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After a series of quick tactical victories on the numerically overpowered Austro-Hungarian forces in Transylvania, in the autumn of 1916, the Romanian Army suffered a series of devastating defeats, which forced the Romanian military and administration to withdraw to Western Moldavia, allowing the Central Powers to occupy two thirds of the national territory, including the state capital, Bucharest.
Romania becomes a founding member of League of Nations. The CFRNA (French-Romanian Company for Air Navigation) is established, becoming the first airline in Romania. 1921: April 23: Romania and Czechoslovakia sign a peace treaty in Bucharest.
Rákóczi was proclaimed prince on 1 December 1630. [104] He did not continue Bethlen's mercantilism: state monopolies were abolished and taxes were lowered. [105] Instead, he expanded his own estates: he held 10 domains in 1630, but 18 years later he owned more than 30 large domains in Transylvania and Upper Hungary.
December 1 – Battle of the Argeș; December 6 – After the fall of Bucharest, Iași becomes the country's wartime capital, [2] holding this position until the end of the war. December 25 – The law transferring the Romanian Treasure to Moscow for safekeeping is passed. The Treasure would never entirely return to Romania.
Besides their advantage in firepower, the Germans had also amassed a force which outnumbered the Romanians in the Jiu Valley more than 2 to 1 (40 infantry battalions supported by Cavalry against 18 Romanian battalions). [3] Despite their great superiority, it still took the Germans almost one week (11–17 November) to break through the ...
The Romanian Wikipedia (abr. ro.wiki or ro.wp; [1] Romanian: Wikipedia în limba română) is the Romanian language edition of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.Started on 12 July 2003, as of 17 February 2025 this edition has 510,743 articles and is the 30th largest Wikipedia edition. [2]
On 1 July 2005, Romania underwent a currency reform, switching from the previous leu (ROL) to a new leu (RON). 1 RON is equal to 10,000 ROL. Romania joined the European Union on 1 January 2007 and initially hoped to adopt the euro in 2014, [79] but with the deepening of the Euro crisis and with its own problems, such as a low workforce ...
In 1865, the Romanian General Staff (inspired by the French system) created the 2nd Section (Secția a II-a) to gather and analyze military intelligence. [2] This marked a growing interest in centralising intelligence efforts spurring the creation of the General Safety Bureau in 1892 within the Ministry of the Interior with responsibilities pertaining to the safety of the state.