Ioan Gheorghe Caragea was a phanariot hospodar of Wallachia (reigned 1812-1818). He became famous due to the Bubonic plague epidemic that started in 1813, one year after the beginning of his reign. Phanariotes (from Phanar, the chief Greek quarter at Istambul, where the oecumenical patriarchate is situated) were those members of families resident in the Phanar quarter who between the years 1711 and 1821 were appointed voivodes of the Danubian principalities (Moldavia and Wallachia). ... Hospodar or gospodar is a term of Slavonic origin, meaning lord. The rulers of Wallachia and Moldavia (only occasionally joined) were styled hospodars in Slavic writings from the 15th century to 1866, alongside the title of voivod. ... This article is about the region in what is now Southern Romania. ... 1812 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1818 (MDCCCXVIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar. ... Yersinia pestis seen at 2000x magnification. ... In epidemiology, an epidemic (from Greek epi- upon + demos people) is a disease that appears as new cases in a given human population, during a given period, at a rate that substantially exceeds what is expected, based on recent experience (the number of new cases in the population during a...

In 1812, his nephew, Prince Alexander Mavrocordatos was a guest at his court, with whom he passed into exile in Imperial Russia and the Italian Peninsula (1817). Imperial Russia is the term used to cover the period of history from the expansion of Russia under Peter the Great, through the expansion of the Russian Empire from the Baltic Sea to the Pacific Ocean, to the deposal of Nicholas II of Russia, the last tsar, at the start... The Italian peninsula or the Apennine peninsula is one of the greatest peninsulas of Europe, spanning 1000 km from the Alps in the north, to the central Mediterranean Sea in the south. ... 1817 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

The plague epidemic

Main article: Caragea's plague

Ioan Gheorghe Caragea was the chief Dragoman of the Sublime Porte and was appointed hospodar in 1812. At the time, a bubonic plague epidemic was claiming lives in Constantinople. In 1813, during Caragea's reign, Bucharest was also struck by a major epidemic. An estimated 70,000 people died of the plague in the entire country, with 40,000 victims in Bucharest. Dragoman, a word of Aramaic/Assyrian origin, designates the function of interpreter, translator and official guide in countries and polities of the Near East. ... Synonym of the government of the Ottoman Empire often confusing the Sublime Porte and the High Porte. ... Map of Constantinople. ... Bucharest (Romanian: BucureÅŸti ) is the capital city and industrial and commercial centre of Romania. ...

The Caragea code

In 1818, Caragea issued a code of law known as the Caragea law, which established high feudal taxes for the peasants, and banned women from political life. A civil code is a systematic compilation of laws designed to comprehensively deal with the core areas of private law. ...