Ghica family was a Romanian noble family. It gave many voivodes of Wallachia and Moldavia. For the heavy metal music band see Voivod (band). ... Map of Romania with Wallachia in yellow. ... Moldavia (Moldova in Romanian) was a Romanian principality, originally created in the Middle Ages, now divided between Romania, Moldovan Republic and Ukraine. ...

The Ghica's originated in Albania and came north to Wallachia during the Ottoman period. Ghica is a very common last name in Albania.

Voivods of Wallachia

• Gheorghe Ghica: 1659-1660 and 1673-1678
• Grigore I Ghica: 1660-1664 and 1672-1673
• Grigore II Ghica: 1733-1735 and 1748-1752
• Matei Ghica: 1752-1753
• Scarlat Ghica: 1758-1761 and 1765-1766
• Alexandru Ghica: 1766-1768
• Grigore III Ghica: 1768-1769
• Grigore IV Ghica: 1822-1828
• Alexandru II Ghica: 1834-1842

Gheorghe Ghica (1600-1664), founder of the Ghica family, is said to have been a playmate of another Albanian known to history as Ktipruli Aga, the famous vizier, who recognized Gheorghe while he was selling melons in the streets of Constantinople and helped him on to high positions. ... Events May 25 - Richard Cromwell resigns as Lord Protector of England following the restoration of the Long Parliament, beginning a second brief period of the republican government called the Commonwealth. ... Events Expulsion of the Carib indigenous people from Martinique by French occupying forces. ... Events The English Test Act was passed. ... Events August 10 - Treaty of Nijmegen ends the Dutch War. ... Events Expulsion of the Carib indigenous people from Martinique by French occupying forces. ... Events March 12 - New Jersey becomes a colony of England. ... Events England, France, Munster and Cologne invade the United Provinces, therefore this name is know as ´het rampjaar´ (the disaster year) in the Netherlands. ... Events The English Test Act was passed. ... Events February 12 - British colonist James Oglethorpe founds Savannah, Georgia. ... Events 16 April - The London premiere of Alcina by George Frideric Handel, his first the first Italian opera for the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden. ... Events April 24 - A congress assembles at Aix-la-Chapelle with the intent to conclude the struggle known as the War of Austrian Succession - at October 18 - The Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle is signed to end the war Adam Smith begins to deliver public lectures in Edinburgh Building of... 1752 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1752 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1753 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1758 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1761 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1765 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1766 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1766 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1768 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1768 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1769 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Grigore IV Ghica Grigore Dimitrie IV Ghica was a ruler of Wallachia between 1822 and 1828. ... 1822 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1828 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1834 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1842 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

Voivods of Moldavia

• Gheorghe Ghica: 1658-1659, 1735-1741 and 1747-1748
• Matei Ghica: 1753-1756
• Scarlat Ghica: 1757-1758
• Grigore III Ghica: 1764-1767 and 1774-1777
• Grigore Alexandru Ghica: 1849-1853 and 1854-1856

Gheorghe Ghica (1600-1664), founder of the Ghica family, is said to have been a playmate of another Albanian known to history as Ktipruli Aga, the famous vizier, who recognized Gheorghe while he was selling melons in the streets of Constantinople and helped him on to high positions. ... Events January 13 - Edward Sexby, who has plotted against Oliver Cromwell, dies in Tower of London February 6 - Swedish troops of Charles X Gustav of Sweden cross from Sweden to Denmark over frozen sea May 1 - Publication of Hydriotaphia, Urn Burial and The Garden of Cyrus by Thomas Browne September... Events May 25 - Richard Cromwell resigns as Lord Protector of England following the restoration of the Long Parliament, beginning a second brief period of the republican government called the Commonwealth. ... Events 16 April - The London premiere of Alcina by George Frideric Handel, his first the first Italian opera for the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden. ... Events April 10 – Austrian army attack troops of Frederick the Great at Mollwitz December 19 – Vitus Bering dies in his expedition east of Siberia December 25 – Anders Celsius develops his own thermometer scale Celsius William Browning invents mineral water Elizabeth of Russia became czarina. ... Events January 31 - The first venereal diseases clinic opens at London Dock Hospital April 9 - The Scottish Jacobite Lord Lovat was beheaded by axe on Tower Hill, London, for high treason; he was the last man to be executed in this way in Britain May 14 - First battle of Cape... Events April 24 - A congress assembles at Aix-la-Chapelle with the intent to conclude the struggle known as the War of Austrian Succession - at October 18 - The Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle is signed to end the war Adam Smith begins to deliver public lectures in Edinburgh Building of... 1753 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1756 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1757 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1758 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1764 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1767 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1774 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1777 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1849 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1853 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1854 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1856 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

Prime Ministers of Romania

• Ion Ghica: 1866-1867 and 1870-1871
• Dimitrie Ghica: 1868-1870