Vlad III the Impaler attempts to assassinate Mehmed II (The Night Attack) forcing him to retreat from Wallachia.

Vlad III Dracula defeats Basarab Laiota with the help of Stephen the Great and Stephen V Bathory and becomes the ruler of Wallachia for the third time.

Michael the Brave, Prince of Wallachia, defeats the Army of Andrew Bathory in the Battle of Şelimbăr, leading to the first recorded unification of the Romanian people.

Decisive defeat of the Philikí Etaireía by the Ottomans at Drăgăşani (in Wallachia).

Barbu Dimitrie Ştirbei abolishes slavery in Wallachia.

Political union of Moldavia and Wallachia; Alexandru Ioan Cuza is elected as ruler.