1359 – year of formation of the Moldavian state Officially, the history of Moldova as a state entity dates back to 1359. By that time, the lands where the statehood of the future Moldova was born, were under the rule of the Hungarian crown. In 1359, as a result of a rebellion against the Hungarian domination, an independent Moldavian principality emerged on this territory, headed by Bogdan I, who had previously been a voivode in Maramures. |
Dmitry Cantemir - Moldavian Ruler, scientist and ally of Peter I The Moldavian and Russian statesman and scientist Dimitrie Cantemir was born on October 26, 1673 in the Moldavian village of Silisteni (nowadays Vaslui county, Romania) in the family of the ruler Constantin Cantemir, who, in his turn, was a descendant of the Crimean Tatar princely family of Cantemirs. In 1693 Dimitrie Cantemir became the Ruler of the Moldavian Principality, and is also known under such statuses as His Serene Highness of Russia (1711), of the Holy Roman Empire (1723) and Member of the Berlin Academy of Sciences (1714). |