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The Romanian Army is founded. Romania switches from Cyrillic script to the Latin script that is still in use today. 1861: On February 5, the 1859 union is formally declared and a new country, Romania is founded. The capital city is chosen to be Bucharest.
Victor Toma: Romanian inventor of the first Romanian computer-CIFA-1, built with his team in 1955. Nicolae Teclu: invented the Teclu burner. Șerban Țițeica: founder of Romanian school of theoretical physics, with major contributions in thermodynamics, statistical physics, quantum mechanics and atomic physics.
The Romanian expression România Mare (Great or Greater Romania) refers to the Romanian state in the interwar period and to the territory Romania covered at the time. At that time, Romania achieved its greatest territorial extent, almost 300,000 km 2 or 120,000 sq mi [ 265 ] ), including all of the historic Romanian lands.
There are 12 non-working public holidays, including the Great Union Day, celebrated on 1 December in commemoration of the 1918 union of Transylvania with Romania. [319] Winter holidays include the Christmas and New Year festivities during which various unique folklore dances and games are common: plugușorul , sorcova , ursul , and capra .
Alexander I the Good (1375–1432), Domn of Moldavia (1400–1432); Basarab I the Founder (1270–1352), first independent Domn of Wallachia (1310–1352); Michael the Brave (1558–1601), Domn of Wallachia (1593–1601), Domn of Moldavia (1600) and de facto ruler of Transylvania (1599–1600)
Virgil Gheorghiu was born in Valea Albă, a village in Războieni Commune, Neamț County, in Romania.His father was an Orthodox priest in Petricani.A top student, he attended high school in Chișinău from 1928 to June 1936, after which he studied philosophy and theology at the University of Bucharest and at Heidelberg University.
1861 – City becomes capital of Romania. [10] [2] 1862 – Orphanage founded. [4] 1863 – Music and Drama Conservatory established. 1864 University of Bucharest, [11] [2] Bucharest National University of Arts, School of Bridges and Roads, Mines and Architecture, [12] and National Museum of Antiquities [13] founded. Barbu Vlădoianu becomes mayor.
28 March – The first elections held in the Romanian People's Republic are held. The People's Democratic Front gain 93.2% of the vote. [4] 13 April – A new Constitution is adopted, introducing a "people's democracy." [5] 14 May – at least 10.000 innocent romanian citizens are arrested and sentenced to death or prison for life by communist ...