1937 in Romania

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Events from the year 1937 in Romania. The year saw the installation of the anti-semitic government of Octavian Goga.

Incumbents

King: Carol II.^[1]
Prime Minister: ^[2]
- Gheorghe Tătărescu (until 29 December).
- Octavian Goga (after 29 December).

Events

13 February – The funerals of Ion Moța and Vasile Marin take place in Bucharest.^[3]
11 March – Nicolae Bălan's report to the Romanian Orthodox Church leads to Freemasonry in Romania dissolving itself.^[4]
20 March – The government affirms its obligations to the League of Nations and Little Entente in preference to closer ties to Nazi Germany.^[5]
26 June – Carol II begins a four day visit to Poland cementing the Polish–Romanian alliance.^[6]
7 December –Frederick, Prince of Hohenzollern and cousin to the king, states to the German ambassador Wilhelm Fabricius that Romania sees no alliance between France and the Little Entente.^[7]
20 December – A general election is held for the Chamber of Deputies. The National Liberal Party remains the largest party in government but the King requests Octavian Goga to form a government.^[8]
29 December – Goga forms a new government which pursues anti-semitic policies, issuing in the first short-lived period of fascism in the kingdom.^[9]
30 December – The final round of the Senate election is held, the last elections before women's suffrage is introduced.^[10]

Births

19 March – Eduard Prugovečki, physicist and mathematician (died 2003).
10 May – Tamara Hareven, social historian (died 2002).^[11]
23 May – Irina Odagescu, composer.^[12]
22 September – Nicolae Popescu, mathematician (died 2010).
16 November – Maria Diaconescu, javelin thrower.^[13]

Deaths

7 May – George Topîrceanu, war poet and satirist (born 1886).^[14]
12 August – Alexandru Stănescu (pen name Alexandru Sahia), journalist and short story writer (born 1908).^[15]
17 December – Dimitrie Călugăreanu, naturalist, physiologist and physician (born 1868).^[16]

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↑ Treptow, Kurt W. (2001). A History of Romania. Iaşi: Center for Romanian Studies. p. 597. ISBN 978-9-73943-235-1.
↑ Spuler, Bertold (1977). Rulers and Governments of the World Volume 3: 1930 to 1975. London: Bowker. p. 444. ISBN 978-0-85935-056-3.
↑ Djuvara, Neagu (2018). A Brief Illustrated History of Romanians. Bucharest: Humanitas Publishing House. p. 386. ISBN 978-9-73505-381-9.
↑ Stoica, Stan (2007). Dicţionar de Istorie a României[Historical Dictionary of Romania]. Bucharest: Editura Meronia. pp. 153–155. ISBN 978-9-73783-921-3.
↑ Tůma, Oldřich; Jindra, Jiří (2006). Czechoslovakia and Romania in the Versailles System. Prague: Institute for Contemporary History of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. p. 138. ISBN 978-8-07285-065-5.
↑ Titulescu, Nicolae; Potra, George; Turcu, Constantin I. (1994). Romania's Foreign Policy: 1937. Bucharest: Encyclopaedic Publishing House. p. 102. ISBN 9789734500925.
↑ Hayes, Rebecca (2000). Romanian Policy Towards Germany, 1936–40. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 35. ISBN 978-0-23059-818-8.
↑ Brustein, William (2010). Roots of Hate: Anti-Semitism in Europe Before the Holocaust. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 159. ISBN 978-0-52177-478-9.
↑ Zentner, Christian; Bedürftig, Friedemann, eds. (1991). The Encyclopedia of the Third Reich. New York: Macmillan. p. 352. ISBN 978-0-02897-500-9.
↑ Nohlen, Dieter; Stöver, Philip (2010). Elections in Europe: A Data Handbook. Baden-Baden: Nomos. p. 1591. ISBN 978-3-83295-609-7.
↑ Who's who in Finance and Industry. New Providence: Marquis Who's Who. 1993. p. 312. ISBN 978-0-83790-328-6.
↑ Heinrich, Adel (1991). Organ and Harpsichord Music by Women Composers: An Annotated Catalog. New York: Greenwood Press. p. 306. ISBN 978-0-31326-802-1.
↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Maria Diţi-Diaconescu". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 15 September 2015. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
↑ Biagini, Antonello; Motta, Giovanna, eds. (2016). The First World War: Analysis and Interpretation, Volume 2. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 191. ISBN 978-1-44388-531-7.
↑ Frauwallner, Erich; Giebisch, Hans; Heinzel, Erwin; Ammer, Karl (1954). Die Weltliteratur: Biographisches, Literarhistorisches und Bibliographisches Lexikon in Übersichten und Stichwörten Bd. 3 O - Z: Ostayen - Zweig Nachtrag und Register [World literature: Biographical, literary historical and bibliographical encyclopedia in overviews and keywords Vol. 3 O - Z: Ostayen - branch addendum and register] (in German). Vol. 3. Vienna: Brüder Hollinek. p. 1533. OCLC 802151348.
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[1] Treptow, Kurt W. (2001). A History of Romania. Iaşi: Center for Romanian Studies. p. 597. ISBN 978-9-73943-235-1.

