Former state · 1839 – 1947
Kingdom of Romania
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The Kingdom of Romania (Romanian: Regatul României) was a constitutional monarchy that existed from 25 March [O.S. 13 March] 1881 with the crowning of prince Karl of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen as King Carol I (thus beginning the Romanian royal family), until 30 December 1947 with the abdication of King Michael I and the Romanian Parliament proclamation of the Romanian People's Republic.
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Key people
Nicolae Ceaușescu1918 – 1989Dictator of Romania from 1965 to 1989Source: Wikidata (citizenship)
Elie Wiesel1928 – 2016Romanian-born American writer, professor, political activist, Nobel laureate, and Holocaust survivor (1928-2016)Source: Wikidata (citizenship)
Mihai Eminescu1850 – 1889Romanian poet, novelist and journalist (1850-1889)Source: Wikidata (citizenship)
Emil Cioran1911 – 1995Romanian-French philosopher and essayist (1911–1995)Source: Wikidata (citizenship).jpg/330px-Expozi%C8%9Bie_Mircea_Eliade%2C_fragment_(cropped).jpg)
Mircea Eliade1907 – 1986Romanian-American historian, writer, philosopher and professor at the University of Chicago (1907–1986)Source: Wikidata (citizenship)
Ion Antonescu1882 – 1946Prime minister of Romania during World War II; self-proclaimed "Leader" of the Romanian state between 1940–1944, executed for war crimes (1882–1946)Source: Wikidata (citizenship)
Michael I of Romania1921 – 2017Last king of Romania (r. 1927–1930, 1940–1947)Source: Wikidata (citizenship).jpg/330px-Paul_Celan_(1938).jpg)
Paul Celan1920 – 1970French-Romanian poet and translator (1920–1970)Source: Wikidata (citizenship)
Carol I of Romania1839 – 1914King of Romania from 1881 to 1914Source: Wikidata (citizenship)
Ferdinand I of Romania1865 – 1927King of Romania (1865–1927; ruled 1914–1927)Source: Wikidata (citizenship)
Elena Ceaușescu1919 – 1989Romanian politician (1919–1989)Source: Wikidata (citizenship)
Edward G. Robinson1893 – 1973Romanian-American actor (1893-1973)Source: Wikidata (citizenship)
Kira Muratova1934 – 2018Soviet and Ukrainian film director, screenwriter, film actress (1934–2018)Source: Wikidata (citizenship)
Carol II of Romania1893 – 1953King of Romania from 1930 to 1940Source: Wikidata (citizenship)
Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej1901 – 196547th Prime Minister of Romania (1952-1955)Source: Wikidata (citizenship)
Everything that happened
- 1933 – 1945The HolocaustGerman-occupied EuropeThe Holocaust, known in Hebrew as the Shoah, was the genocide of European Jews during World War II. From 1941 to 1945, Nazi Germany and its collaborators systematically murdered around six million Jews across German-occupied Europe, approximately two-thirds of Europe's Jewish population.Source: Wikidata (country)
- 19441944 Romanian coup d'étatKingdom of RomaniaThe 1944 Romanian coup d'état, better known in Romanian historiography as the Act of 23 August (Romanian: Actul de la 23 august), was a coup d'état led by King Michael I of Romania during World War II on 23 August 1944.Source: Wikidata (country)