukayo Saka, English footballer
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Notable Deaths 2001 Sep 5 Vladimir Žerjavić, Croatian economist and academic (born 1912)
Notable Deaths 2000 Sep 5 Roy Fredericks, Guyanese cricketer and politician (born 1942)
Notable Births 1999 Sep 5 Filip Chytil, Czech ice hockey player

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