1920 in Romania

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See also:	Other events of 1920 History of Romania Timeline of Romanian history Years in Romania

Events from the year 1920 in Romania. The year was marked by the signing of the Treaty of Trianon and Treaty of Paris, and a general strike.

Incumbents

• King: Ferdinand. ^[1]
• Prime Minister: ^[2]
  • Alexandru Vaida-Voevod (until 13 March).
  • Alexandru Averescu (from 13 March).

Events

• 25 May – In a general election, the ruling People's Party is victorious. ^[3]
• 4 June – The Treaty of Trianon is signed. Transylvania and most of Banat become part of Romania. ^[4]
• 20 October – Over 400,000 workers engage in a general strike that lasts until 28 October. ^[5]
• 28 October – The Treaty of Paris is signed, affirming the Union of Bessarabia with Romania. ^[6]

Births

• 25 April – Sofia Ionescu, neurosurgeon (died 2008). ^[7]
• 3 July – Paul-Mihu Sadoveanu, novelist and soldier (killed in action at the Battle of Turda in 1944).^{[ citation needed ]}
• 16 August – Virgil Ierunca, literary critic, journalist, and poet (died 2006).^{[ citation needed ]}
• 20 August – Zoe Dumitrescu-Bușulenga, comparatist and essayist (died 2006). ^[8]
• 5 November – Kató Havas, violinist (died 2018). ^[9]

Deaths

• 27 February – Alexandru Dimitrie Xenopol, historian and philosopher (born 1847). ^[10]
• 9 March – Haralamb Lecca, poet, playwright and translator (born 1873). ^[11]
• 24 November – Alexandru Macedonski, poet, novelist, dramatist, and literary critic (born 1854).^{[ citation needed ]}

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. Nohlen, Dieter; Stöver, Philip (2010). Elections in Europe: A Data Handbook. Baden-Baden: Nomos. p. 1591. ISBN   978-3-83295-609-7.
4. Shaw, Stanford J.; Shaw, Ezel Kural (1977). History of the Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey: Volume 2, Reform, Revolution, and Republic: The Rise of Modern Turkey 1808-1975. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 332. ISBN   978-0-52129-166-8.
5. Giurescu, Constantin C.; Matei, Horia C. (1972). Chronological History of Romania. Bucharest: Editura enciclopedică română, National Commission of the Socialist Republic of Romania for UNESCO. p. 290. OCLC   1222465913.
6. Mitrasca, Marcel (2007). Moldova: A Romanian Province Under Russian Rule: Diplomatic History from the Archives of the Great Powers. New York: Algora Publications. p. 6. ISBN   978-0-87586-184-5.
7. Joy, Betti (2012). Viaggi Dialogici tra Italia e Romania: La Cultura Dinamica[Dialogic Journeys between Italy and Romania: Dynamic Culture] (in Italian). Bologna: CLUEB. p. 25. ISBN   978-8-84913-793-4.
8. Petraş, Irina (2001). Panorama Criticii Literare Româneşti 1950–2000: Critici şi Istorici Literari, Teoreticieni, Eseişti, Esteticieni[Panorama of Romanian Literary Criticism 1950–2000: Literary critics and Historians, Theorists, Essayists, Aestheticians] (in Romanian). Cluj-Napoca: Casa Cartii de Stiinta. p. 279.
9. Kenneson, Claude (1994). "Székely and Bartók: The Story of a Friendship". Portland: Amadeus Press. p. 468. ISBN   978-0-93134-070-3.
10. Graf, Friedrich Wilhelm (2012). Der Historismus und seine Probleme Erstes Buch: Das logische Problem der Geschichtsphilosophie (1922) [Historicism and its Problems First Book: The Logical Problem of the Philosophy of History (1922)] (in German). Berlin: De Gruyter. p. 1140. ISBN   978-3-11090-068-2.
11. Călinescu, George (1973). Istoria Literaturii Romîne [History of Romanian Literature] (in Romanian). Vol. 3. Bucharest: Editura Academiei Republicii Socialiste România. p. 955. OCLC   1067588312.