Moldavia: Timeline

1290   The Mongol Empire Mongol Empire

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 invades the Bessarabia Bessarabia

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 region of Moldavia.

1359   Bogdan I becomes Prince of Moldavia (now Moldova) after freeing it from Hungarian control.

1408   First mention of the Moldavian town of Iasi.

1457   Stefan cel Mare secures the throne of Moldavia, which he retains for the next 47 years.

1504   Moldavia, Stephen III the Great fights against Turkey Turkey

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 and Poland Poland

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1512   Moldavia is conquered by the Turks.

1600   Battle of Suceava - Prince Sigismund Bathory Sigismund Báthory

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 of Transylvania Transylvania

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 is defeated by the Voivode Michael the Brave of Moldavia as part of the internecine conflict in Hungary and the Danubian Principalities.

1788   Austria enters the Russo-Turkish War of 1787-1792 and attacks Moldavia.

1854   Britain Britain

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 sends Russia Russia

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 an ultimatum to withdraw from two Ottoman Ottoman Empire

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 provinces it had conquered, Moldavia and Wallachia Wallachia

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1859   Wallachia Wallachia

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 and Moldavia are united under Alexander John Cuza under the name Romania Romania

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 (see December 1 1918 for the final unification, Transylvania and other regions were still missing at this time).