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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.
Statistician Day 20 July Romanian Aviation and Air Force Day 24 July Romanian Border Police Day 28 July National Ambulance Day and World Hepatitis Day: 29 July National Anthem Day Date when Deșteaptă-te, române! was first performed, in 1848 at Râmnicu Vâlcea – not a public holiday 30 July Friendship Day: 15 August Romanian Navy Day 23 August
The Romanian calendar is the Gregorian, adopted in 1919. However, the traditional Romanian calendar has its own names for the months . In modern Romania and Moldova , the Gregorian calendar is exclusively used for business and government transactions and predominates in popular use as well.
The Day of the Unification of the Romanian Principalities was first adopted by the Senate on 2 June 2014 and later by the Chamber of Deputies on 3 December of the same year. The holiday became official when a few days later Romanian President Traian Băsescu signed a decree promulgating it on 16 December. Thus, Law No. 171/2014 dictates that ...
In recent years, Romania has ranked the lowest or second-lowest in the European Union by research and development spending as a percentage of GDP, standing at roughly 0.5% in 2016 and 2017, substantially below the EU average of just over 2%. [306] [307] The country joined the European Space Agency (ESA) in 2011, [308] and CERN in 2016. [309]
Great Union Day; N. NATO Day; S. Saint Andrew's Day This page was last edited on 21 February 2023, at 04:58 (UTC). Text is available under ... Public holidays in Romania.
That same year Romania and Poland concluded a defensive alliance against the emergent Soviet Union, and in 1934 the Balkan Entente was formed with Yugoslavia, Greece and Turkey, which were suspicious of Bulgaria. [269] Until 1938, Romania's governments maintained the form, if not always the substance, of a liberal constitutional monarchy.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea was founded in 1948. South Korea: March 1st Movement 1 March: 1919 Korean Declaration of Independence in 1919. This day is celebrated as Samiljeol, or Independence Proclamation Day. National Liberation Day of Korea (Gwangbokjeol) 15 August: 1945 Liberation from the Empire of Japan in 1945.