1920 in Romania explained

Events from the year 1920 in Romania. The year was marked by the signing of the Treaty of Trianon and Treaty of Paris, and a general strike.

Incumbents

• King: Ferdinand.^[1]
• Prime Minister:^[2]
  • Alexandru Vaida-Voevod (until 13 March).
  • Alexandru Averescu (from 13 March).

Events

• 25 May – In a general election, the ruling People's Party is victorious.^[3]
• 4 June – The Treaty of Trianon is signed. Transylvania and most of Banat become part of Romania.^[4]
• 20 October – Over 400,000 workers engage in a general strike that lasts until 28 October.^[5]
• 28 October – The Treaty of Paris is signed, affirming the Union of Bessarabia with Romania.^[6]

Births

• 25 April – Sofia Ionescu, neurosurgeon (died 2008).^[7]
• 3 July – Paul-Mihu Sadoveanu, novelist and soldier (killed in action at the Battle of Turda in 1944).
• 23 July – Adriana Georgescu-Cosmovici, political prisoner and memoirist (died in 2005).^[8]
• 16 August – Virgil Ierunca, literary critic, journalist, and poet (died 2006).
• 20 August – Zoe Dumitrescu-Bușulenga, comparatist and essayist (died 2006).^[9]
• 5 November – Kató Havas, violinist (died 2018).^[10]

Deaths

• 27 February – Alexandru Dimitrie Xenopol, historian and philosopher (born 1847).^[11]
• 9 March – Haralamb Lecca, poet, playwright and translator (born 1873).^[12]
• 24 November – Alexandru Macedonski, poet, novelist, dramatist, and literary critic (born 1854).

Notes and References

1. Book: Treptow, Kurt W. . A History of Romania . Center for Romanian Studies . 2001 . 978-9-73943-235-1 . Iaşi . 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: Nohlen . Dieter . Elections in Europe: A Data Handbook . Stöver . Philip . Nomos . 2010 . 978-3-83295-609-7 . Baden-Baden . 1591 . Dieter Nohlen.
4. Book: Shaw . Stanford J. . History of the Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey: Volume 2, Reform, Revolution, and Republic: The Rise of Modern Turkey 1808-1975 . Shaw . Ezel Kural . Cambridge University Press . 1977 . 978-0-52129-166-8 . Cambridge . 332.
5. Book: Giurescu . Constantin C. . Chronological History of Romania . Matei . Horia C. . Editura enciclopedică română, National Commission of the Socialist Republic of Romania for UNESCO . 1972 . Bucharest . 290 . 1222465913.
6. Book: Mitrasca, Marcel . Moldova: A Romanian Province Under Russian Rule: Diplomatic History from the Archives of the Great Powers . Algora Publications . 2007 . 978-0-87586-184-5 . New York . 6.
7. Book: Joy, Betti . Viaggi Dialogici tra Italia e Romania: La Cultura Dinamica . CLUEB . 2012 . 978-8-84913-793-4 . Bologna . 25 . IT . Dialogic Journeys between Italy and Romania: Dynamic Culture.
8. News: Personalități feminine din România (I). ro. George Marcu. Rodica Ilinca. Ziarul Financiar. April 6, 2012. August 6, 2024.
9. Book: Petraş, Irina . Panorama Criticii Literare Româneşti 1950–2000: Critici şi Istorici Literari, Teoreticieni, Eseişti, Esteticieni . Casa Cartii de Stiinta . 2001 . Cluj-Napoca . 279 . RO . Panorama of Romanian Literary Criticism 1950–2000: Literary critics and Historians, Theorists, Essayists, Aestheticians.
10. News: Kenneson . Claude . 1994 . Székely and Bartók: The Story of a Friendship . 468 . Amadeus Press . Portland . 978-0-93134-070-3.
11. Book: Graf, Friedrich Wilhelm . Der Historismus und seine Probleme Erstes Buch: Das logische Problem der Geschichtsphilosophie (1922) . De Gruyter . 2012 . 978-3-11090-068-2 . Berlin . 1140 . DE . Historicism and its Problems First Book: The Logical Problem of the Philosophy of History (1922).
12. Book: Călinescu, George . Istoria Literaturii Romîne . Editura Academiei Republicii Socialiste România . 1973 . 3 . Bucharest . 955 . RO . History of Romanian Literature . 1067588312.