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Bogdan II (1409-1451) was the Prince of Moldavia between October 12, 1449 and October 17, 1451, when he was assassinated by Petru Aron. The assassination put Moldavia into a civil war which lasted until his son and successor, Stephen III of Moldavia gained the Moldavian throne in 1457. Events January 1 - The Welsh surrender Harlech Castle to the English. ... // Events February 3 - Murad II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire dies and is succeeded by his son Mehmed II. April 11 - Celje acquires market-town status and town rights by orders from the Celje count Frederic II. June 30 - French troops under the Comte de Dunois invade Guyenne and capture... Moldavia (Moldova in Romanian) was a Romanian principality, originally created in the Middle Ages, now divided between Romania, Moldovan Republic and Ukraine. ... October 12 is the 285th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (286th in leap years). ... Events January 6 - Constantine XI is crowned Byzantine Emperor. ... October 17 is the 290th day of the year (291st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... // Events February 3 - Murad II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire dies and is succeeded by his son Mehmed II. April 11 - Celje acquires market-town status and town rights by orders from the Celje count Frederic II. June 30 - French troops under the Comte de Dunois invade Guyenne and capture... Petru III Aron (d. ... Stephen the Great (Romanian icon) Stephen III of Moldavia, also called Stephen Muşat III (Borzeşti, 1433 – Suceava, 1504-07-02) was a voivod (prince) of Moldova (1457-1504), who won renown in Europe for his long resistance against the Ottoman Empire. ... Events University of Freiburg founded. ...
Moldavia west of Prut river united with Wallachia in 1859 as the principality of Romania.
The parts of Moldavia situated East of Prut were occupied by Russia in 1812 and named Bessarabia, united with Romania in 1918, was reoccupied by the Soviet Union in 1940, recovered by Romania in 1941, reoccupied by the Soviet Union in 1944 and transformed into Moldavian SSR, and in 1991 declared independence as Moldova Republic.
Moldavia is represented by an auroch in the Coat of Arms of Romania.
Moldavia, (Romanian: Moldova, Turkish: Bogdan) was a medieval principality on the lower Danube river that, together with Walachia formed the modern Romanian nation in 1850.
Moldavia succumbed to Ottoman power, in 1512 becoming a vassal of the empire for the most of the next 300 years.
In 1859, (formally in 1961) the Principality of Moldavia united with the Wallachian Principality by the election of Alexander John Cuza as prince of both Wallachia and Moldavia, laying the foundations for modern Romania.
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