1881 in Romania

Decades:	1860s; 1870s; 1880s; 1890s; 1900s;
See also:	Other events of 1881; History of Romania; Timeline of Romanian history; Years in Romania;

Events from the year 1881 in Romania. The year saw the end of the United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia and the creation of the Kingdom of Romania.

Incumbents[edit]

Domnitor: Carol I (until 14 March).^[1]
King: Carol I (from 15 March).^[1]
Prime Minister:^[2]
- Ion Brătianu (until 9 April).
- Dimitrie Brătianu (between 10 April and 8 June).
- Ion Brătianu (from 9 June).

Events[edit]

10 May – Carol I is crowned King of Romania.^[3]

Births[edit]

6 January – Ion Minulescu, avant-garde poet, novelist, and short story writer (died 1944).^[4]
22 May – Istrate Micescu, lawyer, died in Aiud Prison (died 1951).^[5]
2 June – Stan Ghițescu, politician who died at Sighet Prison (died 1952).^[6]
7 August – George Enescu, composer (died 1955).^[7]
31 October – Eugen Lovinescu, literary historian and critic (died 1943).^[8]
7 December – Alexandru Mavrodi, director of the National Theatre Bucharest (died 1934).^[9]

Deaths[edit]

8 August – Alexandru G. Golescu, Prime Minister of Romania (born 1819).^[10]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b 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.
^ Roszkowski, Wojciech; Kofman, Jan (2016). Biographical Dictionary of Central and Eastern Europe in the Twentieth Century. Armonk: Taylor and Francis. p. 145. ISBN 978-0-76561-027-0.
^ Călinescu, Matei (1967). "Tabel cronologic". Ion Minulescu, Romanțe pentru mai târziu și alte poezii [Ion Minulescu, Songs for Later On and Other Poems] (in Romanian). Bucharest: Editura pentru literatură. p. XLX. OCLC 6434366.
^ Neagoe, Claudiu-Ion (2013). Istorie, Civilizație, Cultură în Spațiul Românesc [History, Civilization and Culture in the Romanian World]. Bucharest: Ars Docendi. p. 167. ISBN 978-9-73558-705-5.
^ Ionițoiu, Cicerone (2000), Victimele terorii comuniste. Arestați, torturați, întemnițați, uciși. Dicționar G (PDF) (in Romanian), Bucharest: Editura Mațina de scris, pp. 218–219, ISBN 973-99994-2-5
^ Randel, Don Michael (1996). The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music. Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. p. 248. ISBN 978-0-67437-299-3.
^ "135 de ani de la nașterea criticului literar Eugen Lovinescu". www.agerpres.ro (in Romanian). Agerpres. Archived from the original on 1 November 2016.
^ Cantacuzino, Sabina; Simion, Elisabeta (2013). Din viața familiei Ion C. Brătianu [From the life of the Ion C. Brătianu family] (in Romanian). Vol. 2. Bucharest: Humanitas. p. 337. ISBN 978-9-73503-461-0.
^ Nicolescu, Nicolae C. (2003). Șefii de stat și de guvern ai României 1859–2003 [Romania's heads of state and government 1859–2003] (in Romanian). Bucharest: Editura Meronia. p. 171. ISBN 978-9-73820-049-4.

[Treptow-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] Roszkowski, Wojciech; Kofman, Jan (2016). Biographical Dictionary of Central and Eastern Europe in the Twentieth Century. Armonk: Taylor and Francis. p. 145. ISBN 978-0-76561-027-0.

[4] Călinescu, Matei (1967). "Tabel cronologic". Ion Minulescu, Romanțe pentru mai târziu și alte poezii [Ion Minulescu, Songs for Later On and Other Poems] (in Romanian). Bucharest: Editura pentru literatură. p. XLX. OCLC 6434366.

[5] Neagoe, Claudiu-Ion (2013). Istorie, Civilizație, Cultură în Spațiul Românesc [History, Civilization and Culture in the Romanian World]. Bucharest: Ars Docendi. p. 167. ISBN 978-9-73558-705-5.

[6] Ionițoiu, Cicerone (2000), Victimele terorii comuniste. Arestați, torturați, întemnițați, uciși. Dicționar G (PDF) (in Romanian), Bucharest: Editura Mațina de scris, pp. 218–219, ISBN 973-99994-2-5

[7] Randel, Don Michael (1996). The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music. Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. p. 248. ISBN 978-0-67437-299-3.

[8] "135 de ani de la nașterea criticului literar Eugen Lovinescu". www.agerpres.ro (in Romanian). Agerpres. Archived from the original on 1 November 2016.

[9] Cantacuzino, Sabina; Simion, Elisabeta (2013). Din viața familiei Ion C. Brătianu [From the life of the Ion C. Brătianu family] (in Romanian). Vol. 2. Bucharest: Humanitas. p. 337. ISBN 978-9-73503-461-0.

[10] Nicolescu, Nicolae C. (2003). Șefii de stat și de guvern ai României 1859–2003 [Romania's heads of state and government 1859–2003] (in Romanian). Bucharest: Editura Meronia. p. 171. ISBN 978-9-73820-049-4.

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