Union of Moldavia and Wallachia

Date: February 3, 1862 • Location: Bucharest, Romania

Moldavia and Wallachia formally united, creating the Romanian United Principalities.

Moldavia is a historical region and former principality in Eastern Europe, corresponding to the territory between the Eastern Carpathians and the Dniester River. An initially independent and later autonomous state under Ottoman overlordship, it existed from the 14th century to 1859, when it united with Wallachia as the basis of the modern Romanian state; at various times, Moldavia included the regions of Bessarabia, all of Bukovina and Hertsa. It also included the region of Pokuttya for a period of time.