1923 in Romania

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See also:	Other events of 1923 History of Romania Timeline of Romanian history Years in Romania

Events from the year 1923 in Romania. The year saw the country adopt a new constitution.

Incumbents

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

Events

• 4 March – The far-right National-Christian Defense League (Liga Apărării Național Creștine, LANC) is founded. ^[3]
• 29 March – The Constitution of Union is introduced, providing a representative democracy based on universal manhood suffrage. ^[4]
• 17 May – The Unknown Soldier is buried in Bucharest. ^[5]
• 23 June – The Societatea Națională de Credit Industrial is founded by the National Bank of Romania to provide credit and financial services to the industry. ^[6]
• 18 December – The King Ferdinand I National Military Museum (Muzeul Militar Național "Regele Ferdinand I") is founded. ^[7]
• 19 December – Elisabeth of Romania, Queen Consort, and King George II of Greece, find refuge in Romania after having to leave Greece. ^[8]

Births

• 26 January – Gertrud Szabolcsi, biochemist and first lady of Hungary (died 1993). ^[9]
• 23 February – Margarita Caranica, pen name Eta Boeriu, poet and critic (died 1984). ^[10]
• 2 April – Yolanda Marculescu, coloratura soprano (died 1992).
• 8 October – Ion Voicu, violinist and orchestral conductor (died 1997).
• 14 October – Cassius Ionescu-Tulcea, mathematician (died 2021).
• 19 November – Monica Lovinescu, essayist and short story writer (died 2008). ^[11]
• 25 November – Paul Niculescu-Mizil, communist politician (died 2008). ^[12]

Deaths

• 17 July – Theodor Rosetti, prime minister 1888 to 1889 (born 1837). ^[13]
• 6 September – Sofronie Vulpescu, bishop (born 1856). ^[14]

References

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7. Ghinea, Dan (2000). Enciclopedia geografică a României [Geographic Encyclopedia of Romania] (in Romanian). Bucharest: Editura Enciclopedică. p. 250. OCLC   47026989.
8. Muñoz, Antonio J. (2018). The German Secret Field Police in Greece, 1941–1944. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 29. ISBN   978-1-47663-104-2.
9. Hermann, Péter. Magyar és Nemzetközi ki Kicsoda[Who is Hungarian and Who is International?] (in Hungarian). Budapest: Biográf. p. 823. ISBN   978-9-63794-309-6.
10. Poantă, Petru (1999). Dicționar de Poeți, Clujul Contemporan[Dictionary of Poets, Contemporary Cluj] (in Romanian). Cluj-Napoca: Clusium. p. 29. ISBN   978-9-73555-237-4.
11. Colombo, Giorgio (2005). Letteratura della Romania [Romanian literature] (in Italian). Verona: Negarine di S. Pietro in Cariano Il Segno dei Gabrielli. p. 106. ISBN   978-8-88816-383-3.
12. Țiu, Ilarion (7 December 2008). "A murit Paul Niculescu-Mizil". Jurnalul Național (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 16 April 2013. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
13. Pop, Aurel Ioan (2018). Marea Istorie ilustrată a României și a Republicii Moldova[The Great Illustrated History of Romania and the Republic of Moldova] (in Romanian). Bucharest: Litera. p. 526. ISBN   978-6-06335-847-0.
14. Păcurariu, Mirncea (2014). Dicționarul Teologilor Români[Dictionary of Romanian Theologians] (in Romanian). Sibiu: Editura Andreiana. p. 526. ISBN   9786068602103.