Wallachian Uprising(1821)
Tudor Vladimirescu rises against Phanariot rule
Battles of the Wallachian Uprising
Karavias led 150 Greek fighters in a surprise attack on the Ottoman garrison at Galați — the opening armed act of the Ypsilantis campaign on Romanian soil.
Tudor Vladimirescu led a peasant army of Pandurs from Oltenia to Bucharest, occupying the capital without significant resistance.
The Sacred Band (~500 elite Greek fighters) was annihilated by Ottoman cavalry. Tudor Vladimirescu had been assassinated days earlier by Ypsilantis' allies.
Last stand of Greek rebel forces at the Prut River crossing. Survivors fled into Russian-held Bessarabia.
Yiousouf Pasha launched a surprise attack against the outnumbered Eteria garrison. Greek force routed.
400 survivors barricaded in Secu Monastery for 23 days. Olympios detonated the powder magazine rather than surrender. Pharmakis was later beheaded in Constantinople.
Pandur irregulars skirmished with Ottoman advance guard in the Motru valley during Vladimirescu's withdrawal westward.
Scattered pandur forces ambushed Ottoman column near Slatina but were quickly dispersed.
Last organized pandur resistance in Wallachia. Drugănescu's band fought briefly before dispersing into the hills.
Ottoman army entered Bucharest after all military resistance collapsed. Widespread looting and reprisals against suspected rebel sympathizers.