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Events relating to the ottoman empire
A border incident at Balta, in the southern Ukraine, sparks a war between Russia and Turkey that will last six years
In the treaty of Kuchuk Kainarji, ending the recent Russo-Turkish war, the Ottoman empire cedes the Crimea to Russia
The treaty of Kuchuk Kainarji grants Russia special rights in relation to the Christian Holy Places under Ottoman control
Karageorge captures Belgrade and wins a limited independence for Serbia within the Ottoman empire
The Eastern Question, concerning Turkey's ability to control its vast empire, becomes a persistent nineteenth-century theme
An uprising in Greece against Turkish rule is followed by the massacre of several thousand Muslims
Britain, France and Russia, supporting Greek independence, defeat the Turkish and Egyptian fleets at Navarino
Greece wins independence, with the 17-year-old Otto of Bavaria as king
Muhammad Ali, officially viceroy for the Turkish sultan, establishes his own ruling dynasty on the throne of Egypt
The Straits Convention, agreed between the European powers and Turkey, is a concerted attempt to prop up the Ottoman empire
The Russian tsar, Nicholas I, calls Turkey 'the sick man of Europe'
France demands that Turkey should end Russia's exclusive control of the Christian Holy Places in the Ottoman empire
Russia insists that her exclusive rights over the Holy Places are enshrined in the treaty of Kuchuk Kainarji
In a worsening diplomatic crisis, Russia puts her Black Sea fleet in a state of alert at Sebastopol
France and Britain despatch their fleets to the Dardanelles, in readiness to go through the Straits to the Black Sea
Russia occupies two Ottoman principalities, Moldavia and Wallachia, on the west coast of the Black Sea
In the expectation of British and French support, the Ottoman sultan declares war on Russia - launching the Crimean War
British and French warships move up through the Straits and enter the Black Sea in support of Turkey
Britain and France enter the war between Turkey and Russia, on the Turkish side
British and French troops land at Sebastopol, to besiege the port, and win a limited victory over the Russians at the river Alma
After a siege of nearly a year the Russians abandon Sebastopol, but the Turkish alliance is too exhausted to pursue the conflict
The treaty of Paris ends the Crimean War, limiting Russia's special powers in relation to Turkey
A secret revolutionary group (Union and Progress, later known as the Young Turks) is formed in Salonika in the Ottoman empire
The Young Turks of Salonika organize a successful uprising against the autocracy of the Ottoman sultan
Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria declares his country's independence from Ottoman rule and calls himself Tsar Ferdinand I
