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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 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.
Antonescu and Adolf Hitler at the Führerbau in Munich (June 1941).. In the immediate wake of the loss of Northern Transylvania, on 4 September 1940, the Iron Guard (led by Horia Sima) and General (later Marshal) Ion Antonescu united to form the "National Legionary State", which forced the abdication of Carol II in favor of his 19-year-old son Michael.
The largest Romanian American community is in the state of New York. [15] Map of North America highlighting the OCA Romanian Episcopate. The states with the largest estimated Romanian American populations are: [16] New York (161,900) California (128,133) Florida (121,015) Michigan (119,624) Pennsylvania (114,529) Illinois (106,017) Ohio (83,228 ...
Although American support for Romania during the war was limited, an American Red Cross mission was sent to the country to provide humanitarian aid starting in 1917. [7] In 1918, Romania's situation was also addressed by President Woodrow Wilson in his Fourteen Points , where it was demanded that the occupying Central Powers armies should ...
Romania: 22 December 1989: Romanian Revolution of 1989: 24 January 1859: Autonomous Principality of Romania founded; becomes kingdom in 1866 and achieved independence 1878 Ottoman Empire: 10 February 1947: Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina: 13 July 1878: International recognition by the Treaty of Berlin. San Marino: 1600
6 June – A state of war is declared between Romania and the United States. [4] 1 July – Romanian and German troops capture the fortress at Sevastopol following a siege that had lasted 8 months. [5] 7 September – Romanian and German troops capture Novorossiysk in the Battle of the Caucasus. [6]
View history; Tools. Tools. ... Romania exited: 9 May 1945. World War II: Axis ... Romanian commanders; Date Name Allies Enemies Outcome Losses Prince