The Wallachian Revolution of 1848 was a Romanian liberal and nationalist uprising in the Principality of Wallachia. Part of the Revolutions of 1848, and closely connected with the unsuccessful revolt
People in Bucharest during the 1848 events, carrying the Romanian tricolor, by Costache Petrescu
Resistance of the firemen on Dealul Spirii
Lithograph of a group portrait by Constantin Daniel Rosenthal, showing Paris-based revolutionaries during the early 1840s. From left: Rosenthal (wearing a Phrygian cap), C. A. Rosetti, anonymous Wallachian
The Proclamation of Islaz
Gheorghe Bibescu
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Gheorghe Bibescu was the hospodar of Wallachia between 1843 and 1848. His rule coincided with the revolutionary tide that culminated in the 1848 Wallachian revolution.
Wallachian Revolution of 1848
…of boyar privilege. Led by a group of young intellectuals and officers in the Wallachian Militia, the movement succeeded in toppling the ruling Prince Gheorghe Bibescu, whom it replaced with a provisional government and a regency, and in passing a series of major progressive reforms, announced in the Proclamation of…
Portrait, c. 1860
The Wallachian Assembly in 1837
A soirée at the Princely Palace, 1843