1937 in Romania

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See also:	Other events of 1937 History of Romania Timeline of Romanian history Years in Romania

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

King Carol II decorates a Polish regiment's standard during his visit to the country on 28 June 1937

• 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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