1885 in Romania

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See also:	Other events of 1885; History of Romania; Timeline of Romanian history; Years in Romania;

Events from the year 1885 in Romania.

Incumbents

King: Carol I.^[1]
Prime Minister: Ion Brătianu^[2]

Events

25 April – The Romanian Orthodox Church is recognised as an autonomous Metropolis by Joachim IV of Constantinople.^[3]

Births

14 January – Constantin Sănătescu, 44th prime minister of Romania (died 1947).^[4]^[5]
30 January – Iuliu Hossu, bishop of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church, beatified as a martyr (died 1970).^[6]
10 February – Alice Voinescu, writer and essayist, first Romanian woman to become a Doctor of Philosophy (died 1961).^[7]
22 April – Maria Teohari, credited as the first Romanian female astronomer (died 1975).^[8]
20 May – Alexander Löhr, General Commander in the South East of the Wehrmacht in World War II (died 1947).^[9]
27 November– Nicolae Hortolomei, surgeon and medical scientist (died 1961).^[10]
9 December – Daniel Ciugureanu, politician, Prime Minister of the Moldavian Democratic Republic in 1918, President of the Romanian Senate (died 1950).^[11]

Deaths

8 April – Constantin Alexandru Rosetti, literary and political leader (born 1816).^[12]

References

^ Treptow, Kurt W. (2001). A History of Romania. Iaşi: Center for Romanian Studies. p. 597. ISBN 978-9-73943-235-1.
^ Giurescu, Constantin C.; Matei, Horia C.; Popa, Marcel; Alexandrescu, Ion; Chiper, Ioan (1974). Chronological History of Romania. Bucharest: Enciclopedică Română. p. 462. OCLC 251025169.
^ Leustean, Lucian N. (2008). Orthodoxy and the Cold War: Religion and Political Power in Romania, 1947-65. London: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 33. ISBN 9780230594944.
^ Loghin, Leonida; Lupășteanu, Aurel; Ucrain, Constantin (1985). Bărbați ai datoriei: 23 august 1944 – 12 mai 1945 [Men of Duty: August 23, 1944 – May 12, 1945]. Bucharest: Editura Militară. p. 369.
^ "Constantin Sănătescu". Encyclopædia Britannica. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021.
^ Lentz III, Harris M. (2015). Popes and Cardinals of the 20th Century: A Biographical Dictionary. Jefferson NC: MacFarlan. p. 94. ISBN 978-1-47662-155-5.
^ Mihăilescu, Dan C. (2004). Literatura română în postceaușism: Memorialistica sau trecutul ca re-umanizare [Romanian Literature in Post-Ceausescuism: Memorialistics or the Past as Re-Humanization] (in Romanian). Vol. 1. Iași: Polirom. p. 40. ISBN 978-9-73681-514-0.
^ "Maria Teohari - Enciclopedia României - prima enciclopedie online despre România" [Maria Teohari - Encyclopedia of Romania - the first online encyclopedia about Romania]. enciclopediaromaniei.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 23 November 2024.
^ Pitsch, Erwin (2009). Alexander Löhr. Band 3: Heerführer auf dem Balkan [Alexander Löhr. Volume 3: Army Commander in the Balkans] (in German). Salzburg, Austria: Österreichischer Miliz-Verlag. p. 53. ISBN 978-3-901185-23-6.
^ "A Brilliant Representative of Rumanian Surgery: Academician Nicolae Hortolomei". Agepres Information Bulletin: 14. 15 January 1961.
^ Pădurean, Bianca (19 May 2020). "Artizani ai Marii Uniri umiliți și uciși de comuniști. Astăzi, Daniel Ciugureanu" (in Romanian). Radio France Internationale. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
^ Bucur, Marin (1970). C.A. Rosetti: Mesianism ṣi Donẹuijotism Revoluṭionar [C.A. Rosetti: Messianism and Revolutionary Quixoticism] (in Romanian). Bucharest: Minerva. OCLC 804410588.

[1] Treptow, Kurt W. (2001). A History of Romania. Iaşi: Center for Romanian Studies. p. 597. ISBN 978-9-73943-235-1.

[2] Giurescu, Constantin C.; Matei, Horia C.; Popa, Marcel; Alexandrescu, Ion; Chiper, Ioan (1974). Chronological History of Romania. Bucharest: Enciclopedică Română. p. 462. OCLC 251025169.

[3] Leustean, Lucian N. (2008). Orthodoxy and the Cold War: Religion and Political Power in Romania, 1947-65. London: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 33. ISBN 9780230594944.

[4] Loghin, Leonida; Lupășteanu, Aurel; Ucrain, Constantin (1985). Bărbați ai datoriei: 23 august 1944 – 12 mai 1945 [Men of Duty: August 23, 1944 – May 12, 1945]. Bucharest: Editura Militară. p. 369.

[5] "Constantin Sănătescu". Encyclopædia Britannica. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021.

[6] Lentz III, Harris M. (2015). Popes and Cardinals of the 20th Century: A Biographical Dictionary. Jefferson NC: MacFarlan. p. 94. ISBN 978-1-47662-155-5.

[7] Mihăilescu, Dan C. (2004). Literatura română în postceaușism: Memorialistica sau trecutul ca re-umanizare [Romanian Literature in Post-Ceausescuism: Memorialistics or the Past as Re-Humanization] (in Romanian). Vol. 1. Iași: Polirom. p. 40. ISBN 978-9-73681-514-0.

[8] "Maria Teohari - Enciclopedia României - prima enciclopedie online despre România" [Maria Teohari - Encyclopedia of Romania - the first online encyclopedia about Romania]. enciclopediaromaniei.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 23 November 2024.

[9] Pitsch, Erwin (2009). Alexander Löhr. Band 3: Heerführer auf dem Balkan [Alexander Löhr. Volume 3: Army Commander in the Balkans] (in German). Salzburg, Austria: Österreichischer Miliz-Verlag. p. 53. ISBN 978-3-901185-23-6.

[10] "A Brilliant Representative of Rumanian Surgery: Academician Nicolae Hortolomei". Agepres Information Bulletin: 14. 15 January 1961.

[11] Pădurean, Bianca (19 May 2020). "Artizani ai Marii Uniri umiliți și uciși de comuniști. Astăzi, Daniel Ciugureanu" (in Romanian). Radio France Internationale. Retrieved 23 November 2024.

[12] Bucur, Marin (1970). C.A. Rosetti: Mesianism ṣi Donẹuijotism Revoluṭionar [C.A. Rosetti: Messianism and Revolutionary Quixoticism] (in Romanian). Bucharest: Minerva. OCLC 804410588.

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