1886 in Romania
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Incumbents
Events
- 3 March â The Treaty of Bucharest is signed in the Romanian capital, bringing to an end the Serbo-Bulgarian War.[3]
- 23 May â Romania introduces a tariff on imported goods to protect local industry, which leads to Austria-Hungary introducing new custom duties on imports and the Romanian-Austro-Hungarian customs war. It lasts until December 1893.[4]
- 13 August â Alexandru Ciurcu demonstrates the first boat powered by a jet engine. It travelled for 15 minutes.[5]
- 5 December â Romania adopts the Berne Convention.[4]
- 20 December â William, Prince of Hohenzollern renounces his heirship to the throne in favour of his younger brother Ferdinand.[6]
Births
- 14 January â Ètefan Protopopescu, aviation pioneer, the first licensed pilot in Romania (died 1929.[7]
- 18 January â Ètefan Dimitrescu, Post-Impressionist painter (died 1933).[8]
- 20 March â George Topîrceanu, war poet and satirist (died 1937).[9]
- 7 June â Henri CoandÄ, inventor, pioneer of aerodynamics and discoverer of the CoandÄ effect (died 1972).[10]
- 2 November â Gheorghe TÄtÄrescu, twice prime minister, between 1934 and 1937 and between 1939 and 1940 (died 1957).[11]
- 7 November â Nicolae Macici, lieutenant general during World War II, who died in Aiud Prison (died 1950).[12]