Count Nikolay Rumyantsev funded Russia's first naval circumnavigation under the joint command of Adam Johann von Krusenstern and Nikolai Rezanov in 1803 – 1806, and was instrumental in the outfitting of the voyage of the Riurik's circumnavigation of 1814 – 1816, which provided substantial scientific information on Alaska's and California's flora and fauna, and important ethnographic information on Alaskan and Californian ( among others ) natives.

In August 1858 Bakunin received a visit from his second cousin, General Count Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky, who had been governor of Eastern Siberia for ten years.

Under the patronage of Tsar Alexander I, Count Nikolay Petrovich Rumyantsev and the Russian-American Company, Krusenstern led the first Russian circumnavigation of the world.

In 1815, Chamisso was appointed botanist to the Russian ship Rurik, fitted out at the expense of Count Nikolay Rumyantsev, which Otto von Kotzebue ( son of August von Kotzebue ) commanded on a scientific voyage round the world.

On promotion to lieutenant, Kotzebue was placed in command of an expedition, fitted out at the expense of the imperial chancellor, Count Nikolay Rumyantsev, in the brig Rurik.

On August 14, Count Nikolay Kamensky decided to use this numerical superiority to launch a new offensive.

Count Nikolay Pavlovich Ignatyev ( historical spelling Nicolai Ignatieff ; ; 17 January Old Style ( 29 January on Western calendar ) 1832 – 20 June Old Style ( 3 July on Western calendar ) 1908 ) was a Russian statesman and diplomat.

The edict itself was advocated by Count Nikolay Pavlovich Ignatyev not only on the grounds that " the inhabitants of the countryside may know the government is protecting them from the Jews ", but also because " governmental power is unable to defend Jews against pogroms which might occur in scattered villages.

Count Nikolay Nikolayevich Novosiltsev () ( 1761 – 1836 ) was a Russian statesman and a close aide to Alexander I of Russia.

Through the intervention of Count Nikolay Zubov, the delegation obtained from the empress the exemption from the " Jewish " taxes, some land grants, and other privileges which had not been asked for.

Count Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky | Nikolay N. MuravyovThe area was ceded by China to Russia as a result of the Treaty of Aigun of 1858 and the Treaty of Peking of 1860.

* Count Nikolay Saltykov ( 1736-1816 ), a Russian Field Marshal

It comprised the closest associates of the tsar ( the so called " young friends "), including Count Pavel Stroganov, Prince Adam Jerzy Czartoryski, Counts Viktor Kochubey and Nikolay Novosiltsev.

Father Jožef in 1866 participated in the second Battle of Vis, where Austro-Hungarian Navy under command of von Tegetthoff defeated Royal Italian Navy commanded by Count di Persano.

* The Count of Moret ; The Red Sphinx ; or, Richelieu and his rivals ( Le Comte de Moret ; Le Sphinx Rouge, 1865 – 1866 )

Prince Alfred, therefore, remained in the navy, and was promoted lieutenant on 24 February 1863, serving under Count Gleichen on, and captain on 23 February 1866, being then appointed to the command of the frigate.

* Count Pyotr Andreyevich Shuvalov ( 1866 – 1874 )

In 1870, it was given to Karl Davydov ( 1838-1889 ) by patron, Count Matvei Wielhorski ( 1794 – 1866 ) ( see Russian Wikipedia ), at the court of Tsar Alexander II, and it is Davydov's name the cello bears today.

See also Ebeling, F. F. Graf v. Beust ( Leipzig 1876 ), a full and careful account of his political career, especially up to 1866 ; Diplomatic Sketches: No. 1, Count Beust, by Outsider ( Baron Carl v. Malortie ); Flathe, Geschichte von Sachsen, vol.

Count Beust and Germany, 1866 – 1870: Reconquest, Realignment, or Resignation ?.

* Journals of Field Marshal Count von Blumenthal for 1866 and 1870-71, edited by his son, Count Albrecht von Blumenthal, translated by Major Gillespie-Addison, published by Edward Arnold ( publisher ), 1903.

* Journals of Field-Marshal Count von Blumenthal for 1866 and 1870-71

Count Dmitry Andreyevich Tolstoy () ( March 13, 1823 – May 7, 1889 ) was a Russian statesman, a member of the State Council of Imperial Russia ( 1866 ).

It was inaugurated in the presence of Count Otto von Bismarck, then Minister President of Prussia, in 1866.

