Events from the year 1921 in Romania. The year saw the formation of the Romanian Communist Party out of the Socialist Party and subsequent imprisonment of the Communist leadership.
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Incumbents
edit- King: Ferdinand.[1]
- Prime Minister:[2]
- Alexandru Averescu (until 17 December).
- Take Ionescu (from 17 December).
Events
edit- 2 February – Nicolae Bretan's opera Luceafărul is first performed at Romanian National Opera, Cluj-Napoca.[3]
- February – Elena Bacaloglu signs an agreement with Benito Mussolini, founding the National Italo-Romanian Fascist Movement (Mișcarea Națională Fascistă Italo-Română).[4]
- 3 March – The Convention of Romanian–Polish Defensive Alliance is signed in Bucharest, which came into force on 25 July, cementing the Polish–Romanian alliance.[5]
- 8 May – At the congress of the Socialist Party of Romania (Partidul Socialist din România), the pro-Bolshevik faction affirms control of the party, which consequently joins Communist International and is renamed the Romanian Communist Party (Partidul Comunist Român).[6]
- 12 May – The police arrest the leaders of the Romanian Communist Party, initiating the Dealul Spirii Trial.[7]
- 6 July – The Hungarian Union (Uniunea Maghiara) is founded with Sámuel Jósika as its first president.[8]
- 20 July – The Victory Medal is established, a design subsequently copied by France in the 1914–1918 Inter-Allied Victory medal.[9]
- 13 December – 100 people die when a building is bombed in Bolhrad.[10]
Births
edit- 5 January – Tissa David, animator, designer of Raggedy Ann (died 2012).[11]
- 14 February – Toma Arnăuțoiu, officer who led a group of anti-communist resistance fighters from 1949 to 1958, executed at Jilava Prison in 1959.[12]
- 17 February – Vera Clejan, literary critic and translator (died 2013).[13]
- 10 March – Lisa Ferraday, model and actor (died 2004).[14]
- 21 June – Greta Deligdisch, advocate for Holocaust survivors (died 2020).[15]
- 9 August – Lola Bobesco, violinist (died 2003).[16]
- 24 October – Veronica Schwefelberg, pen name Veronica Porumbacu, poet and translator (died 1977).[17]
- 25 October – Prince Michael (died 2017).[18]
Deaths
edit- 13 December – Ana Conta-Kernbach, writer and women's rights activist (born 1865).[19]
References
edit- ^ Treptow, Kurt W. (2001). A History of Romania. Iaşi: Center for Romanian Studies. p. 597. ISBN 978-9-73943-235-1.
- ^ Giurescu, Constantin C.; Matei, Horia C.; Popa, Marcel; Alexandrescu, Ion; Chiper, Ioan (1974). Chronological History of Romania. Bucharest: Enciclopedică Română. p. 462. OCLC 251025169.
- ^ Gagelmann, Hartmut (1998). Nicolae Bretan, seine Lieder, seine Opern, sein Leben [Nicolae Bretan, his songs, his operas, his life] (in German). Klausenburg: Tipoholding Verlag. p. 86. OCLC 57693941.
- ^ Heinen, Armin; Eşianu, Cornelia; Eşianu, Delia (2006). Legiunea "Arhanghelul Mihail" - mișcare socială și organizație politică ["Archangel Michael" Legion - Social Movement and Political Organization] (in Romanian). Bucharest: Humanitas. p. 485. ISBN 978-9-73501-158-1.
- ^ Titulescu, Nicolae; Potra, George; Turcu, Constantin I. (1994). Romania's Foreign Policy: 1937. Bucharest: Encyclopaedic Publishing House. p. 101. ISBN 978-9-73450-092-5.
- ^ Deletant, Dennis (2006). Romania Under Communist Rule. Bucharest: Civic Academy Foundation. p. 11. ISBN 978-9-73821-433-0.
- ^ Cioroianu, Adrian (2007). Pe Umerii lui Marx: O Introducere in Istoria Comunismului Romanesc [On Marx's Shoulders: An Introduction to the History of Romanian Communism] (in Romanian). Bucharest: Curtea Veche. ISBN 978-9-73669-390-8.
- ^ Radu, Sorin; Maner, Hans-Christian (2012). Parliamentarism and Political Structures in East-Central and Southeastern Europe in the Interwar Period. Sibiu: "Lucian Blaga" University of Sibiu Publishing House. p. 196. OCLC 86489077.
- ^ Moisil, Constantin (1928). "Medalistul C. Kristescu" [Medalist C. Kristescu]. Cronica Numismatică şi Arheologică, Bucharest. VIII (83): 26.
- ^ "Palace bombed, 100 Killed" (PDF). The New York Times. 14 December 1921. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 April 2021.
- ^ "Passings: Tissa David". The Los Angeles Times. 26 August 2012. p. 31.
- ^ Iancu, Mariana (July 19, 2019). "Detalii terifiante din noaptea în care a fost asasinat Toma Arnăuțoiu. Eroul din munți a fost executat sumar în închisoare". Adevărul (in Romanian). Retrieved August 16, 2022.
- ^ Manolescu, Florin (2006). Enciclopedia exilului literar românesc 1945-1989: scriitori, reviste, instituții, organizații [Encyclopedia of the Romanian literary exile 1945-1989: Writers, Magazines, Institutions, Organizations]. Pitesti: Paralela 45. p. 139. ISBN 978-9-73196-082-1.
- ^ Anderson, H.F. (24 March 2004). "Lisa Ferraday". The Palm Beach Post. p. 44.
- ^ Schudel, Matt (8 February 2020). "Greta Beer, who led efforts to restore funds to Holocaust families, dies at 98". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 10 February 2020.
- ^ Cummings, David (2002). International Who's Who in Classical Music. London: Routledge. p. 77. ISBN 978-1-85743-160-5.
- ^ Sasu, Aurel (1999). Enciclopedia Marilor Personalități: M-Z [Encyclopedia of Great Personalities: M-Z] (in Romanian). Bucharest: Editura Geneze. p. 422. ISBN 978-9-73697-760-2.
- ^ Hall, Richard C. (2014). War in the Balkans: An Encyclopedic History from the Fall of the Ottoman Empire to the Breakup of Yugoslavia. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO. p. 187. ISBN 978-1-61069-031-7.
- ^ Noveanu, Eugen (2013). "Ana Conta-Kernbach o sută cincizeci de ani de la naştere" [Ana Conta-Kernbach One Hundred and Fifty Years after Her Birth] (PDF). Revista de Pedagogie (in Romanian). LXI (4). Bucharest, Romania: Institutul de Ştiinţe ale Educaţiei: 210. ISSN 0034-8678. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 February 2019.