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The Romanian revolution (Romanian: Revoluția română) was a period of violent civil unrest in Romania during December 1989 as a part of the revolutions of 1989 that occurred in several countries around the world, primarily within the Eastern Bloc. [6]
This is a timeline of Romanian history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Romania and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of Romania .
Nevertheless, the Romanian economy witnessed the first years of growth after the 1989 revolution. The government also started several projects for social housing, restarted the construction of the motorway connecting Bucharest to Romania's main port, Constanţa, and began the construction of a motorway across the western region of Transylvania.
Romanian anti-communists; Defeat. Crushing of the rebellion; no casualties Nicolae Ceaușescu: Constantin Dăscălescu: Vasile Milea: Ștefan Gușă: 16–27 December 1989 Romanian Revolution: Directorate for Security Troops; Romanian Land Forces (until 22 December 1989) Romanian Police (until 22 December 1989) unknown shooters; Romanian anti ...
However, shortly after the military victories, the October Revolution threw the Russian Empire out of the war leaving Romania alone on the Eastern Front, completely surrounded by the Central Powers. This forced Romania to drop out of the war, and it signed the Treaty of Bucharest with the Central Powers in May 1918. [247]
This is a list of years in Romania. See also the timeline of Romanian history . For only articles about years in Romania that have been written, see Category:Years in Romania .
Depiction of Romanian troops storming the Grivitsa redoubt during the Romanian War of Independence, 1877. The military history of Romania deals with conflicts spreading over a period of about 2500 years across the territory of modern Romania, the Balkan Peninsula and Eastern Europe and the role of the Romanian military in conflicts and peacekeeping worldwide.
23–27 April – Gheorghe I. Brătianu, politician and historian, titular member of the Romanian Academy, died in Sighet Prison (born 1898). [15] 13 May – Nicolae Tătăranu, major general in World War II (born 1890). 16 May – Nicolae Rădescu, Prime Minister between 7 December 1944 and 1 March 1945 (born 1874). [16]