1930 in Romania

Decades:	1910s; 1920s; 1930s; 1940s; 1950s;
See also:	Other events of 1930; History of Romania; Timeline of Romanian history; Years in Romania;

Events from the year 1930 in Romania. The reign of Carol II started during the year, which also saw the foundation of the Iron Guard. The first local election in which women could vote and the only census of Greater Romania were also held during the year.

Incumbents[edit]

King:^[1]
- Michael I (until 8 June).
- Carol II (from 8 June).
Prime Minister:^[2]
- Iuliu Maniu (until 6 June and from 13 June to 9 October)
- Gheorghe Mironescu (from 7 to 12 June and from 10 October)

Events[edit]

5 February – Women vote for the first time in Romanian elections.^[3]
3 March – The Romanian Society of Geology is founded with Ludovic Mrazek as president.^[4]
13 April – Corneliu Zelea Codreanu forms the Iron Guard out of the far right Legion of the Archangel Michael as a larger paramilitary organisation.^[5]
18 April – 118 people die in the Costești wooden church fire.^[6]
5 June – The papal bull Solemni conventione defines the boundaries of the Catholic Church in Romania,^[7]
8 June – In a coup d'état by parliament, King Carol II takes the throne.^[8]
15 June – The National Liberal Party–Brătianu led by Gheorghe I. Brătianu is founded.^[9]
9 July – SNNA (Serviciul Național de Navigație Aeriană, The National Air Navigation Service) becomes LANES (Liniile Aeriene Române Exploatate de Stat, Romanian State-Operated Air Lines) representing its status as a state enterprise.^[10]
30 July – The Order of Aeronautical Virtue is established as a military order.^[11]
29 December – The first and only census of Greater Romania reports that the population is 18,057,028, of which 28% are non-Romanian.^[12]

Births[edit]

6 February – Richard M. Weiner, theoretical physicist (died 2020).
3 March – Ion Iliescu, President of Romania from 1989 to 1996 and from 2000 to 2004.^[13]
14 March – Irma Glicman Adelman, economist (died 2017).^[14]
26 April – Oliviu Gherman, physicist, politician, and diplomat (died 2020).^[15]
5 July – Georgeta Pitică, table tennis player (died 2018).^[16]
13 July – Simion Ismailciuc, sprint canoeist, who won gold in the 1956 Summer Olympics (died 1986).^[17]
19 December – Anca Giurchescu, ethnochoreologist and researcher in folk dance (died 2015).^[18]

Deaths[edit]

16 September – Vintilă Brătianu, Prime Minister of Romania between 1927 and 1928 (born 1867).^[19]
17 December – Olga Fialka, artist (born 1848).^[20]

References[edit]

^ Bekes, Csaba; Borhi, Laszlo; Ruggenthaler, Peter (2015). Soviet Occupation of Romania, Hungary and Austria 1944/45–1948/49. Budapest: Central European University Press. p. 36. ISBN 978-9-63386-075-5.
^ Spuler, Bertold (1977). Rulers and Governments of the World Volume 3: 1930 to 1975. London: Bowker. p. 444. ISBN 978-0-85935-056-3.
^ Smith, Bonnie G. (2008). The Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History: Volume 1. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 192. ISBN 978-0-19514-890-9.
^ Seghedi, Antoneta; Brustur., Titus; Mrazec, Ludovic (2019). "President and Founder of the SRG and of Other Societies and Associations in Romania" (PDF). Revue Roumaine de Géographie. 63: 51.
^ Dietze, Carola; Verhoeven, Claudia (2022). The Oxford Handbook of the History of Terrorism. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 400. ISBN 978-0-19985-856-9.
^ Eastlake, Keith; Russell, Henry; Sharpe, Mike (2001). World Disasters: Tragedies in the Modern Age. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn. p. 76. ISBN 978-1-13674-257-6.
^ Oanță, Marius (2018). "Arhidieceza Romano-Catolică de București între România Mare și Republica Populară Română (1918-1948). Date statistice". Anuarul Institutului de Istorie »George Bariţiu« (in Romanian) (57): 335–344.
^ Leustean, Lucian N. (2007). "For the Glory of Romanians": Orthodoxy and Nationalism in Greater Romania, 1918–1945". Nationalities Papers. 35 (4): 717–742. doi:10.1080/00905990701475111. S2CID 161907079.
^ Ion, Narcis Dorin (2003). Gheorghe Tătărescu și Partidul Național Liberal (1944–1948) [Gheorghe Tătărescu and the National Liberal Party (1944-1948).] (in Romanian). Bucharest: Editura Tritonic. p. 13. ISBN 978-9-73849-747-4.
^ Balotescu, Nicolae; Burlacu, Dumitru; Crăciun, Dumitru N.; Dăscălescu, Jean; Dediu, Dumitru; Gheorghiu, Constantin; Ionescu, Corneliu; Mocanu, Vasile; Nicolau, Constantin; Popescu-Rosetti, Ion; Prunariu, Dumitru; Tudose, Stelian; Ucrain, Constantin; Zărnescu, Gheorghe (1984). Istoria Aviației Române [The History of Romanian Aviation] (in Romanian). Bucharest: Editura Științifică și Pedagogică.
^ Sainty, Guy Stair; Heydel-Mankoo, Rafal (2006). World Orders of Knighthood & Merit. Wilmington: Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 1518. ISBN 978-0-97119-667-4.
^ Boia, Lucian (2013). History and Myth in Romanian Consciousness. Budapest: Central European University Press. p. 252. ISBN 978-9-63386-004-5.
^ Lentz, Harris M. (2014). Heads of States and Governments Since 1945. London: Routledge. p. 662. ISBN 978-1-13426-490-2.
^ Cicarelli, James; Cicarelli, Julianne (2004). Distinguished Women Economists. Westport: Greenwood Press. p. 6. ISBN 978-0-31330-331-9.
^ "A murit fostul președinte al Senatului Oliviu Gherman. Anunțul făcut de Adrian Năstase". stirileprotv.ro (in Romanian). August 11, 2020. Retrieved August 14, 2022.
^ Matthews, Peter; Morrison, Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results. Enfield: Guinness Superlatives. pp. 309–312. ISBN 978-0-85112-492-6.
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Simion Ismailciuc]". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 11 September 2015.
^ Pelin, Mihai (1999). Operațiunile "Melița" și "Eterul": Istoria Europei Libere in Documente de "Securitate" ["Melita" and "Ether" operations: History of Free Europe in "Security" Documents] (in Romanian). Bucharest: Albatros. p. 404. ISBN 978-9-73240-607-6.
^ Rădulescu, Mihai Sorin (1998). Elita liberală românească, 1866-1900 [Romanian Liberal Elite, 1866-1900] (in Romanian). Bucharest: Edura All. p. 30. ISBN 978-9-73939-293-8.
^ Murádin, Jenő (1981). A Ferenczy művészcsalád Erdélyben [The Ferenczy family of artists in Transylvania] (in Hungarian). Bucharest: Kriterion. p. 119. OCLC 467931904.

