The Treaty of Paris of 1856 ended the Crimean War, in which the Ottoman Empire, Britain, France and Sardinia had fought against Russia. Russia gave up its claim to protect Christians in the Ottoman Empire and returned the southern part of Bessarabia, and the Black Sea was declared neutral, closed to warships, with Russia and the Ottomans forbidden to keep naval arsenals on its coast. The treaty guaranteed the independence and integrity of the Ottoman Empire, and put the Danubian Principalities, Moldavia and Wallachia, under the collective protection of the great powers. Russia was able to repudiate the Black Sea clauses in 1870, taking advantage of the Franco-Prussian War.
Before and after
- 1856Refrigerator
- from 1856 to 1860Second Opium War
- 1856Completion of Balmoral Castle
- 1856Henry Bessemer patents his steel-making process
- 30 March 1856Treaty of Paris
- 24 April 1856Birth of Philippe Pétain
- 6 May 1856Birth of Sigmund Freud
- 10 July 1856Birth of Nikola Tesla
- 26 July 1856Birth of George Bernard Shaw
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