1888 in Romania
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Events from the year 1888 in Romania. The year saw the first strike in the country, led by worker at Romanian Railways.
Incumbents
- King: Carol I.[1]
- Prime Minister:
- Ion BrÄtianu (until 20 March).[2]
- Theodor Rosetti (from 23 March).[2]
Events
- 23 January â Elections are held for the Chamber of Deputies. They run until 25 January and again from 12 to 14 October.[3]
- 30 January â The first strike in Romania takes place when 300 workers at the Romanian Railways Workshop in GalaÈi walk out in solidarity following the dismissal of a colleague, Ioan A. Ionescu.[4]
- 2 July â Ion Luca Caragiale becomes Minister of Education and head of the National Theatre Bucharest. His appointment is controversial and short-lived.[5][6]
- 13 August â A strike starts in the Railway Central Workshops in Bucharest, which runs until 25 August.[4]
- Date unknown â Victor BabeÈ discovers the protozoan parasite Babesia.[7]
Births
- 25 January â Abraham Leib Zissu, political essayist and writer (died 1956).[8]
- 5 February â Constantin Titel Petrescu, politician and lawyer, the leader of the Romanian Social Democratic Party (died 1957).[9]
- 28 March â Alexandru KiriÈescu, playwright and journalist (died 1961).[10]
- 1 April â Mircea Florian, philosopher (died 1960).[11]
- 17 May â Anton Durcovici, bishop of IaÈi in the Roman Catholic Church and martyr. He was beatified on 17 May 2014 (died 1951).[12]
Deaths
- 17 September â Iulia Hasdeu, poet, first Romanian woman to study at the University of Paris (born 1869).[13]