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| 1844 |
| | The Russian tsar, Nicholas I, calls Turkey 'the sick man of Europe' | |
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| 1852 |
| | France demands that Turkey should end Russia's exclusive control of the Christian Holy Places in the Ottoman empire | |
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| 1852 |
| | Russia insists that her exclusive rights over the Holy Places are enshrined in the treaty of Kuchuk Kainarji | |
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| 1853 |
| | In a worsening diplomatic crisis, Russia puts her Black Sea fleet in a state of alert at Sebastopol | |
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| 1853 |
| | France and Britain despatch their fleets to the Dardanelles, in readiness to go through the Straits to the Black Sea | |
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| 1853 |
| | Russia occupies two Ottoman principalities, Moldavia and Wallachia, on the west coast of the Black Sea | |
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| 1853 |
| | In the expectation of British and French support, the Ottoman sultan declares war on Russia - launching the Crimean War | |
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| 1854 |
| | British and French warships move up through the Straits and enter the Black Sea in support of Turkey | |
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| 1854 |
| | Britain and France enter the war between Turkey and Russia, on the Turkish side | |
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| 1854 |
| | British and French troops land at Sebastopol, to besiege the port, and win a limited victory over the Russians at the river Alma | |
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