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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.
The Romanian First, Second (forming), and what little was left of the Third and the Fourth Armies (one corps) were under orders from the King to defend Romania against any German attacks. King Michael offered to put the Romanian Army, which at that point had a strength of nearly 1,000,000 men, [ 282 ] on the side of the Allies .
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.
Development continued during the 1930s – one of the most prosperous times in Romanian history: after 1928, the population increased by 30,000 inhabitants per year, the area reached 78 km 2 in 1939, and many new peripheral boroughs were added (Apărătorii Patriei, Băneasa, Dămăroaia, Floreasca, Giulești, the Militari village, and the ...
Reportedly, one of the first was the short-lived Mișcarea pentru România ("Movement for Romania"), founded by the student leader Marian Munteanu. [147] It was soon followed by the Romanian branch of the ITP and its Timișoara-based mouthpiece, the journal Gazeta de Vest, as well as by other groups claiming to represent the Legionary legacy.
According to Eurostat, Romania's GDP per capita (PPS) was 77% of the EU average (100%) in 2022, an increase from 44% in 2007 (the year of Romania's accession to the EU), making Romania one of the fastest growing economies in the EU. [185] The Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) is the stock exchange of Romania, located in Bucharest.
One of these islands was the Snake Island, which caused a dispute over the maritime borders between the now democratic Romania and Ukraine in 2009 in which Romania gained 80% of the disputed zone. Nowadays, nationalists and other Romanian groups seek the territorial expansion of their country, especially through Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina.
12 May – The police arrest the leaders of the Romanian Communist Party, initiating the Dealul Spirii Trial. [7] 6 July – The Hungarian Union (Uniunea Maghiara) is founded with Sámuel Jósika as its first president. [8] 20 July – The Victory Medal is established, a design subsequently copied by France in the 1914–1918 Inter-Allied ...