1942 in Romania explained

Events from the year 1942 in Romania. The year was dominated by the Second World War.

Incumbents

• King

Michael I of Romania.^[1]

• Prime Minister

Ion Antonescu.^[2]

Events

• 24 January – A record temperature of -38.5C is recorded at Bod, Brașov.^[3]
• 6 June – A state of war is declared between Romania and the United States.^[4]
• 1 July – Romanian and German troops capture the fortress at Sevastopol following a siege that had lasted 8 months.^[5]
• 7 September – Romanian and German troops capture Novorossiysk in the Battle of the Caucasus.^[6]
• 2 November – Soldiers of the Vânători de munte under the command of general Ioan Dumitrache capture Nalchik, the farthest advance by the Axis powers into the Caucasus.^[7]
• 19 November – The Romania Third and Fourth Armies come under attack by the Soviet Red Army at the Battle of Stalingrad.^[8]
• 1 December – The Soviet cruiser and destroyer shell Snake Island, damaging the radio station, barracks and lighthouse on the island, but fail to inflict significant losses.^[9]

Births

• 5 January – Alexandru Ioan Lupaș, mathematician (died 2007).
• 9 March – Ion Caramitru, stage and film actor, stage director, and political figure (died 2021).^[10]
• 25 March – Otilia Valeria Coman (pen name Ana Blandiana), poet.^[11]
• 25 March – Basarab Nicolescu, theoretical physicist.
• 27 March – Olga Bucătaru, film and stage actress (died 2020).
• 2 April – Gabriela Adameșteanu, novelist, short story writer, essayist, journalist, and translator.^[12]
• 23 May – Gabriel Liiceanu, philosopher.
• 28 May – Păun Otiman, agronomist, politician, member of the Romanian Academy.^[13]
• 22 September – Alexandru Moisuc, agricultural scientist.
• 4 November – Edward Luttwak, American military strategist and author.^[14]

Deaths

• 21 March – Olha Kobylianska, modernist writer and feminist (born 1863).^[15]
• 21 November – Alexandru Pastia, colonel, killed in action at the Battle of Stalingrad (born 1893).
• 24 November – Ioan Sion, major general, killed in action at the Battle of Stalingrad (born 1890).
• 16 December – Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger, poet murdered in the Holocaust (born 1924).^[16]

Notes and References

1. Book: Scurtu, Ioan . Istoria românilor în timpul celor patru regi (1866-1947) . The History of the Romanians under the Four Kings (1866-1947) . 2004 . Editura Enciclopedică . Bucharest . 978-9-73450-441-1 . 32 . 2a . RO.
2. Book: Roper, Steven D. . Romania: The Unfinished Revolution . Routledge . London . 2000 . 978-0-20369-507-4 . 8–14.
3. News: Mihai . Nica . Pe urmele frigului, la Bod, comuna din Brașov pusă pe harta Europei de părintele radioului modern . In the wake of the cold, in Bod, the commune of Brașov put on the map of Europe by the father of modern radio . ro . . romania.europalibera.org . January 25, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220128185702/https://romania.europalibera.org/a/recordul-frig-romania/31670988.html . 28 January 2022.
4. Book: Elisabeth . Barker . William . Deakin . Leighton . Evans . British Political and Military Strategy in Central, Eastern and Southern Europe in 1944 . London . . 1988 . 152 . 978-1-34919-379-0 .
5. Book: Melville, Mungo . Sevastopol's Wars: Crimea from Potemkin to Putin . . London . 2017 . 978-1-47282-228-4 . 22.
6. Book: Robert . Forczyk . Steve . Noon . The Caucasus 1942-43 : Kleist's Race for Oil . Oxford . . 2015 . 978-1-47280-583-6 . 52.
7. Book: Spencer . Tucker . World War II: The Definitive Encyclopedia and Document Collection . Santa Barbara . . 2016 . 978-1-85109-968-9 . 1422.
8. Book: Trigg, Jonathan . Death on the Don: the destruction of Germany's allies on the Eastern Front, 1941–44 . . Stroud, Gloucestershire . 2013 . 978-0-7524-9010-6 . 857109471 .
9. Book: Jipa . Rotaru . Ioan . Damaschin . Glorie și Dramă: Marina Regală Română, 1940–1945 . Glory and Drama: Romanian Royal Navy, 1940–1945 . Bucharest . Ion Cristoiu Publishing . 2000 . 93–94 . 978-9-73995-447-1 . RO.
10. Book: Maria M. . Delgado . Paul . Heritage . In Contact With the Gods? Directors Talk Theatre . Manchester . Manchester University Press . 1998 . 51 . 978-0-7190-4763-3.
11. Book: Adam J. . Sorkin . Kurt W. . Treptow . An Anthology of Romanian Women Poets . New York . . 1994 . 73 . 978-0-88033-294-1.
12. Book: Alex . Stefanescu . Ion . Cucu . Istoria Literaturii Române Contemporane, 1941-2000 . A History of Contemporary Romanian Literature . Bucharest . Mașina de Scris . 2006 . 980 . 978-9-73849-121-2 . RO.
13. Web site: Păun-Ion Otiman. Parliamentary activity in legislature 2000-2004. www.cdep.ro. August 14, 2022.
14. Web site: Românul care câștigă un milion de dolari pe an din sfaturile date liderilor lumii. I se spune Machiavelli și este unul dintre cei mai influenți oameni de pe planetă. ro. Mihaela. Stoica. May 1, 2016. www.descopera.ro. September 19, 2022.
15. Book: Anna . Loutfi . Krasimira . Daskalova . Francisca . de Haan . A Biographical Dictionary of Women's Movements and Feminisms: Central, Eastern, and South Eastern Europe, 19th and 20th Centuries . New York . . 2006 . 252 . 978-6-15505-372-6.
16. Book: Paolino, Francesca . Una vita: Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger (1924-1942) . A Life: Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger (1924-1942) . Trento . Edizioni del Faro . 2013 . 89 . 978-8-86537-139-8 . IT.