[2] Spuler, Bertold (1977). Rulers and Governments of the World Volume 3: 1930 to 1975. London: Bowker. p. 444. ISBN 978-0-85935-056-3.

[3] Djuvara, Neagu (2018). A Brief Illustrated History of Romanians. Bucharest: Humanitas Publishing House. p. 386. ISBN 978-9-73505-381-9.

[4] Stoica, Stan (2007). Dicţionar de Istorie a României[Historical Dictionary of Romania]. Bucharest: Editura Meronia. pp. 153–155. ISBN 978-9-73783-921-3.

[5] Tůma, Oldřich; Jindra, Jiří (2006). Czechoslovakia and Romania in the Versailles System. Prague: Institute for Contemporary History of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. p. 138. ISBN 978-8-07285-065-5.

[6] Titulescu, Nicolae; Potra, George; Turcu, Constantin I. (1994). Romania's Foreign Policy: 1937. Bucharest: Encyclopaedic Publishing House. p. 102. ISBN 9789734500925.

[7] Hayes, Rebecca (2000). Romanian Policy Towards Germany, 1936–40. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 35. ISBN 978-0-23059-818-8.

[8] Brustein, William (2010). Roots of Hate: Anti-Semitism in Europe Before the Holocaust. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 159. ISBN 978-0-52177-478-9.

[9] Zentner, Christian; Bedürftig, Friedemann, eds. (1991). The Encyclopedia of the Third Reich. New York: Macmillan. p. 352. ISBN 978-0-02897-500-9.

[10] Nohlen, Dieter; Stöver, Philip (2010). Elections in Europe: A Data Handbook. Baden-Baden: Nomos. p. 1591. ISBN 978-3-83295-609-7.

[11] Who's who in Finance and Industry. New Providence: Marquis Who's Who. 1993. p. 312. ISBN 978-0-83790-328-6.

[12] Heinrich, Adel (1991). Organ and Harpsichord Music by Women Composers: An Annotated Catalog. New York: Greenwood Press. p. 306. ISBN 978-0-31326-802-1.

[13] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Maria Diţi-Diaconescu". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 15 September 2015. Retrieved 15 June 2022.

[14] Biagini, Antonello; Motta, Giovanna, eds. (2016). The First World War: Analysis and Interpretation, Volume 2. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 191. ISBN 978-1-44388-531-7.

[15] Frauwallner, Erich; Giebisch, Hans; Heinzel, Erwin; Ammer, Karl (1954). Die Weltliteratur: Biographisches, Literarhistorisches und Bibliographisches Lexikon in Übersichten und Stichwörten Bd. 3 O - Z: Ostayen - Zweig Nachtrag und Register [World literature: Biographical, literary historical and bibliographical encyclopedia in overviews and keywords Vol. 3 O - Z: Ostayen - branch addendum and register] (in German). Vol. 3. Vienna: Brüder Hollinek. p. 1533. OCLC 802151348.

[16] Rusu, Dorina N.; Simion, Eugen (1999). Membrii Academiei Române, 1866–1999 [Members of the Romanian Academy, 1866–1999] (in Romanian). Bucharest: Editura Academiei Române. p. 109. ISBN 9789732769676.

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