1924 in Romania explained

Events from the year 1924 in Romania. The year saw the first time that the country competed as a team in the Summer Olympic Games, and, although the country won no medals, Romania went on to enter every subsequent game apart from 1932 Summer Olympics.

Incumbents

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

Events

• 1 January – The Aeronautica Regală Română (ARR), or Romanian Royal Aeronautics, is founded.^[3]
• 29 March – Rioters in Bucharest target Jews in anti-semitic attacks that continued through the night into the next morning.^[4]
• 3 April – The Italian government issues Romania with an ultimatum requiring a payment of 80 million Italian lira for outstanding debts. Several Regia Marina warships are stationed off the port of Constanța to back up the demand.^[5]
• 10 April – King Ferdinand and Queen Marie arrive in Paris on a royal visit. Though officially only a friendly visit, it was believed that Romania was seeking an alliance with France as a counter to unfriendly relations with Italy, Russia and Spain.^[6]
• 11 April – The Romanian government bans the Romanian Communist Party.^[7]
• 16 April – Romania announces it has settled its debts with Italy.^[8]
• 27 May – The Romania national football team compete for the first time in the 1924 Summer Olympics. They are defeated 6–0 by the Netherlands.^[9]
• 29 May – An ammunition depot explodes in Cotroceni, causing $3 million damage to the Royal Palace and other buildings.^[10]
• 5 July – Romania enters the Summer Olympics for the first time as a team. Although the team does not receive any medals, the country goes on to compete in every game apart from the 1932 games .^[11]
• 10 August – Romania is one of the nine countries represented at the first First International Silent Games held in Paris.^[12]
• 12 October – The declaration of the Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic heightens tensions between Moldovans and Romanians.^[13]
• 25 November – The Bucharest government vote one million lei to construct a crematorium.^[14]
• 23 December – Nicolae Bretan's opera Golem is first performed at the Hungarian Theater in Cluj.^[15]

Births

• 2 January – Victor Mercea, nuclear physicist (died 1987).
• 15 February – Kemal Karpat, historian and professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison (died 2019).
• 20 February – Eugen Barbu, novelist, short story writer, and journalist (died 1993).^[16]
• 8 March – Alma Redlinger, painter and illustrator (died 2017).^[17]
• 15 June – Hédi Szmuk, Swedish-Romanian author and psychologist, survivor of Nazi concentration camps (died 2022).^[18]
• 15 August – Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger, poet (died 1942).^[19]
• 26 August – Elena Moldovan Popoviciu, mathematician (died 2009).^[20]
• 8 September – Solange d'Herbez de la Tour, architect.^[21]
• 5 October – Marianne Fillenz, neuroscientist (died 2012).^[22]
• 27 November – Renée Annie Cassian-Mătăsaru, pen name Nina Cassian, children's author, journalist, poet, translator and film critic (died 2014).^[23]
• 17 December – Alexander Bickel, legal scholar and expert on the United States Constitution (died 1974).^[24]

Deaths

• 15 April – Eduard Caudella, composer (born 1841).^[25]
• 19 October – Iancu Flondor, politician who advocated the Union of Bukovina with Romania (born 1865).^[26]
• 22 October – Wilhelm Knechtel, botanist and numismatist (born 1837).^[27]

