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The United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia (Romanian: Principatele Unite ale Moldovei și Țării Românești), [2] commonly called United Principalities or Wallachia and Moldavia, was the personal union of the Principality of Moldavia and the Principality of Wallachia. The union was formed 5 February [O.S. 24 January] 1859 when ...
The Day of the Unification of the Romanian Principalities (Romanian: Ziua Unirii Principatelor Române) or, unofficially, the Little Union Day (Romanian: Ziua Micii Uniri), [1] is a public holiday of Romania celebrated every 24 January to commemorate the unification of the Romanian Principalities (Moldavia and Wallachia), also known as the "Little Union", on 24 January 1859 under prince ...
Administrative divisions of the Romanian United Principalities in 1864, five years after the unification of Moldavia and Wallachia in 1859.. The unification of Moldavia and Wallachia (Romanian: Unirea Moldovei și Țării Românești), [1] also known as the unification of the Romanian Principalities (Romanian: Unirea Principatelor Române) [2] or as the Little Union (Romanian: Mica Unire), [3 ...
The union declaration with Romania also condemned the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact. [13] [14] [15] Later, on 29 March, the local council of the Romanian commune of Aleșd signed a union declaration with Moldova but also with Băcioi, as both localities were twinned, in presence of the mayor and deputy mayor of Băcioi. [16] Ordășei (Telenești ...
Alexandru Ioan's reign marked the first political union between the two Danubian Principalities (Moldavia and Wallachia), which was to form the Kingdom of Romania in 1881. In the 1860s, his father made a conscious attempt at establishing a Cuza dynasty —this, together with his dissolute lifestyle, helped coalesce the " monstrous coalition ...
Alexandru Ioan Cuza (Romanian: [alekˈsandru iˈo̯aŋ ˈkuza] ⓘ, or Alexandru Ioan I, also Anglicised as Alexander John Cuza; 20 March 1820 – 15 May 1873) was the first domnitor (prince) of the Romanian Principalities through his double election as Prince of Moldavia on 5 January 1859 and Prince of Wallachia on 24 January 1859, which resulted in the unification of the two states.
Its leader, Alexandru Ioan Cuza will play a major role in the formation of Romania just three years later. Alexandru Ioan Cuza is elected Prince of Moldavia on January 5. Three weeks later he is also elected Prince of Wallachia, thus achieving a de facto union of the two principalities under the name of Romania. 1860
Romania itself was the product of a personal union, that of Wallachia and Moldavia between 1859 and 1862 under Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza. [19] This state was initially known as the "United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia", [7] [20] but it was renamed in 1866 to simply "Romania". [21]