1885 in Romania

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See also:	Other events of 1885 History of Romania Timeline of Romanian history Years in Romania

Events from the year 1885 in Romania.

Incumbents

• King: Carol I. ^[1]
• Prime Minister: Ion Brătianu ^[2]

Events

• 25 April – The Romanian Orthodox Church is recognised as an autonomous Metropolis by Joachim IV of Constantinople. ^[3]

Births

• 14 January – Constantin Sănătescu, 44th prime minister of Romania (died 1947). ^{[4] [5]}
• 30 January – Iuliu Hossu, bishop of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church, beatified as a martyr (died 1970). ^[6]
• 10 February – Alice Voinescu, writer and essayist, first Romanian woman to become a Doctor of Philosophy (died 1961). ^[7]
• 22 April – Maria Teohari, credited as the first Romanian female astronomer (died 1975). ^[8]
• 20 May – Alexander Löhr, General Commander in the South East of the Wehrmacht in World War II (died 1947). ^[9]
• 27 November– Nicolae Hortolomei, surgeon and medical scientist (died 1961). ^[10]
• 9 December – Daniel Ciugureanu, politician, Prime Minister of the Moldavian Democratic Republic in 1918, President of the Romanian Senate (died 1950). ^[11]

Deaths

• 8 April – Constantin Alexandru Rosetti, literary and political leader (born 1816). ^[12]

References

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2. Giurescu, Constantin C.; Matei, Horia C.; Popa, Marcel; Alexandrescu, Ion; Chiper, Ioan (1974). Chronological History of Romania. Bucharest: Enciclopedică Română. p. 462. OCLC   251025169.
3. Leustean, Lucian N. (2008). Orthodoxy and the Cold War: Religion and Political Power in Romania, 1947-65. London: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 33. ISBN   9780230594944.
4. Loghin, Leonida; Lupășteanu, Aurel; Ucrain, Constantin (1985). Bărbați ai datoriei: 23 august 1944 – 12 mai 1945[Men of Duty: August 23, 1944 – May 12, 1945]. Bucharest: Editura Militară. p. 369.
5. "Constantin Sănătescu". Encyclopædia Britannica . Archived from the original on 13 April 2021.
6. Lentz III, Harris M. (2015). Popes and Cardinals of the 20th Century: A Biographical Dictionary. Jefferson NC: MacFarlan. p. 94. ISBN   978-1-47662-155-5.
7. Mihăilescu, Dan C. (2004). Literatura română în postceaușism: Memorialistica sau trecutul ca re-umanizare[Romanian Literature in Post-Ceausescuism: Memorialistics or the Past as Re-Humanization] (in Romanian). Vol. 1. Iași: Polirom. p. 40. ISBN   978-9-73681-514-0.
8. "Maria Teohari - Enciclopedia României - prima enciclopedie online despre România" [Maria Teohari - Encyclopedia of Romania - the first online encyclopedia about Romania]. enciclopediaromaniei.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 23 November 2024.
9. Pitsch, Erwin (2009). Alexander Löhr. Band 3: Heerführer auf dem Balkan[Alexander Löhr. Volume 3: Army Commander in the Balkans] (in German). Salzburg, Austria: Österreichischer Miliz-Verlag. p. 53. ISBN   978-3-901185-23-6.
10. "A Brilliant Representative of Rumanian Surgery: Academician Nicolae Hortolomei". Agepres Information Bulletin: 14. 15 January 1961.
11. Pădurean, Bianca (19 May 2020). "Artizani ai Marii Uniri umiliți și uciși de comuniști. Astăzi, Daniel Ciugureanu" (in Romanian). Radio France Internationale . Retrieved 23 November 2024.
12. Bucur, Marin (1970). C.A. Rosetti: Mesianism ṣi Donẹuijotism Revoluṭionar[C.A. Rosetti: Messianism and Revolutionary Quixoticism] (in Romanian). Bucharest: Minerva. OCLC   804410588.