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Timeline: Crimean War

Years: 1768 - 1856	Subject: History, Military History
Publisher: HistoryWorld	Online Publication Date: 2012
Current online version: 2012	eISBN: 9780191737763

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1768	A border incident at Balta, in the southern Ukraine, sparks a war between Russia and Turkey that will last six years Go to Russo-Ottoman Wars in Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern World (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 18th century War Ottoman empire Europe Russia Empires Wars and Revolutions
1774	In the treaty of Kuchuk Kainarji, ending the recent Russo-Turkish war, the Ottoman empire cedes the Crimea to Russia Go to Russo-Ottoman Wars in Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern World (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 18th century Politics War Turks European empires from 1415 Muslim empires Ottoman empire Asia West Asia Turkey Europe Russia Empires Wars and Revolutions The treaty of Kuchuk Kainarji grants Russia special rights in relation to the Christian Holy Places under Ottoman control Go to Russo-Ottoman Wars in Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern World (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 18th century Politics Religion Christianity War Turks Muslim empires Ottoman empire Asia West Asia Empires Wars and Revolutions
1820	The Eastern Question, concerning Turkey's ability to control its vast empire, becomes a persistent nineteenth-century theme Go to Eastern Question in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: 19th century Politics War Muslim empires Ottoman empire Asia West Asia Turkey Europe Empires Wars and Revolutions
1841	The Straits Convention, agreed between the European powers and Turkey, is a concerted attempt to prop up the Ottoman empire Go to Ottoman Empire in Oxford Dictionary of English (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 19th century Politics War Turks Muslim empires Ottoman empire Asia West Asia Turkey Europe Empires Wars and Revolutions
1844	The Russian tsar, Nicholas I, calls Turkey 'the sick man of Europe' Go to Nicholas I (1796–1855) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 19th century Politics War Muslim empires Ottoman empire Turkey Europe Russia Empires Wars and Revolutions
1852	France demands that Turkey should end Russia's exclusive control of the Christian Holy Places in the Ottoman empire Go to Crimean War (1853–56) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 19th century Politics Religion Christianity War Turks Muslim empires Ottoman empire Asia West Asia Empires Wars and Revolutions Russia insists that her exclusive rights over the Holy Places are enshrined in the treaty of Kuchuk Kainarji Go to Crimean War (1853–56) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 19th century Politics Religion Christianity War Muslim empires Ottoman empire Asia West Asia Turkey Europe Russia Empires Wars and Revolutions
1853	In a worsening diplomatic crisis, Russia puts her Black Sea fleet in a state of alert at Sebastopol Go to Crimean War (1853–56) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 19th century Politics War Muslim empires Ottoman empire Asia West Asia Turkey Europe Russia Empires Wars and Revolutions France and Britain despatch their fleets to the Dardanelles, in readiness to go through the Straits to the Black Sea Go to Crimean War (1853–56) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 19th century War Muslim empires Ottoman empire Asia West Asia Turkey Empires Wars and Revolutions Russia occupies two Ottoman principalities, Moldavia and Wallachia, on the west coast of the Black Sea Go to Crimean War (1853–56) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 19th century Politics Conquest and colonization War Turks Muslim empires Ottoman empire Europe Empires Wars and Revolutions In the expectation of British and French support, the Ottoman sultan declares war on Russia - launching the Crimean War Go to Crimean War (1853–56) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 19th century War Turks British empire Muslim empires Ottoman empire British prime ministers - from 1830 Asia West Asia Turkey Europe Russia Empires Rulers and politicians Wars and Revolutions
1854	British and French warships move up through the Straits and enter the Black Sea in support of Turkey Go to Crimean War (1853–56) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 19th century War Muslim empires Ottoman empire Asia West Asia Turkey Empires Wars and Revolutions Britain and France enter the war between Turkey and Russia, on the Turkish side Go to Crimean War (1853–56) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 19th century Victorian era Britain 1750-1900 War Turks Great Britain - from 1707 United Kingdom - from 1801 British Isles British empire Ottoman empire British prime ministers - from 1830 Europe Empires Rulers and politicians Wars and Revolutions Britain A London editor decides to send a reporter, William Howard Russell ('Russell of The Times'), to the Crimean front Go to Mr Russell of The Times in Brewer's Dictionary of Irish Phrase & Fable (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 19th century Victorian era Britain 1750-1900 War Great Britain - from 1707 United Kingdom - from 1801 British Isles Europe Wars and Revolutions Britain British and French troops land at Sebastopol, to besiege the port, and win a limited victory over the Russians at the river Alma Go to Crimean War (1853–56) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 19th century War Battles Muslim empires Ottoman empire Europe Russia Empires Wars and Revolutions Florence Nightingale, responding to reports of horrors in the Crimea, sets sail with a party of twenty-eight nurses Go to Nightingale, Florence (1820–1910) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 19th century Victorian era Britain 1750-1900 Science Medicine War Great Britain - from 1707 United Kingdom - from 1801 British Isles Europe Wars and Revolutions Britain An inconclusive battle at Balaklava includes the Charge of the Light Brigade, with British cavalry recklessly led towards Russian guns Go to Charge of the Light Brigade (1854) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 19th century Victorian era Britain 1750-1900 War Battles Great Britain - from 1707 United Kingdom - from 1801 British Isles Europe Wars and Revolutions Britain An inconclusive engagement at Inkerman means that the allies in the Crimea have to dig in for the winter besieging Sebastopol Go to Inkerman, battle of (1854) in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: 19th century War Battles Europe Russia Wars and Revolutions
1855	Jamaican-born nurse Mary Seacole sets up her own 'British Hotel' in the Crimea to provide food and nursing for soldiers in need Go to Black British literature in The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 19th century Victorian era Britain 1750-1900 Science Medicine War Great Britain - from 1707 United Kingdom - from 1801 Europe Wars and Revolutions Britain Latin America Caribbean Roger Fenton travels out from England to the Crimea – the world's first war photographer Go to Fenton, Roger (1819–69) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 19th century Victorian era Britain 1750-1900 Arts Photography War Great Britain - from 1707 United Kingdom - from 1801 British Isles Europe Wars and Revolutions Britain English artist William Simpson sends sketches from the Crimea which achieve rapid circulation in Britain as tinted lithographs Go to lithograph in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 19th century Victorian era Britain 1750-1900 Printing Arts Prints War Great Britain - from 1707 United Kingdom - from 1801 British Isles Europe Wars and Revolutions Britain After a siege of nearly a year the Russians abandon Sebastopol, but the Turkish alliance is too exhausted to pursue the conflict Go to Sebastopol in Oxford Dictionary of English (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 19th century War Turks Muslim empires Ottoman empire Asia West Asia Turkey Europe Russia Empires Wars and Revolutions
1856	The treaty of Paris ends the Crimean War, limiting Russia's special powers in relation to Turkey Go to Paris, treaty of (1856) in A Dictionary of British History (1 rev ed.) See this event in other timelines: 19th century Victorian era Britain 1750-1900 Politics War Great Britain - from 1707 United Kingdom - from 1801 British Isles British empire Muslim empires Ottoman empire British prime ministers - from 1830 Europe Empires Rulers and politicians Wars and Revolutions Britain

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