1885 in Romania explained

Events from the year 1885 in Romania.

Incumbents

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

Events

• 25 April – The Romanian Orthodox Church is recognised as an autonomous Metropolis by Joachim IV of Constantinople.^[3]

Births

• 14 January – Constantin Sănătescu, 44th prime minister of Romania (died 1947).^{[4] [5]}
• 30 January – Iuliu Hossu, bishop of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church, beatified as a martyr (died 1970).^[6]
• 10 February – Alice Voinescu, writer and essayist, first Romanian woman to become a Doctor of Philosophy (died 1961).^[7]
• 22 April – Maria Teohari, credited as the first Romanian female astronomer (died 1975).^[8]
• 20 May – Alexander Löhr, General Commander in the South East of the Wehrmacht in World War II (died 1947).^[9]
• 27 November– Nicolae Hortolomei, surgeon and medical scientist (died 1961).^[10]
• 9 December – Daniel Ciugureanu, politician, Prime Minister of the Moldavian Democratic Republic in 1918, President of the Romanian Senate (died 1950).^[11]

Deaths

• 8 April – Constantin Alexandru Rosetti, literary and political leader (born 1816).^[12]

Notes and References

1. Book: Treptow, Kurt W. . A History of Romania . Iaşi . Center for Romanian Studies . 2001 . 978-9-73943-235-1 . 597.
2. Book: Giurescu . Constantin C. . Chronological History of Romania . Matei . Horia C. . Popa . Marcel . Alexandrescu . Ion . Chiper . Ioan . Enciclopedică Română . 1974 . Bucharest . 462 . 251025169.
3. Book: Leustean, Lucian N.. Orthodoxy and the Cold War: Religion and Political Power in Romania, 1947-65. London. Palgrave Macmillan. 2008. 9780230594944. 33.
4. Book: Leonida . Loghin . Aurel . Lupășteanu . Constantin . Ucrain . Bărbați ai datoriei: 23 august 1944 – 12 mai 1945 . Men of Duty: August 23, 1944 – May 12, 1945 . Editura Militară . Bucharest . 1985 . 369.
5. Web site: Constantin Sănătescu. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210413123436if_/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Constantin-Sanatescu. 13 April 2021. Encyclopædia Britannica.
6. Book: Lentz III, Harris M.. Popes and Cardinals of the 20th Century: A Biographical Dictionary. Jefferson NC. MacFarlan. 2015. 978-1-47662-155-5. 94.
7. Book: Mihăilescu, Dan C. . Literatura română în postceaușism: Memorialistica sau trecutul ca re-umanizare . Romanian Literature in Post-Ceausescuism: Memorialistics or the Past as Re-Humanization . Iași . . 2004 . 1 . 40 . 978-9-73681-514-0 . RO.
8. Web site: Maria Teohari - Enciclopedia României - prima enciclopedie online despre România. Maria Teohari - Encyclopedia of Romania - the first online encyclopedia about Romania. enciclopediaromaniei.ro. RO. 23 November 2024.
9. Book: Pitsch, Erwin . 2009 . Alexander Löhr. Band 3: Heerführer auf dem Balkan . Alexander Löhr. Volume 3: Army Commander in the Balkans . de . Salzburg, Austria . Österreichischer Miliz-Verlag . 978-3-901185-23-6 . 53.
10. A Brilliant Representative of Rumanian Surgery: Academician Nicolae Hortolomei . Agepres Information Bulletin . 15 January 1961 . 14 .
11. Web site: Bianca. Pădurean. Artizani ai Marii Uniri umiliți și uciși de comuniști. Astăzi, Daniel Ciugureanu. Radio France Internationale. ro. 19 May 2020. 23 November 2024.
12. Book: Bucur, Marin. C.A. Rosetti: Mesianism ṣi Donẹuijotism Revoluṭionar. C.A. Rosetti: Messianism and Revolutionary Quixoticism. Bucharest. Minerva. 1970. 804410588. RO.