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Eugen Schauman
1904Jun, 16

Eugen Schauman assassinates Nikolay Bobrikov, Governor-General of Finland.

Eugen Waldemar Schauman (Russian: Евгений Владимирович Шауман, Evgeny Vladimirovich Shauman; May 10 [O.S. 22] 1875 – 16 June [O.S. 4] 1904) was a Swedish speaking Finnish nationalist and nobleman who assassinated the Governor-General Nikolai Ivanovich Bobrikov.

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