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A peasant uprising results in Habsburg emperor, Joseph II, abolishing serfdom in
Transylvania the following year.
1812
Treaty of Bucharest, signed at the conclusion of the Russo- Turkish War, grants Russia
control of eastern Moldavia, and the Ottoman Empire gains control of western Mol-
davia.
1819-34
Wallachia and Moldavia are occupied by Russia.
1864
In retaliation, after Romanian Jews refuse to provide financial support, Alexandru Ioan
Cuza inserts a clause to deny suffrage to all non-Christians in his draft of a constitu-
tion. Jews are forbidden to practice law.
1881
Prince since 1866, Carol I is crowned the first king of Romania.
1897
Bram Stoker's
Dracula
is published.
1916
Romania relinquishes its WWI neutrality and declares war on Austria-Hungary in or-
der to annexe Transylvania.
February 1938
King Carol II declares a royal dictatorship. All political parties are dissolved.
1940
Romania is forced to cede northern Transylvania to Hungary by order of Nazi Ger-
many.
1944
