1923 in Romania explained

Events from the year 1923 in Romania. The year saw the country adopt a new constitution.

Incumbents

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

Events

• 4 March – The far-right National-Christian Defense League (Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: Liga Apărării Național Creștine, LANC) is founded.^[3]
• 29 March – The Constitution of Union is introduced, providing a representative democracy based on universal manhood suffrage.^[4]
• 17 May – The Unknown Soldier is buried in Bucharest.^[5]
• 23 June – The Societatea Națională de Credit Industrial is founded by the National Bank of Romania to provide credit and financial services to the industry.^[6]
• 18 December – The King Ferdinand I National Military Museum (Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: Muzeul Militar Național "Regele Ferdinand I") is founded.^[7]
• 19 December – Elisabeth of Romania, Queen Consort, and King George II of Greece, find refuge in Romania after having to leave Greece.^[8]

Births

• 26 January – Gertrud Szabolcsi, biochemist and first lady of Hungary (died 1993).^[9]
• 23 February – Margarita Caranica, pen name Eta Boeriu, poet and critic (died 1984).^[10]
• 2 April – Yolanda Marculescu, coloratura soprano (died 1992).
• 8 October – Ion Voicu, violinist and orchestral conductor (died 1997).
• 14 October – Cassius Ionescu-Tulcea, mathematician (died 2021).
• 19 November – Monica Lovinescu, essayist and short story writer (died 2008).^[11]
• 25 November – Paul Niculescu-Mizil, communist politician (died 2008).^[12]

Deaths

• 17 July – Theodor Rosetti, prime minister 1888 to 1889 (born 1837).^[13]
• 6 September – Sofronie Vulpescu, bishop (born 1856).^[14]

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: Spuler, Bertold . Rulers and Governments of the World Volume 3: 1930 to 1975 . Bowker . 1977 . 978-0-85935-056-3 . London . 444.
3. Book: Scorpan, Constantin . Istoria României: Enciclopedie . Nemira . 1997 . 978-9-73569-180-6 . Bucharest . 284 . RO . History of Romania: Encyclopedia.
4. Book: Neumann . Victor . Key Concepts of Romanian History: Alternative Approaches to Socio-Political Languages . Heinen . Armin . Central European University Press . 2013 . 978-6-15522-558-1 . New York . 194.
5. Book: Butnaru . Ion C. . The Silent Holocaust: Romania and Its Jews . Spodheim . Renee . Greenwood Press . 1992 . 978-0-31327-985-0 . New York . 40.
6. Book: Codul general al României, Codurile, legile și regulamentele în vigoare) Intocmit după textele oficiale . 30 . 141–157 . RO . General code of Romania: Codes, laws and regulations in force, prepared according to official texts . Legea Nr 48 Decret-Lege Pentru Organizarea Creditului National Industrial . 1.
7. Book: Ghinea, Dan . Enciclopedia geografică a României . Editura Enciclopedică . 2000 . Bucharest . 250 . RO . Geographic Encyclopedia of Romania . 47026989.
8. Book: Muñoz, Antonio J. . The German Secret Field Police in Greece, 1941–1944 . McFarland & Company, Inc. . 2018 . 978-1-47663-104-2 . Jefferson, North Carolina . 29.
9. Book: Hermann, Péter . Magyar és Nemzetközi ki Kicsoda . Biográf . 978-9-63794-309-6 . Budapest . 823 . HU . Who is Hungarian and Who is International?.
10. Book: Poantă, Petru . Dicționar de Poeți, Clujul Contemporan . Clusium . 1999 . 978-9-73555-237-4 . Cluj-Napoca . 29 . RO . Dictionary of Poets, Contemporary Cluj.
11. Book: Colombo, Giorgio . Letteratura della Romania . Negarine di S. Pietro in Cariano Il Segno dei Gabrielli . 2005 . 978-8-88816-383-3 . Verona . 106 . IT . Romanian literature.
12. Web site: Țiu . Ilarion . 7 December 2008 . A murit Paul Niculescu-Mizil . dead . https://archive.today/20130416111000/http://www.jurnalul.ro/observator/a-murit-paul-niculescu-mizil-fara-unirea-tuturor-fortelor-nu-se-poate-iesi-din-criza-140438.htm . 16 April 2013 . 16 August 2022 . ro . Jurnalul Național.
13. Book: Pop, Aurel Ioan . Marea Istorie ilustrată a României și a Republicii Moldova . Litera . 2018 . 978-6-06335-847-0 . Bucharest . 526 . RO . The Great Illustrated History of Romania and the Republic of Moldova.
14. Book: Păcurariu, Mirncea . Dicționarul Teologilor Români . Editura Andreiana . 2014 . 9786068602103 . Sibiu . 526 . RO . Dictionary of Romanian Theologians.