After the Austro-Prussian War, Count Károlyi began work on a peace treaty in Mikulov that led to the Treaty of Prague in 1866.

Count Carlo Pellion di Persano ( 11 March 1806-28 July 1883 ) was an Italian admiral and politician, who was commander of the Regia Marina fleet at the 1866 Battle of Lissa.

Through the marriage of Count Alexander Castell-Rüdenhausen ( 1866 – 928 ) with Ottilie Baroness von Faber from a well-known family of industrialists the branch of Faber-Castell was created in 1898.

The first Hungarians arrived in Alberta in 1866 with Count Paul Oskar Eszterhazy, who wanted Hungarians to re-settle after they had emigrated originally to Pennsylvania.

He joined O ' Donnell and Baldomero Espartero, Count of Luchana in 1854 against a revolutionary cabinet, and shortly afterwards turned against O ' Donnell to assist the Democrats and Progressists under Juan Prim, Rivero, Emilio Castelar y Ripoll, and Práxedes Mateo Sagasta it the unsuccessful movements of 1866, and was obliged to go abroad.

* 1331 – Gaston III, Count of Foix ( d. 1391 )

* 1806 – Santiago de Liniers, 1st Count of Buenos Aires re-takes the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina after the first British invasion.

* 1904 – Count Basie, American pianist, bandleader, and composer ( Count Basie Orchestra ) ( d. 1984 )

* Albert I, Count of Namur ( c. 950 – 1011 ), a Belgian count

* Albert I, Count of Vermandois ( 917 – 987 ), Count of Vermandois

* Albert III, Count of Namur ( 1048 – 1102 )

# Count Bernhard of Anhalt ( 1140 – 9 February 1212 ), Duke of Saxony from 1180-1212 as Bernard III

Afonso married in 1146 Mafalda or Maud of Savoy ( 1125 – 1158 ), daughter of Amadeo III, Count of Savoy, and Mahaut of Albon.

* Alfonso II of Aragon, aka Alfons I, Count of Barcelona, ( 1162 – 1196 ) known as el Cast ( the Chaste ) or el Trobador ( the Troubadour )

* Infante Alfonso Pio Cristino Eduardo Francisco Guillermo Carlos Enrique Fernando Antonio Venancio of Spain, Prince of Asturias ( 1907 – 1938 ), a hemophiliac, he renounced his rights to the throne in 1933 to marry a commoner, Edelmira Ignacia Adriana Sampedro-Robato, and became Count of Covadonga.

* Infante Juan Carlos Teresa Silvestre Alfonso of Spain ( 1913 – 1993 ), named heir to the throne and Count of Barcelona, whose son is the current King, Juan Carlos I of Spain.

Alfonso III ( 1265, Valencia – 18 June 1291 AD ), called the Liberal ( el Liberal ) or the Free ( also " the Frank ," from el Franc ), was the King of Aragon and Count of Barcelona ( as Alfons II ) from 1285.

Alfonso IV, called the Kind ( also the Gentle or the Nice, ) ( 1299, Naples – 24 January 1336 ) was the King of Aragon and Count of Barcelona ( as Alfonso III ) from 1327 to his death.

* James I, Count of Urgell ( 1321 – 1347 ), also inherited Entença and Antillon.

Alfonso the Magnanimous KG ( also Alphonso ; ; 1396 – 27 June 1458 ) was the King of Aragon ( as Alfonso V ), Valencia ( as Alfonso III ), Majorca, Sardinia and Corsica ( as Alfonso II ), and Sicily and Count of Barcelona ( as Alfonso IV ) from 1416 and King of Naples ( as Alfonso I ) from 1442 until his death.

* Alfonso, Count of Poitou ( 1220 – 1271 ), jure uxoris Alfonso II, Count of Toulouse

* 1895 – German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin patents his Navigable Balloon.

* 1907 – Count Alexander Izvolsky and Sir Arthur Nicolson sign the St. Petersburg Convention, which results in the Triple Entente alliance.

Amalric I of Jerusalem ( also Amaury or Aimery ) ( 1136 – 11 July 1174 ) was King of Jerusalem 1163 – 1174, and Count of Jaffa and Ascalon before his accession.

Alphonse of Poitiers ( 11 November 1220 – 21 August 1271 ) was the Count of Poitou from 1225 and Count of Toulouse ( as Alfonso II ) from 1247.