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Stephen the Great

Prince of Moldavia from 1457 to 1504

13 dated entries naming Stephen the Great, drawn from 11 separate years between 1433 CE and 1504 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.

Also written as Stephen III of Moldavia, Ştefan cel Mare in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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15th century

  • 1433Stephen III of Moldavia, prince from 1457 (d. 1504)source
  • 1457April 12 – Ştefan cel Mare secures the throne of Moldavia, which he retains for the next 47 years.source
  • 1462July 22 – The first siege of Chilia by Stephen the Great fails, and he is seriously wounded.source
  • 1465January 24 – Chilia is conquered by Stephen the Great of Moldavia, following a second siege.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
  • 1470August 20 – Battle of Lipnic: Stephen the Great defeats the Volga Tatars of the Golden Horde, led by Ahmed Khan.source
  • 1473Stephen the Great of Moldavia refuses to pay tribute to the Ottomans. This will attract an Ottoman invasion in 1475, resulting in the greatest defeat of the Ottomans so far.source
  • 1473November 20 – The Battle of Vodna Stream, near Râmnicu Sărat, ends after two days in what is now Romania, Stephen the Great, Prince of Moldavia, routs the army of Wallachia, commanded by Prince Radu the Handsome. Prince Radu then flees to Dâmbovița.source
  • 1475January 10 – At the Battle of Vaslui during the Moldavian–Ottoman Wars, in what is now Romania, Stephen III of Moldavia leads his troops to defeat Ottoman invaders commanded by General Hadım Suleiman Pasha.source
  • 1476July 26 – At the Battle of Valea Albă, fought at what is now Războieni in Romania, the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II defeats Stephen III of Moldavia.source

16th century

  • 1503August 20 – A previous treaty between Vladislaus II of Hungary and Bayezid II, which was finalized on June 11, goes into effect. The treaty suppresses warfare along the Hungarian-Ottoman border. Stephen III of Moldavia is also included in this treaty, but it preserves his nation's independence on the condition Moldavia pays an annual tribute to the Ottoman Empire.source
  • 1504July 2 – Bogdan III the One-Eyed becomes the new Prince of Moldavia upon the death of his father Stephen the Great.source
  • 1504July 2 – Stephen the Great, Prince of Moldova (b. 1434)source

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