Bucharest: All Data
Bucharest is a city in Romania. This page covers its chronology of mentions across 5,500 years of history, including capitals, battles, events and subdivisions. Part of Phersu Atlas.
1. Lists and Timelines
Bucharest: Chronology of Mentions
Note: For polities of antiquity, the listed capital or subdivision capital may also represent one or several of the most important cities of the region.
1659 AD
Capital of Principality of Wallachia
1769 AD
Mentioned in Event: Russian invasion (Russo-Turkish War of 1768-1774)
1829 AD
1853 AD
Mentioned in Event: Danube campaign (Crimean War)
1853 AD
Capital of Principality of Wallachia (Russia)
1854 AD
Mentioned in Event: Danube campaign (Crimean War)
1854 AD
Capital of Principality of Wallachia (Austria)
1856 AD
Mentioned in Event: Black Sea theatre
1856 AD
1859 AD
1862 AD
1877 AD
Mentioned in Event: Danubian Theatre
1877 AD
Capital of Romanian United Principalities
1881 AD
Capital of Kingdom of Romania
1916 AD
Mentioned in Event: Counteroffensive of the Central Powers in Romania
1916 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Bucharest, part of Counteroffensive of the Central Powers in Romania
1918 AD
Mentioned in Event: Romania during World War I
1931 AD
Subdivision Capital of the County of Ilfov, part of Kingdom of Romania
1944 AD
Mentioned in Event: Jassy-Kishinev Offensive
1947 AD
Mentioned in Event: End of World War II in Europe
1947 AD
Capital of Romanian People's Republic
1965 AD
Capital of Socialist Republic of Romania
1989 AD
Capital of Romania
2025 AD
Subdivision Capital of the County of Ilfov County, part of Romania
2025 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Autonomous Municipality of Bucharest, part of Romania