1940 in Romania

Decades:	1920s ; 1930s ; 1940s ; 1950s ; 1960s ;
See also:	Other events of 1940 ; History of Romania ; Timeline of Romanian history ; Years in Romania ;

Last updated December 26, 2024

Incumbents

King: Carol II (until September 6), then Michael
Prime Minister:
- Gheorghe Tătărescu (until 4 July).
- Ion Gigurtu (4 July – 5 September).
- Ion Antonescu (starting 5 September).

Events

June 28–July 4 – Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina
July 1 – Dorohoi pogrom
September 7 – Treaty of Craiova
September 8 – Nușfalău massacre
September 9 – Treznea massacre
September 13/14 – Ip massacre
November 10 – 1940 Vrancea earthquake
November 26 – Jilava Massacre

Births

January 6 – Doina Badea, singer of popular music (died 1977)
January 7 – Florentina Mosora, biophysicist and film actress (died 1996)
January 23 – Ileana Mălăncioiu, poet, essayist, and journalist
February 9 – Simion Surdan, footballer (died 2006)
February 24 – Nicolae Martinescu, Olympic wrestler (died 2013)
February 26 – Alexandru Repan, actor
March 12 – Virgil Nemoianu, essayist and literary critic
May 3 – Marin Ferecatu, Olympic shooter
May 17 – Valeriu Pantazi, poet, writer, and painter (died 2015)
April 17 – Ștefan Gușă, general and Chief of the General Staff, 1986–1989 (died 1994)
June 18 – Nadia Ileana Bogorin, First Lady of Romania, 1996–2000
August 1 – Simion Popescu, Greco-Roman wrestler
September 19 – Nicolae Bărbășescu, biathlete
October 25 – Olimpia Cataramă, Olympic athlete
November 1 – Alexandru Cecal, chemist (died 2021)
November 19 – Cornel Oțelea, handball player
December 24 – Constantin Oțet, football coach (died 1999)

Deaths

February 27: Nicolae Tonitza, painter (born 1886).
July 21: Traian Bratu, academic and politician (born 1875).
September 8: Constantin Banu, writer, journalist, and politician (born 1873).
November 20: Ioan Moța, priest and journalist 1868).
November 26 (killed in the Jilava Massacre):
- Gheorghe Argeșanu, major general and politician (born 1883).
- Ioan Bengliu, Inspector-General of the Romanian Gendarmerie (born 1881).
- Victor Iamandi, politician (born 1891).
- Gabriel Marinescu, brigadier general and politician (born 1886).
- Mihail Moruzov, founder of the Romanian Secret Intelligence Service (born 1887).
- Aristide Macoveanu, major
- Iosif Dinulescu, major
November 27:
- Nicolae Iorga, historian and politician, Prime Minister in 1931–1932 (born 1871).^[1]
- Virgil Madgearu, economist, sociologist, and politician (born 1887).

Related Research Articles

Jilava is a commune in Ilfov County, Muntenia, Romania, near Bucharest. It is composed of a single village, Jilava.

The University of Bucharest (UB) is a public research university in Bucharest, Romania. It was founded in its current form on 4 July 1864 by a decree of Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza to convert the former Princely Academy into the current University of Bucharest, making it one of the oldest Romanian universities. It is one of the five members of the Universitaria Consortium.

Șerban Vodă Cemetery is the largest and most famous cemetery in Bucharest, Romania.

Romania competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. 157 competitors, 103 men and 54 women, took part in 92 events in 11 sports.

The Saint Sava National College, Bucharest, named after Sabbas the Sanctified, is the oldest and one of the most prestigious high schools in Romania. It was founded in 1694, under the name of the Royal Academy of Bucharest.

The Sighet Prison, located in the city of Sighetu Marmației, Maramureș County, Romania, was used by Romania to hold criminals, prisoners of war, and political prisoners. It is now the site of the Sighet Memorial Museum, part of the Memorial of the Victims of Communism.

In 2006, Romanian Television conducted a vote to determine whom the general public considered the 100 Greatest Romanians of all time, in a version of the British TV show 100 Greatest Britons. The resulting series, Great Romanians, included individual programmes on the top ten, with viewers having further opportunities to vote after each programme. It concluded with a debate. On 21 October, TVR announced that the "greatest Romanian of all time" according to the voting was Stephen the Great.

The Carol I National College is a high school located in central Craiova, Romania, on Ioan Maiorescu Street. It is one of the most prestigious secondary education institutions in Romania. Between 1947 and 1997 it operated under the name of Nicolae Bălcescu High School.

The Jilava massacre took place during the night of November 26, 1940, at Jilava Prison, near Bucharest, Romania. Sixty-four political detainees were killed by the Iron Guard (Legion), with further high-profile assassinations in the immediate aftermath. It came about halfway through the fascist National Legionary State and led to the first open clash between the Guard and conducător Ion Antonescu, who ousted the Legion from power in January 1941.

The Alexandru Ioan Cuza University is a public university located in Iași, Romania. Founded by an 1860 decree of Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza, under whom the former Academia Mihăileană was converted to a university, the University of Iași, as it was named at first, is one of the oldest universities of Romania, and one of its advanced research and education institutions. It is one of the five members of the Universitaria Consortium.

Events from the year 1941 in Romania.

Events from the year 1949 in Romania. The year saw the introduction of collectivization and the first Romanian identity card.

Events from the year 1950 in Romania. The year saw Romania build relationships with other Communist states, including China and East Germany.

Jilava Prison is a prison located in Jilava, a village south of Bucharest, Romania.

References

↑ Iova, p. lv

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

[ivlv-1] Iova, p. lv

[1]