1888 in Romania explained

Events from the year 1888 in Romania. The year saw the first strike in the country, led by worker at Romanian Railways.

Incumbents

King: Carol I.^[1]
Prime Minister:
- Ion Brătianu (until 20 March).^[2]
- Theodor Rosetti (from 23 March).^[2]

Events

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23 January – Elections are held for the Chamber of Deputies. They run until 25 January and again from 12 to 14 October.^[3]
30 January – The first strike in Romania takes place when 300 workers at the Romanian Railways Workshop in Galați walk out in solidarity following the dismissal of a colleague, Ioan A. Ionescu.^[4]
2 July – Ion Luca Caragiale becomes Minister of Education and head of the National Theatre Bucharest. His appointment is controversial and short-lived.^[5] ^[6]
13 August – A strike starts in the Railway Central Workshops in Bucharest, which runs until 25 August.^[4]
Date unknown – Victor Babeș discovers the protozoan parasite Babesia.^[7]

Births

25 January – Abraham Leib Zissu, political essayist and writer (died 1956).^[8]
5 February – Constantin Titel Petrescu, politician and lawyer, the leader of the Romanian Social Democratic Party (died 1957).^[9]
28 March – Alexandru Kirițescu, playwright and journalist (died 1961).^[10]
1 April – Mircea Florian, philosopher (died 1960).^[11]
17 May – Anton Durcovici, bishop of Iași in the Roman Catholic Church and martyr. He was beatified on 17 May 2014 (died 1951).^[12]

Deaths

17 September – Iulia Hasdeu, poet, first Romanian woman to study at the University of Paris (born 1869).^[13]

Notes and References

Book: Treptow, Kurt W. . A History of Romania . Iaşi . Center for Romanian Studies . 2001 . 978-9-73943-235-1 . 597.
Book: Nicolescu, Nicolae C.. Șefii de stat și de guvern ai României 1859–2003: mică enciclopedie. Heads of State and Government of Romania 1859–2003: A Small Encyclopedia. Bucarest. Editura Meronia. 2003. 978-9-73820-049-4. 211. RO.
Book: Giurescu . Constantin C. . Chronological History of Romania . Matei . Horia C. . Popa . Marcel . Alexandrescu . Ion . Chiper . Ioan . Enciclopedică Română . 1974 . Bucharest . 470 . 251025169.
Book: Augustin. Deac. Nora. Munteanu. Din istoria luptelor greviste ale proletariatului din Romînia. The history of the strike struggles of the proletariat in Romania. Bucharest. Editura politică. 1962. 81870840. 13.
Book: Tappe, Eric Ditmar. Ion Luca Caragiale. New York. Twayne Publishers. 1974. 978-0-80572-199-7. 6.
Book: Tudor. Vianu. Cornelia. Botez. Pompiliu. Marcea. Scriitori Români. Romanian Writers. Bucharest. Editura Minerva. 1970. 2. 181. 641537361. RO.
Book: P.K.. Bandyopadhyay. N.R.. Das. Amit. Chattopadhyay. Biochemical, Immunological and Epidemiological Analysis of Parasitic Diseases. Singapore. Springer Nature. 2022. 978-9-81164-384-2. 66.
Book: Crăciun, Camelia . Politics and Ideology in Jewish Romanian Intellectual Life. During the Interwar Period: A. L. Zissu – W. Filderman Debate . Irina . Vainovski-Mihai . New Europe College Ștefan Odobleja Program Yearbook, 2010–2011 . Bucharest . New Europe College . 2010 . 88.
Web site: Constantin Titel Petrescu, eliberat din închisoare de comuniști după ce și-a "recunoscut greșeala de a se fi opus unificării mișcării muncitorești". Historia. ro. August 28, 2022.
News: Vă mai amintiți de... Alexandru Kirițescu. ro. Adevărul. 8 June 2010. 16 June 2013.
Book: Beldie, Constantin D.. Memorii: caleidoscopul unei jumătăți de veac în București, 1900–1950. Memoirs: the kaleidoscope of half a century in Bucharest, 1900–1950. Bucharest. Editura Albatros. 2000. 9789732406588. RO.
Web site: Romanian Catholic bishop martyred by communists beatified tomorrow. 16 May 2014. Catholic Herald. 4 March 2018. Jonathan Luxmoore. https://web.archive.org/web/20141022005706/http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/news/2014/05/16/romanian-catholic-bishop-martyred-by-communists-beatified-tomorrow/. 22 October 2014. dead.
Book: Manolache, C.. Scânteietoarea viață a Iuliei Hasdeu. The sparkling life of Iulia Hasdeu. 9789739399517. RO.