What is Treaty of Berlin (1878)?
[[File:SouthEast Europe 1878.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Europe after the Congress of Berlin.]] The '''Treaty of Berlin''' was a part of the [[Congress of Berlin]] (June 13-July 13, 1878). In it, the [[United Kingdom]], [[Austria-Hungary]], [[France]], [[Germany]], [[Italy]], [[Russia]] and the [[Ottoman Empire]] wrote the [[Treaty of San Stefano]]. == Problems == === Bulgaria === The most important problem in the treaty was deciding what would happen to [[Bulgaria]].<ref>{{cite book | last =Krasner | first =Stephen D. | url =https://books.google.com/books?id=TkrfTZlyUogC&dq=069100711X&pg=PA81 | title =Sovereignty: Organized Hypocrisy | publisher =Princeton University Press | date =1999 | pages =165 | isbn =069100711X}}</ref> However, [[Russia]] insisted that Bulgaria should not be mentioned in the treaty.<ref>Krasner, p.165</ref> The Treaty of San Stefano had created a huge Bulgarian state, but the [[United Kingdom]] and [[Austria-Hungary]] strongly opposed that since Russia would become too powerful.<ref>{{cite book | last =Crampton | first =R. J. | url =https://books.google.com/books?id=eH1MSHM1hLUC&q=A+Concise+History+of+Bulgaria | title =A Concise History of Bulgaria | publisher =Cambridge University Press | date =2005 | location = | pages =84 | isbn =0521850851}}</ref> === Independence === The treaty stated that [[Romania]], [[Serbia]] and [[Montenegro]] were to become [[independent]]. The [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] [[province]] of [[Bosnia-Herzegovina]] was to be occupied by Austria-Hungary. The three newly-independent states soon declared themselves to be [[kingdoms]] ([[Romania]] in 1881, [[Serbia]] in 1882 and [[Montenegro]] in 1910). Austria-Hungary officially took over [[Bosnia]] in 1908, which caused the major Bosnian Crisis. == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:1878 in Europe]] [[Category:1870s in France]] [[Category:1870s in Germany]] [[Category:19th century in Italy]] <!--[[Category:19th century in Russia]]--> [[Category:1870s in the United Kingdo