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Moldavia

principality in Southeast Europe between 1346–1859

42 dated entries naming Moldavia, drawn from 40 separate years between 1359 CE and 1859 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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14th century

  • 1359earliest possible date – Bogdan I becomes Prince of Moldavia (modern-day Moldova) after freeing it from Hungarian control. He will be ancestor of the House of Bogdan, who will rule Moldavia for more than three centuries.source
  • 1364Bogdana Monastery is built in Moldavia.source
  • 1367Petru I succeeds his grandfather Bogdan I as voivode (ruler) of Moldavia.source
  • 1368Lațcu, son of Bogdan I, deposes his nephew Petru I, and becomes voivode of Moldavia. (Other sources state that Lațcu had succeeded his father Bogdan in 1367).source
  • 1371Polish priest Andrzej Jastrzębiec becomes the first bishop of Siret, thus bringing Catholicism to Moldavia.source
  • 1375Petru succeeds as Voivode (ruler) of Moldavia (modern-day Moldova & eastern Romania). He is the first ruler from the dynastic House of Bogdan.source
  • 1391December – At Suceava, Roman I succeeds Petru Mușat, as Prince of Moldavia (now Moldova and northeastern Romania).source
  • 1393Despite his treaty with the king of Poland, Roman I of Moldavia supports Fyodor Koriatovych against the king. Losing the battle, he will also lose the throne of Moldavia the next year.source
  • 1394Ştefan I succeeds Roman I, as Prince of Moldavia (now Moldova and eastern Romania).source
  • 1400A Wallachian army captures Iuga, and makes Alexandru cel Bun the Prince of Moldavia.source
  • 1400April 23 – In what is now Romania, Alexandru cel Bun (Alexander the Good) is installed as the new Prince (Voivode) of Moldavia by Mircea the Elder, the Voivode of Wallachia, after Mircea removes the reigning monarch, Prince Iuga.source

15th century

  • 1402Moldavia becomes a vassal of the Kingdom of Poland in order to protect itself from an invasion by Hungary.source
  • 1408The Moldavian town of Iaşi is first mentioned.source
  • 1432January 1 – Iliaș succeeds his father as Prince of Moldavia.source
  • 1435August 4 – The Battle of Podraga is fought to a draw between the two claimants to the throne of Moldavia, Iliaș and Stephen II, sons of the late voivode Alexander the Good, begin joint rule of Moldavia after intervention by the King of Poland.source
  • 1443In Moldavia, the conflict between brothers and co-rulers Iliaș and Stephen II reignites, and Stephen captures Iliaș and blinds him, thus remaining sole ruler of the country.source
  • 1445Stephen II remains sole ruler of Moldavia.source
  • 1447July 13 – At Suceava (now in Romania) Stefan II, Voivode of Moldavia since 1434, is killed in a coup d'état by his nephew, Roman II.source
  • 1447September 15 – Roman II seizes the throne of Moldavia after killing his uncle, Stephen II, and makes plans to enlist his other uncle, Petru as co-ruler.source
  • 1448Roman II flees to Poland, when an army sent by John Hunyadi, and led by Csupor de Monoszló, comes to put Petru III on the throne of Moldavia. Petru dies suddenly, and Csupor takes on the throne for two months, as Ciubăr Vodă.source
  • 1449February – Alexăndrel seizes the throne of Moldavia, with the support of the boyars.source
  • 1452February – Alexăndrel retakes the throne of Moldavia, in his long struggle with Petru Aron.source
  • 1454August 22 – In Moldavia, Petru Aron retakes the throne from Alexăndrel.source
  • 1455October 5 – Threatened with an invasion by the Ottoman Empire, the Principality of Moldavia sends its first tribute to the Ottoman Sultan, paying 2,000 ducats (equivalent to 6.99 kg of gold) in response to an ultimatum.source
  • 1456Petru Aron becomes the first ruler of Moldavia to pay tribute to the Ottomans.source
  • 1457April 12 – Ştefan cel Mare secures the throne of Moldavia, which he retains for the next 47 years.source
  • 1467December 15 – At the Battle of Baia, troops under Stephen III of Moldavia decisively defeat the forces of Matthias Corvinus, King of Hungary, at Baia (present-day Romania). This is the last Hungarian attempt to subdue the Principality of Moldavia.source

16th century

  • 1512Moldavia becomes a vassal of the Ottoman Empire, on the same conditions as Wallachia: the voivode will be designated by the Turks, but will be Eastern Orthodox Christians. Also, the Turks are not allowed to build mosques, to be buried, to own land or to settle in the country.source
  • 1531August 22 – Battle of Obertyn: The Moldavians are defeated by Polish forces under Jan Tarnowski, allowing the Poles to recapture Pokucie.source
  • 1591August 29 – Peter the Lame, ruler of the Principality of Moldavia (part of modern-day Romania and of Moldova) abdicates in Iași after having reigned for most of the previous 17 years. Peter's downfall comes after he is unable to raise the money paid as tribute to the Ottoman Empire. He is replaced by Aaron the Tyrant (Aron Vodă).source
  • 1600May 27 – Michael the Brave becomes ruler of Wallachia, Transylvania and Moldavia, formally uniting the three Danubian Principalities under one Romanian ruler.source

17th century

  • 1620September 17–October 7 – Battle of Cecora: The Ottoman Empire defeats Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth–Moldavian troops.source
  • 1666March 1 – Ecaterina Cercheza, Princess consort of Moldavia (born 1620)source
  • 1668November 8 – Iliaș Alexandru steps down as the voivode or elected ruler of Moldavia (now part of Romania and the Republic of Moldova) and is replaced by his predecessor, Gheorghe Duca.source
  • 1684February 8 – Prince Dumitrașcu Cantacuzino returns to the throne of the principality of Moldavia for a third reign but is overthrown 14 months later on June 25. In 1859, Moldavia will unite with neighboring Wallachia to form the Kingdom of Romania.source

18th century

  • 1711April 13 – The Treaty of the Lutsk, a secret agreement between the Tsardom of Russia and the Ottoman Protectorate of Moldavia is signed in Lutsk, Poland-Lithuania (modern-day Ukraine).source
  • 17701 August – Battle of Kagul; In the Kagul River near Cahul, in southern Moldavia, now Moldova, Russians score a land victory against Crimea and the Ottoman Empire.source
  • 1788February 9 – Austria enters the Russo-Turkish War (1787–92), and attacks Moldavia.source

19th century

  • 1838January 23 – A 7.5 earthquake strikes the Romanian district of Vrancea causing damage in Moldavia and Wallachia, killing 73 people.source
  • 1854February 27 – Britain sends Russia an ultimatum to withdraw from two Romanian provinces it has conquered, Moldavia and Wallachia.source
  • 1858June 10 - Establishment of Bolhrad High School in Moldaviasource
  • 1859January 24 (O. S.) – Under the rule of Alexandru Ioan Cuza, the provinces of Wallachia and Moldavia are united under the jurisdiction of the Ottoman Empire. It would be a principal step in forming the modern state of Romania.source

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