1886 in Romania

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Events from the year 1886 in Romania.

Incumbents

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

Events

• 3 March – The Treaty of Bucharest is signed in the Romanian capital, bringing to an end the Serbo-Bulgarian War. ^[3]
• 23 May – Romania introduces a tariff on imported goods to protect local industry, which leads to Austria-Hungary introducing new custom duties on imports and the Romanian-Austro-Hungarian customs war. It lasts until December 1893. ^[4]
• 13 August – Alexandru Ciurcu demonstrates the first boat powered by a compression-reaction rocket engine ^[5] . It travelled for 15 minutes. ^[6]
• 5 December – Romania adopts the Berne Convention. ^[4]
• 20 December – William, Prince of Hohenzollern renounces his heirship to the throne in favour of his younger brother Ferdinand. ^[7]

Births

• 14 January – Ștefan Protopopescu, aviation pioneer, the first licensed pilot in Romania (died 1929. ^[8]
• 18 January – Ștefan Dimitrescu, Post-Impressionist painter (died 1933). ^[9]
• 20 March – George Topîrceanu, war poet and satirist (died 1937). ^[10]
• 7 June – Henri Coandă, inventor, pioneer of aerodynamics and discoverer of the Coandă effect (died 1972). ^[11]
• 2 November – Gheorghe Tătărescu, twice prime minister, between 1934 and 1937 and between 1939 and 1940 (died 1957). ^[12]
• 7 November – Nicolae Macici, lieutenant general during World War II, who died in Aiud Prison (died 1950). ^[13]

References

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4. Giurescu, Constantin C.; Matei, Horia C. (1974). Chronological History of Romania. Bucharest: Editura Enciclopedică Română. p. 231. OCLC   1926646.
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7. Melville Henry Massue, Marquis de Ruvigny et Raineval (1914). The Titled Nobility of Europe: An International Peerage, Or "Who's Who," of the Sovereigns, Princes, and Nobles of Europe. London: Burke's Peerage. p. 76. ISBN   978-0-85011-028-9.
8. Crăciun, Dumitru; Ucrain, Constantin (1988). Raiduri aeriene românești[Romanian Air Raids]. Iasi: Junimea. p. 26. OCLC   21374038.
9. Institutul de Istoria Artei (Academia Română) (1974). Pagini de artă modernă românească. Bucharest: Editura Academiei Republicii socialiste România. OCLC   583168758.
10. 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.
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12. Mikhaĭlovich Prokhorov, Aleksandr (1973). Great Soviet Encyclopedia - Volume 25. New York: Macmillan. p. 403. OCLC   928839423.
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