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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 ...
Negotiations amounted to an agreement on a minimal formal union; however, elections for the ad-hoc divans in 1859 profited from an ambiguity in the text of the final agreement, which, while specifying two thrones, did not prevent the same person from occupying both thrones simultaneously and ultimately ushered in the ruling of Alexandru Ioan ...
The unification of Moldavia and Wallachia, which founded modern Romania, in 1859, commonly known in the country as the Mica Unire ("Little Union", also translated as the "Small Union") The Day of the Unification of the Romanian Principalities, a holiday commemorating this event, sometimes known as the Little Union Day
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.
1859 – The United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia (later named Romania) is formed as a personal union under the rule of Domnitor Alexandru Ioan Cuza. 1900 – Second Boer War: Boers stop a British attempt to break the Siege of Ladysmith in the Battle of Spion Kop.
"Hora Unirii" [1] [2] ('Hora of the Union') is a poem by Vasile Alecsandri, published in 1856. The music of the song was composed by Alexandru Flechtenmacher [].The song is sung and danced especially on 24 January, the anniversary of the day in which the Romanian United Principalities were formally united in 1859. [3]
The unification of Moldavia and Wallachia following the election of Alexandru Ioan Cuza on both principalities on 1859 The Great Union , a name given to the series of unifications that Romania made with ethnically Romanian-populated regions ( Bessarabia , Bukovina and Transylvania ) in 1918 that gave rise to Greater Romania