[1] Bekes, Csaba; Borhi, Laszlo; Ruggenthaler, Peter (2015). Soviet Occupation of Romania, Hungary and Austria 1944/45–1948/49. Budapest: Central European University Press. p. 36. ISBN 978-9-63386-075-5.

[2] Spuler, Bertold (1977). Rulers and Governments of the World Volume 3: 1930 to 1975. London: Bowker. p. 444. ISBN 978-0-85935-056-3.

[3] Smith, Bonnie G. (2008). The Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World History: Volume 1. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 192. ISBN 978-0-19514-890-9.

[4] Seghedi, Antoneta; Brustur., Titus; Mrazec, Ludovic (2019). "President and Founder of the SRG and of Other Societies and Associations in Romania" (PDF). Revue Roumaine de Géographie. 63: 51.

[5] Dietze, Carola; Verhoeven, Claudia (2022). The Oxford Handbook of the History of Terrorism. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 400. ISBN 978-0-19985-856-9.

[6] Eastlake, Keith; Russell, Henry; Sharpe, Mike (2001). World Disasters: Tragedies in the Modern Age. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn. p. 76. ISBN 978-1-13674-257-6.

[7] Oanță, Marius (2018). "Arhidieceza Romano-Catolică de București între România Mare și Republica Populară Română (1918-1948). Date statistice". Anuarul Institutului de Istorie »George Bariţiu« (in Romanian) (57): 335–344.

[8] Leustean, Lucian N. (2007). "For the Glory of Romanians": Orthodoxy and Nationalism in Greater Romania, 1918–1945". Nationalities Papers. 35 (4): 717–742. doi:10.1080/00905990701475111. S2CID 161907079.

[9] Ion, Narcis Dorin (2003). Gheorghe Tătărescu și Partidul Național Liberal (1944–1948) [Gheorghe Tătărescu and the National Liberal Party (1944-1948).] (in Romanian). Bucharest: Editura Tritonic. p. 13. ISBN 978-9-73849-747-4.

[10] Balotescu, Nicolae; Burlacu, Dumitru; Crăciun, Dumitru N.; Dăscălescu, Jean; Dediu, Dumitru; Gheorghiu, Constantin; Ionescu, Corneliu; Mocanu, Vasile; Nicolau, Constantin; Popescu-Rosetti, Ion; Prunariu, Dumitru; Tudose, Stelian; Ucrain, Constantin; Zărnescu, Gheorghe (1984). Istoria Aviației Române [The History of Romanian Aviation] (in Romanian). Bucharest: Editura Științifică și Pedagogică.

[11] Sainty, Guy Stair; Heydel-Mankoo, Rafal (2006). World Orders of Knighthood & Merit. Wilmington: Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 1518. ISBN 978-0-97119-667-4.

[12] Boia, Lucian (2013). History and Myth in Romanian Consciousness. Budapest: Central European University Press. p. 252. ISBN 978-9-63386-004-5.

[13] Lentz, Harris M. (2014). Heads of States and Governments Since 1945. London: Routledge. p. 662. ISBN 978-1-13426-490-2.

[14] Cicarelli, James; Cicarelli, Julianne (2004). Distinguished Women Economists. Westport: Greenwood Press. p. 6. ISBN 978-0-31330-331-9.

[15] "A murit fostul președinte al Senatului Oliviu Gherman. Anunțul făcut de Adrian Năstase". stirileprotv.ro (in Romanian). August 11, 2020. Retrieved August 14, 2022.

[16] Matthews, Peter; Morrison, Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results. Enfield: Guinness Superlatives. pp. 309–312. ISBN 978-0-85112-492-6.

[17] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Simion Ismailciuc]". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 11 September 2015.

[18] Pelin, Mihai (1999). Operațiunile "Melița" și "Eterul": Istoria Europei Libere in Documente de "Securitate" ["Melita" and "Ether" operations: History of Free Europe in "Security" Documents] (in Romanian). Bucharest: Albatros. p. 404. ISBN 978-9-73240-607-6.

[19] Rădulescu, Mihai Sorin (1998). Elita liberală românească, 1866-1900 [Romanian Liberal Elite, 1866-1900] (in Romanian). Bucharest: Edura All. p. 30. ISBN 978-9-73939-293-8.

[20] Murádin, Jenő (1981). A Ferenczy művészcsalád Erdélyben [The Ferenczy family of artists in Transylvania] (in Hungarian). Bucharest: Kriterion. p. 119. OCLC 467931904.

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