The Russo-Turkish War of 1828 to 1829 arose from the Greek War of Independence, after the Ottoman Empire closed the Dardanelles to Russian ships and an allied fleet destroyed the Ottoman and Egyptian fleet at Navarino in 1827. In the Balkans the Russian general Diebitsch crossed the Balkan Mountains and reached Adrianople in 1829, while in the Caucasus Ivan Paskevich captured Kars and Erzurum. The Treaty of Adrianople, signed in September, gave Russia the mouth of the Danube and parts of the Black Sea coast in the Caucasus, confirmed the autonomy of Serbia, Moldavia and Wallachia under Russian protection, and opened the Straits to commercial shipping. The war showed the weakness of the Ottoman state, which came to be called the sick man of Europe.
Before and after
- 5 April 1827Birth of Joseph Lister
- 20 October 1827Battle of Navarino
- 1828Discovery of thorium
- 1828Construction of Egyptian Museum of Berlin
- from 1828 to 1829Ninth Russo-Turkish War
- 1828Rise of Brahmo Samaj
- 8 February 1828Birth of Jules Verne
- 10 February 1828Treaty of Turkmenchay
- 20 March 1828Birth of Henrik Ibsen
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