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Wallachian Uprising(1821)

Tudor Vladimirescu rises against Phanariot rule

10 Battles
2,775 Total casualties

Battles of the Wallachian Uprising

Raid on Galați
1821 · Feb 21, 1821
Filiki Eteria victory

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's March to Bucharest
1821 · Mar 16–21, 1821
Wallachian Pandurs victory

Tudor Vladimirescu led a peasant army of Pandurs from Oltenia to Bucharest, occupying the capital without significant resistance.

Battle of Drăgășani
1821 · June 19, 1821
Ottoman Empire victory

The Sacred Band (~500 elite Greek fighters) was annihilated by Ottoman cavalry. Tudor Vladimirescu had been assassinated days earlier by Ypsilantis' allies.

Battle of Sculeni
1821 · June 29, 1821
Ottoman Empire victory

Last stand of Greek rebel forces at the Prut River crossing. Survivors fled into Russian-held Bessarabia.

Battle of Galați
1821 · May 1821
Ottoman forces victory

Yiousouf Pasha launched a surprise attack against the outnumbered Eteria garrison. Greek force routed.

Siege of Secu Monastery
1821 · Sep–Oct 4, 1821
Ottoman besieging force victory

400 survivors barricaded in Secu Monastery for 23 days. Olympios detonated the powder magazine rather than surrender. Pharmakis was later beheaded in Constantinople.

Clash at Motru Valley
1821 · May 1821
Ottoman Punitive Force victory

Pandur irregulars skirmished with Ottoman advance guard in the Motru valley during Vladimirescu's withdrawal westward.

Skirmish near Slatina
1821 · May 1821
Ottoman Advance Guard victory

Scattered pandur forces ambushed Ottoman column near Slatina but were quickly dispersed.

Engagement at Zavideni
1821 · May 20, 1821
Ottoman Punitive Column victory

Last organized pandur resistance in Wallachia. Drugănescu's band fought briefly before dispersing into the hills.

Ottoman Occupation of Bucharest
1821 · Jun 16, 1821
Ottoman Punitive Army victory

Ottoman army entered Bucharest after all military resistance collapsed. Widespread looting and reprisals against suspected rebel sympathizers.

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