Historical place archive

Wallachia in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Wallachia in Russia. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

6 records5 event labels6 people1774–1854

Historical events in Wallachia

1774

16 July 1774
Rule of Wallachia
Catherine II the Great · Russia War

Under the Treaty of Kutchuk Kainardji Wallachia is returned to Turkey

1828

May 1828
Invasion of Wallachia
Peter Wittgenstein · Russia-Turkey War

The Russian Commander in Chief, Prince Peter Wittgenstein, moves into Wallachia and captures Braila and captures Bucharest without difficulty

1853

1853
Danubian Principalities
Alexander Luders · Crimean War

Commands Russian formations involved in the occupation and defence of the Danubian Principalities.

3 July 1853
Occupation of Wallachia
Mikhail Dmitrievich Gorchakov · Crimean War

Commands Russian forces occupying Wallachia.

December 1853
Danube Defence
Joseph Anrep · Crimean War

Commands Russian forces watching the Ottoman bridgehead around Calafat during the winter campaign.

1854

1854
Invasion of Wallachia
Nicholas I · Crimean War

The Tsar sends his troops into Moldova and Wallachia (the "Danubian Principalities"), Great Britain, seeking to maintain the security of the Ottoman Empire, sends a fleet to the Dardanelles, where it joined another fleet sent by France.

Provenance

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