<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_II_of_Russia" id="mwWg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Alexander II of Russia">Alexander II of Russia</a> signs the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emancipation_reform_of_1861" id="mwWw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Emancipation reform of 1861">Emancipation Manifesto</a>, freeing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serfdom" id="mwXA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Serfdom">serfs</a>.