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: Spuler, Bertold . Rulers and Governments of the World Volume 3: 1930 to 1975 . Bowker . 1977 . 978-0-85935-056-3 . London . 444.
3. Web site: 2022 . Anul 1920 . Year 1920 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220512065509/http://www.roaf.ro/?p=5264 . 12 May 2022 . Forțele Aeriene Române . www.roaf.ro. Bucharest . RO.
4. News: Fendrick . Raymond . 31 March 1924 . Stones for Jews, Cheers for Ford in Bucharest . 12 . Chicago Daily Tribune.
5. News: 4 April 1924 . Italy and Russia Menace Unity of Roumania . 14 . Chicago Daily Tribune.
6. News: 11 April 1924 . Roumanian King in Paris for Aid Against Russia . 7 . Chicago Daily Tribune.
7. Book: Lomellini, Valentine . The Rise of Bolshevism and Its Impact on the Interwar International Order . . 2021 . 978-3-03035-529-6 . Basingstoke . 73.
8. News: 17 April 1924 . Roumania Settles Trade Debts with Italians . 11 . Chicago Daily Tribune.
9. Web site: FULL TIME: NETHERLANDS 6-0 ROMANIA . https://web.archive.org/web/20220520170334/https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/mens/mensolympic/paris1924/match-center/32297 . 20 May 2022 . www.fifa.com.
10. Book: Nash, Jay Robert . Darkest Hours: A Narrative Encyclopedia of Worldwide Disasters from Ancient Times to the Present . Nelson-Hall . 1976 . 978-0-88229-140-6 . Chicago . 658.
11. Book: Mallon, Bill . The Olympic Record Book . Garland Publishers . 1988 . 978-0-82402-948-7 . New York . 443.
12. Book: Bailey, Steve . Athlete First: A History of the Paralympic Movement . . 2010 . 978-0-47072-431-6 . Hoboken . 8.
13. Book: King, Charles . The Moldovans: Romania, Russia, and the Politics of Culture . . 2001 . 978-0-81799-791-5 . Stanford . 52.
14. Book: Rotar, Marius . History of Modern Cremation in Romania . Cambridge Scholars Publications . 2013 . 978-1-44384-542-7 . Newcastle upon Tyne . 89.
15. Book: Gagelmann, Hartmut . Nicolae Bretan, His Life, His Music, Volume 1 . . 2000 . 978-1-57647-021-3 . New York . 48.
16. Book: Stroynowski, Juliusz . Who's who in the Socialist Countries of EuropeA Bio; graphical Encyclopedia of More Than 12,600 Leading Personalities in Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, German Democratic Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Yugoslavia Volume 1 . Saur . 1989 . 978-3-59810-719-1 . Munich . 60.
17. Book: Kay, Ernest . International Who's who in Art and Antiques . . 1976 . 978-0-90033-237-1 . Cambridge . 315.
18. Book: Buggeln, Marc . Slave Labor in Nazi Concentration Camps . . 2014 . 978-0-19870-797-4 . Oxford . 175.
19. Book: Greif . Stefan . Kein Ende des Gerüchts: Antisemitismus in Kultur und Literatur des 20. und 21. Jahrhunderts . Kurultay . Tugay . Roßbach . Nikola . . 2020 . 978-3-73760-907-4 . Kassel . DE . No End to the Rumour: Antisemitism in culture and literature of the 20th and 21st centuries.
20. Book: Andonie, George Ștefan. Istoria matematicii în România . Editura Stiințifică . 1987 . 3 . Bucharest . 287 . The History of Hathematics in Romania . 923247868.
21. Book: Kay, Ernest . International Who's who of Professional and Business Women . International Biographic Center . 1992 . 978-0-90033-298-2 . Cambridge . 186.
22. Book: Grant, John . Who's who of British Scientists . Longman . 1971 . 978-0-58211-464-7 . London . 286.
23. Book: Colby, Vineta . World Authors, 1985-1990 . H.W. Wilson . 1995 . 978-0-82420-875-2 . New York . 132.
24. Book: Raffel, Jeffrey A. . Historical Dictionary of School Segregation and Desegregation . . 1998 . 978-0-31329-502-7 . Westport . 20.
25. Book: Cosma, Viorel . Muzicieni români: Compozitori și muzicologi . Editura Muzicală a Uniunii Compozitorilor . 1970 . Bucharest . 105 . RO . Romanian Musicians: Composers and Musicologists . 940280411.
26. Book: Stoica, Stan . Dicționar Biografic de Istorie a României . Editura Meronia . 2008 . 978-9-73783-939-8 . Bucharest . 343 . RO . Biographical Dictionary of Romanian History.
27. Rogers . Robert W. . 1926 . Heffner . Edward H. . Archaeological News: Notes on Recent Excavations and Discoveries . . 30 . 100 . 10.2307/497934 . 1. 497934 .