1886 in Romania explained

Events from the year 1886 in Romania.

Incumbents

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

Events

• 3 March – The Treaty of Bucharest is signed in the Romanian capital, bringing to an end the Serbo-Bulgarian War.^[3]
• 23 May – Romania introduces a tariff on imported goods to protect local industry, which leads to Austria-Hungary introducing new custom duties on imports and the Romanian-Austro-Hungarian customs war. It lasts until December 1893.^[4]
• 13 August – Alexandru Ciurcu demonstrates the first boat powered by a jet engine. It travelled for 15 minutes.^[5]
• 5 December – Romania adopts the Berne Convention.^[4]
• 20 December – William, Prince of Hohenzollern renounces his heirship to the throne in favour of his younger brother Ferdinand.^[6]

Births

• 14 January – Ștefan Protopopescu, aviation pioneer, the first licensed pilot in Romania (died 1929.^[7]
• 18 January – Ștefan Dimitrescu, Post-Impressionist painter (died 1933).^[8]
• 20 March – George Topîrceanu, war poet and satirist (died 1937).^[9]
• 7 June – Henri Coandă, inventor, pioneer of aerodynamics and discoverer of the Coandă effect (died 1972).^[10]
• 2 November – Gheorghe Tătărescu, twice prime minister, between 1934 and 1937 and between 1939 and 1940 (died 1957).^[11]
• 7 November – Nicolae Macici, lieutenant general during World War II, who died in Aiud Prison (died 1950).^[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: Goldstein, Erik. Wars and Peace Treaties: 1816 to 1991. London. Taylor & Francis. 1992. 978-1-13489-912-8. 35.
4. Book: Constantin C.. Giurescu. Horia C.. Matei. Chronological History of Romania. Bucharest. Editura Enciclopedică Română. 1974. 1926646. 231.
5. Book: Banabic, Dorel. History of Romanian Technology and Industry Volume 2: Electrical Engineering, Energetics, Transport and Technology Education. Cham. Spring. 2024. 978-3-03139-191-0.
6. Book: Melville Henry Massue, Marquis de Ruvigny et Raineval. The Titled Nobility of Europe: An International Peerage, Or "Who's Who," of the Sovereigns, Princes, and Nobles of Europe. London. Burke's Peerage. 1914. 978-0-85011-028-9. 76.
7. Book: Dumitru. Crăciun. Constantin. Ucrain. Raiduri aeriene românești. Romanian Air Raids. Junimea. Iasi. 1988. 26. 21374038.
8. Book: Institutul de Istoria Artei (Academia Română) . Pagini de artă modernă românească . Bucharest . Editura Academiei Republicii socialiste România . 1974 . 583168758.
9. Book: Antonello . Biagini . Giovanna . Motta . The First World War: Analysis and Interpretation, Volume 2 . Newcastle upon Tyne . Cambridge Scholars Publishing . 2016 . 191 . 978-1-44388-531-7 .
10. Book: Dictionary of Physics. Basingstoke. Palgrave Macmillan. 2004. 397.
11. Book: Mikhaĭlovich Prokhorov, Aleksandr . Great Soviet Encyclopedia - Volume 25 . New York . Macmillan . 1973 . 403 . 928839423.
12. Web site: Îl reabilitează Justiția pe celebrul general Nicolae Macici? Ororile din război, faptele de vitejie și moartea după gratii. April 23, 2020. ziare.com. Ionel. Stoica. ro. August 15, 2022.