Albanians - Around 15,000 Albanians settled in Muntenia during the reign of Mihai Viteazul (1593-1601).
Banat Bulgarians - They fled from the Ottoman Empire in the thousands in the search for a better life.
Banat Swabians - Most of them came from from Alsace-Lorraine, Austria, Bavaria, Franconia, and the Palatinate (few from Swabia) in the 18th century. Between 15.000 and 40.000 came in the first wave, but most of them died of malaria or of the plague. The second wave brought around 75.000 colonists and the third one 60.000.
Bessarabia Germans - They settled in Bessarabia in the beginning of the 19th century. After the USSR annexed Bessarabia, in 1940, 93,000 Germans were transferred to Poland.
Bessarabian Bulgarians - They settled in Bessarabia at the end of the 18th and the beginning of the 19th century, during the feudal revolts in the Ottoman Empire and after the Russo-Turkish wars.
Bukovina Germans - They began settling in Bukovina around the year 1774. When they were repatriated, in 1940, they numbered around 96,000.
Greeks - After the fall of Constantinople many Greeks settled in Moldavia and Wallachia.
Poles - During the Great Northern War many Poles took refuge in Moldavia, however they were expelled at Russia's request. After 1774, most Polish immigrants came looking for work.
Russians (
Lipovans) -
Old Believers that have fled Russia after 1654, because of the persecution
Satu Mare Swabians - They were brought in the 18th century in the Maramureș region in order to repopulate it
South Slavs - During the Ottoman rule many south Slavs sought refuge in Wallachia, all were recorded as Serbs.
Transylvanian Landler - Protestants that were deported from Austria in the thousands, between 1734 and 1776.
Transylvanian Saxons - The colonization of Transylvania by Germans was begun by King Géza II of Hungary (1141–1162) and continued until the end of the 13th century.
Zipser Germans - They came to Maramureș and Bucovina from Zips, in many waves, in the 18th and the beginning of the 19th century. When they were repatriated, in 1940, they numbered 1118.
We also have Croatians, Czechs, Slovenians and Slovaks, but I couldn't find any information about when they got here...
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