1922 in Romania explained

Events from the year 1922 in Romania. The year saw the Dealul Spirii Trial and the crowning of King Ferdinand.

Incumbents

• King: Ferdinand I.^[1]
• Prime Minister:^[2]
  • Take Ionescu (until 19 January).
  • Ion I. C. Brătianu (from 19 January).

Events

• 23 January – The Dealul Spirii Trial of members of the Communist Party commences.^[3]
• 1 March – A general election is held for the Chamber of Deputies and Senate, running until 11 March. The governing National Liberal Party retains power.^[4]
• 11 April – In a hearing, the prime minister publicly commends the work of the Communist Party.^[5]
• 13 April – The king signs the Bessarabian Treaty, confirming the Union of Bessarabia with Romania.^[6]
• 4 June – The government issues an amnesty decree for the release of the Dealul Spirii convicts, which is signed by the king two days later.^[7]
• 15 October – Ferdinand is crowned King of Romania at Coronation Cathedral, Alba Iulia.^[8]
• 18 December – The Magyar Party is founded.^[9]

Births

• 28 February – Radu Câmpeanu, politician, jurist, and economist (died 2016).^[10]
• 23 April – Pavel Chihaia, novelist (died 2019).
• 26 April – Ștefan Augustin Doinaș, poet, political prisoner and politician (died 2005).^[11]
• 29 May – Iannis Xenakis, architect and avant-garde composer (died 2001).^[12]
• 7 June – Egon Balas, mathematician (died 2019).
• 17 October – Tudor Ganea, mathematician (died 1971).^[13]
• 30 October – Iancu Țucărman, agricultural engineer (died 2021).

Deaths

• 22 January – Alexandru Ciurcu, inventor of a form of rocket engine (born 1854).^[14]
• 12 May – Alexandru Bogdan-Pitești, Symbolist poet, essayist, and art and literary critic (born 1870).
• 3 June – Duiliu Zamfirescu, novelist, poet, and short story writer, member of the Romanian Academy (born 1858).^[15]
• 29 November – Vasile Lucaciu, Greek Catholic priest and an advocate of equal rights (born 1852).^[16]

Notes and References

1. Book: Treptow, Kurt W. . A History of Romania . Center for Romanian Studies . 2001 . 978-9-73943-235-1 . Iași . 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: Cioroianu, Adrian . Pe Umerii lui Marx: O Introducere în Istoria Comunismului Românesc . Curtea Veche . 2007 . 978-9-73669-390-8 . Bucharest . RO . On Marx's Shoulders: An Introduction to the History of Romanian Communism.
4. Book: Nohlen . Dieter . Elections in Europe: A Data Handbook . Stöver . Philip . Nomos . 2010 . 978-3-83295-609-7 . Baden-Baden . 1591 . Dieter Nohlen.
5. Book: Rusenescu . Mihail . Viața politică în România 1922–1928 . Saizu . Ioan . Editura Politică . 1979 . Bucharest . 117 . RO . Political life in Romania 1922–1928 . 1170530302.
6. Book: Mitrasca, Marcel . Moldova: A Romanian Province Under Russian Rule: Diplomatic History from the Archives of the Great Powers . Algora Publications . 2007 . 9780875861845 . New York . 6.
7. Book: Popescu-Puțuri, Ion . Presa Muncitorească și Socialistă din România: 1921–1924 . Editura Politică . 1978 . Bucharest . 6 . RO . The Working and Socialist Press in Romania: 1921–1924 . 255508145.
8. Book: Roszkowski . Wojciech . Biographical Dictionary of Central and Eastern Europe in the Twentieth Century . Kofman . Jan . . 2015 . 978-1-31747-593-4 . New York . 254.
9. Book: Kiss . Tamás . Unequal Accommodation of Minority Rights: Hungarians in Transylvania . Székely . István Gergő . Toró . Tibor . Palgrave Macmillan . 2018 . 978-3-31978-893-7 . Cham . 53.
10. Book: Wojciech. Roszkowski. Jan. Kofman. Biographical Dictionary of Central and Eastern Europe in the Twentieth Century. Routledge. London. 2015. 132. 978-1-31747-594-1.
11. Book: Nicolae, Bratu . Ritmuri francofone . Editgraph . 2014 . 9786066632195 . Buzău . 19 . RO . Francophone Rhythms.
12. Book: Randel, Don Michael . The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music . . 1996 . 978-0-67437-299-3 . Cambridge . 999.
13. Web site: Tudor Ganea (1922–1971) . August 12, 2022 . www.ancientfaces.com.
14. Book: Văduva-Poenaru, Ion . Enciclopedia Marilor Personalități: A–G . Editura Geneze . 1999 . 978-9-73909-924-0 . Bucharest . 290 . RO . Encyclopedia of Great Personalities: A–G.
15. Book: Roszkowski . Wojciech . Biographical Dictionary of Central and Eastern Europe in the Twentieth Century . Kofman . Jan . . 2015 . 978-1-31747-593-4 . New York . 1140.
16. Book: Stoica, Stan . Dicţionar Biografic de Istorie a României . Editura Meronia . 2008 . 978-9-73783-939-8 . Bucharest . 323 . RO . Biographical Dictionary of Romanian History.