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Also Known As Eflak • Ţara Românească • Wallachia • Valahia • Muntenia
Date 1290 - 1859

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The Death of King Wladyslaw II at Varna
Battle of Varna
Bayezid I, Commander of the Ottoman army at the Battle of Nicopolis
Battle of Nicopolis
Règlement Organique
Treaty of Passarowitz
Treaty of Edirne
Battle of Kosovo
Treaty of Paris
Treaty of Jassy
Treaty of Bucharest

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Romania
Romania

Key People

Vlad Vlad the Impaler
Vlad the Impaler
ruler of Walachia
Anthimus of Iberia
Romanian bishop and writer
Metrophanes Kritopoulos
Greek patriarch and theologian
Ion Brătianu
premier of Romania
Michael
Michael
prince of Walachia
Tudor Vladimirescu
Walachian leader
Matthew Basarab
prince of Walachia