Romania

Some of the key events about Romania

• 1241

  Mongol invasion devastated large parts of the country
• 1526

  Ottoman Empire conquered and occupied much of Romania
• 1784

  Peasant revolt in Transylvania was violently suppressed
• 1859

  The first union of the Romanian Principalities occurred, forming the basis of modern Romania
• 1877

  Romania gained independence from the Ottoman Empire following the Russo-Turkish War
• 1918

  The Great Union of Romania was achieved, uniting Transylvania, Bessarabia, and Bukovina with the Romanian Kingdom
• 1940

  Romania ceded territory to the Soviet Union, Hungary, and Bulgaria under foreign pressure
• 1941

  Pogrom in Iași resulted in the deaths of thousands of Jews
• 1944

  Soviet occupation of Romania began
• 1947

  Communist regime was forcibly installed, abolishing the monarchy
• 1952

  Severe economic crisis and famine struck the country
• 1955

  Romania joined the United Nations, gaining international recognition
• 1968

  Romania refused to participate in the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia, asserting its independence from Soviet control
• 1977

  Powerful earthquake in Bucharest killed over 1,500 people
• 1989

  The Romanian Revolution led to the fall of the communist regime and the transition to democracy
• 1989

  Violent revolution overthrew the communist regime, resulting in over 1,000 deaths
• 2004

  Romania joined NATO, enhancing its security and international alliances
• 2007

  Romania became a member of the European Union, integrating into the European community
• 2009

  The Roșia Montană mining landscape was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List
• 2019

  The city of Timișoara was designated as the European Capital of Culture for 2023

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