Map 1 - 17th century to 1848
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ROMANIAN BOUNDARIES
This is a chronological history (1700- To date) of the boundaries of present-day Romania along with some important events.
Present day Romanian territory resulted from the union of three principalities: Moldova, Transylvania and Walachia. Over the history, as these territories were caught in the crossfire of large empires, the borders often changed, some populations migrated, other came in. Perhaps the one thing that gave these principalities a national identity was the language that is indeed particular: the only latin language 1500 km around. Romania features smaller regions with distinctive cultures: Bucovina and Basarabia in Moldova, Banat, Crisana and Maramures in Transylvania, Dobrogea and Oltenia in Walachia and others. Besides the romanians, at least three large ethnic communities lived in these areas: Magyars and Germans in Transylvania, Jews in Moldova. These days only the hungarians remain in a significant number. And another new group is rapidly increasing its proportions: the tziganes/gypsies.| JUST BEFORE 1700 the three principalities were under Ottoman rule. They kept their local administration but had to pay tribute to the Ottoman empire | ||
| 1699 Transylvania goes to the Austrian empire, it is ruled by governors | ||
| 1711 Moldova is forced by the Ottomans to accept foreign greek-origin rulers. These were named "phanariotes" after the name of the Greek district in Constantinople | ||
| 1716 Wallachia also forced to accept phanariotes | ||
| 1718 Oltenia and Banatul Timisoarei goes to Austria (until 1739) | ||
| 1739 Oltenia goes back to Wallachia | ||
| 1775 Bucovina goes to Austria (until 1918) | ||
| 1812 Bassarabia took by the Russians | ||
| 1821 Phanariote reign ended, the throne is still bought by local rich families | ||
| 1831, 1832 Organic Rules in Moldova and Wallachia, the first modern set of laws | ||
| 1849 Transylvania is awarded limited autonomy, first official mention of the Romania name | ||
| 1856 S of Bassarabia goes to Moldova | ||
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Map 1 - 17th century to 1848
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| Map 2 - 1859 to 1914 Click here to enlarge map |
| 1859 Moldova and Wallachia unite and call themselves Romania | ||
| 1864 Slavery abolished; | ||
| 1866 Prince Carol from the Hohenzollern dinasty summoned by politicians to rule Romania | ||
| 1867 Transylvania becomes part of the Hungarian Kingdom in the Austro-Hungarian Empire | ||
| 1877 Romania gains independence from the Ottomans | ||
| 1878 S of Bassarabia goes to the Russian Empire, N of Dobrogea goes to Romania | ||
| 1881 Kingdom of Romania declared, under Carol Hohenzollern, the 1st | ||
| 1913 S of Dobrogea goes to Romania | ||
| 1916 Romania enters WW1, on the Allies side, against the Austro-Hungarian empire, etc | ||
| 1918 Bassarabia, Bucovina, Transylvania unites with Romania into the Kingdom of Romania, becomes geographically largest at this time | ||
| 1940 N of Bucovina and Bassarabia goes to Russians, north of Romania goes to Hungary, S of Dobrogea goes to Bulgaria | ||
| 1947 Kingdom becomes Republic under communistic regime | ||
| 1967 Ceausescu becomes head of the state - dictatorship | ||
| 1989 Romania turns towards democracy and capitalism, remains Republic, Ceausescu overthrown | ||
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| Map - 1918 to 1940 Click here to enlarge map |
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