Nicholas I4 October 1853
Turkey declares war on Russia and crosses the Danube under Omar Pasha.
Russia · Warfare / Crimean War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Turkey declares war on Russia and crosses the Danube under Omar Pasha.
After Russia ignores an Anglo-French ultimatum to withdraw from the Danubian Principalities, Great Britain and France formally declare war.
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