1938 in Romania

none September 2022 1938 Events from the year 1938 in Romania. A self-coup and subsequent new constitution make Carol II a royal dictator. Incumbents King: Carol II.Kurt W. Treptow A History of Romania Iaşi Center for Romanian Studies 2001 978-9-73943-235-1 597 Prime Minister:Bertold Spuler Rulers and Governments of the World Volume 3: 1930 to 1975 London Bowker 1977 978-0-85935-056-3 444 Octavian Goga (until 10 February) Miron Cristea (from 11 February) Events 10 February – Carol II stages a self-coup, deposes Octavian Goga as Prime Minister and cancels the elections planned for March in an attempt to create a royal authoritarian dictatorship.Sabrina P. Ramet Alternatives to Democracy in Twentieth-Century Europe: Collectivist Visions of Modernity Budapest Central European University Press 2019 978-9-63386-318-3 24 February – A constitutional referendum is held, which by 4,289,581 votes to 5,843 grants Carol II the dictatorial powers he sought in his self-coup. Voting is open and compulsory, and there are allegations of coercion.Tom Gallagher Outcast Europe: From the Ottomans to Milosevic Abingdon and New York Routledge 2005 116 978-1-31768-453-4 https://books.google.com/books?id=j6xlAgAAQBAJ 27 February – The 1938 constitution is ratified by Parliament, codifying the earlier coup and referendum.Aleksandra Gliszczyńska-Grabias Uladzislau Belavusau Law and Memory: Towards Legal Governance of History Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2006 233 978-1-10718-875-4 30 March – The right-wing National Christian Party and Romanian Front are dissolved.Constantin Gheorghe Miliana Șerbu Miniștrii de Interne (1862–2007). Mică Enciclopedie Ministers of the Interior (1862–2007). Small Encyclopedia Bucharest Romanian Ministry of the Interior 2007 978-9-73745-048-7 220 RO 16 April – Corneliu Zelea Codreanu, the leader of the Iron Guard, along with other members of the party, is arrested. He is sentenced to ten years prison but shot while allegedly trying to escape on 30 November.Larry L. Watts Romanian Cassandra: Ion Antonescu and the Struggle for Reform, 1916-1941 174 New York : Columbia University Press 1993 978-0-88033255-2 14 August – In a major reorganisation of the administrative division of the country, Carol II divides Romania into 10 Regions (ro Ținuturi), which are named Argeș, Crișuri, Dunării, Jiu, Mării, Mureș, Nistru, Prut, Suceava and Timiș.Ioan Silviu Nistor Comuna și Județul: Factori ai Civilizației Românești Unitare: Evoluția Istorică Commune and County: Unifying Factors for Romanian Civilization: The Historical Evolution Cluj-Napoca Dacia 2000 125 978-9-73350-942-4 RO 24 November – Carol II meets Chancellor of Germany, Adolf Hitler. An agreement is reached to provide Germany with food and oil.Gheorghe Buzatu History of Romanian Oil Vol II Bucharest Mica Valahie Publishing House 2006 87 978-9-73785-825-2 Date unknown – Letea Forest is declared the first nature reserve in Romania.Claudiu Tudorancea Danube Delta: Genesis and Biodiversity Leiden Backhuys 2006 5 978-9-05782-165-3 Births 20 January –Maria Zaharescu, physical chemist.Lynette Madson Successful Women Ceramic and Glass Scientists and Engineers:100 Inspirational Profiles Hoboken, New Jersey John Wiley & Sons Inc 2016 9781118733608 583 3 October – Lia Vanea, volleyball player who competes in the 1964 Summer Olympics.https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/lia-vanea-1.html https://web.archive.org/web/20130923045155/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/lia-vanea-1.html dead 23 September 2013 Lia Vaneau 5 April 2022 9 October – Olga Orbán, World Champion and Olympic medal winning foil fencer (died 2022).https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/or/olga-orban-szabo-1.html https://web.archive.org/web/20161203182034/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/or/olga-orban-szabo-1.html 3 December 2016 Olga Orban-Szabo 5 April 2022 Deaths 12 February – Iosif Trifa, Romanian Orthodox priest and evangelist.September 2022 9 June – Ovid Densusianu, poet, linguist, folklorist, and full member of the Romanian Academy (born 1873). 18 July – Queen Marie of Romania, consort of Ferdinand I (born 1875).The Last Romantic: A Biography of Queen Marie of Roumania Simon and Schuster Pakula Hannah 1984 New York 978-0-67146-364-9 418 16 August – Marcel Pauker, husband of Ana Pauker, Communist leader, executed near Moscow during the Great Purge (born 1896).Robert Levy Ana Pauker: The Rise and Fall of a Jewish Communist Berkeley University of California Press 2001 225 978-0-52022-395-0 5 September – Gheorghe Mărdărescu, major general in World War I, commander during the Hungarian–Romanian War of 1919, and Minister of War from 1922 to 1926.https://www.historia.ro/sectiune/portret/articol/gheorghe-mardarescu-un-general-de-elita Manuel Stănescu Gheorghe Mărdărescu, un general de elită Historia ro August 25, 2022 2 October – Alexandru Averescu, general in World War I, Marshal and Prime Minister of Romania (born 1858).ro Ioan Parean, Mareșalul Averescu, conducător militar de excepție ("Marshal Averescu, Outstanding Military Leader") https://web.archive.org/web/20070928003922/http://www.actrus.ro/revista2_2000/art_17.html 2007-09-28 30 November – Corneliu Zelea Codreanu, Romanian politician and organization founder.Barbu, p.198; Jelavich, p.207; Ornea, p.320-321; Sedgwick, p.115; Veiga, p.257 29 December – Eugenia de Reuss Ianculescu, teacher, writer, and women's rights activist (born 1866).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 Central European University Press 2006 463 978-9-63732-639-4 References 1938 Romania