The Treaty of Bucharest of 1812 ended the Russo-Turkish War that had been fought since 1806, and was signed as Napoleon was preparing to invade Russia. The Russian commander Mikhail Kutuzov had won victories on the Danube, and the Russians wanted to free their armies for the coming conflict with France. Under the treaty the Ottoman Empire ceded to Russia the eastern part of the principality of Moldavia, the region between the rivers Prut and Dniester, which Russia named Bessarabia. The Russians gave up their claims to the Danubian principalities, and the Ottomans agreed to some rights for Serbia. The loss of the territory was later to be a long-standing issue between Romania and Russia.
Before and after
- 1812Publication of Rapunzel
- from 7 January 1812 to 20 January 1812Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo
- 7 February 1812Birth of Charles Dickens
- from 16 March 1812 to 6 April 1812Siege of Badajoz
- 28 May 1812Treaty of Bucharest
- from 18 June 1812 to 18 February 1815War of 1812
- from 24 June 1812 to 14 December 1812French invasion of Russia
- 2 July 1812Eruption of Tambora
- 21 July 1812Discovery of 12P/Pons–Brooks
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