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Events on Saturday 26 April 1828 1
1828Russia declares war on the Ottoman EmpireOpens the Russo-Turkish War of 1828-1829Russia declared war on the Ottoman Empire, citing Ottoman restrictions on Black Sea shipping and the suppression of Greek autonomy. Russian armies advanced into the Danubian principalities and the Caucasus over the following months. The war would end in 1829 with the Treaty of Adrianople, further weakening Ottoman power in Europe.