Polity Principality of Wallachia (International Protectorate)

This article is about the specific polity Principality of Wallachia (International Protectorate) and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

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Wallachia was under international protection in the period 1856-1859 and was then merged with Moldavia to create the United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia, a predecessor of modern-day Romania.

Establishment

  • March 1856: Moldavia and Walachia (Romania) were recognized as quasi-independent states under Ottoman suzerainty. They gained the left bank of the mouth of the Danube and part of Bessarabia from Russia.

Chronology

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1. Crimean War

Was a war between Russia and an alliance comprising the Ottoman Empire, France, the United Kingdom and the Kingdom of Sardinia.

1.1. Danube campaign (Crimean War)

Was the Danubian theatre of the Crimean War.

  • March 1856: Moldavia and Walachia (Romania) were recognized as quasi-independent states under Ottoman suzerainty. They gained the left bank of the mouth of the Danube and part of Bessarabia from Russia.

1.2. Black Sea theatre

Was the Black Sea theatre of the Crimean War.

  • March 1856: Moldavia and Walachia (Romania) were recognized as quasi-independent states under Ottoman suzerainty. They gained the left bank of the mouth of the Danube and part of Bessarabia from Russia.

2. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

  • February 1859: The United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia was the personal union of the Principality of Moldavia and the Principality of Wallachia, formed on 5 February 1859.

Disestablishment

  • February 1859: The United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia was the personal union of the Principality of Moldavia and the Principality of Wallachia, formed on 5 February 1859.