1891 in Romania

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Events from the year 1891 in Romania. The year saw political instability and the fall of two governments, led by Gheorghe Manu and Ioan Emanoil Florescu, respectively.

Decades:

Incumbents

King: Carol I.^[1]
Prime Minister:
- Gheorghe Manu (until 15 February).^[2]
- Ioan Emanoil Florescu (from 2 March until 29 December).^[2]
- LascÄr Catargiu (from 29 December).^[2]

Events

3 January â The first edition of Unirea, the newspaper of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church, is published.^[3]
20 April â Romania issues its first commemorative stamps, to celebrate 25 years of the king's reign.^[4]
13 June â The first official train arrives at Bartolomeu railway station, the station having been inaugurated on 6 June.^[5]
15 November â LascÄr Catargiu visits Titu Maiorescu in his home for the first time in over a decade of mutual antipathy.^[6]
18 November â Catargiu, Iacob Lahovary and Constantin OlÄnescu resign from the cabinet, leaving Florescu without parliamentary backing.^[7]
9 December â The National Liberal Party and "Sincere Liberal" parliamentarians pass a motion of no confidence in the government.^[8]

Popular culture

Poetry

Pui de lei ("Lion Cubs") is written and published by Ioan S. NeniÈescu as part of a compliation titled Pui de lei. Poesii eroice Èi naÈionale ("Lion cubs. Heroic and national poems").^[9]

Births

31 March â Ion Pillat, poet (died 1945).^[10]
4 April â Dumitru Cornilescu, translator of the Bible into Romanian (died 1975).^[11]
27 June â Andrei Magieru, theologian (died 1960).^[12]
2 August â Mihail Jora, composer (died 1971).^[13]
22 October â Dumitru S. Panaitescu, literary historian and critic, poet, essayist and fiction writer known as Perpessicius (died 1971).^[14]
3 December â Oscar Han, sculptor and writer (died 1976).^[15]

Deaths

16 May â Ion C. BrÄtianu, Prime Minister between 1876 and 1888 (born 1821).^[16]
19 August â Theodor Aman, painter, engraver and art professor (born 1831).^[17]
30 August â Emanoil Bacaloglu, mathematician, physicist and chemist (born 1830).^[18]

References

[1]
Treptow, Kurt W. (2001). A History of Romania. IaÅi: Center for Romanian Studies. p. 597. ISBN 978-9-73943-235-1.
[2]
Nicolescu, Nicolae C. (2003). Èefii de stat Èi de guvern ai RomÃ¢niei 1859â2003: micÄ enciclopedie [Heads of State and Government of Romania 1859â2003: A Small Encyclopedia] (in Romanian). Bucarest: Editura Meronia. p. 211. ISBN 978-9-73820-049-4.
[3]
Hangiu, I. (1996). DicÈionarul presei literare romÃ¢neÈti: 1790â1990 [Dictionary of the Romanian Literary Press: 1790â1990] (in Romanian). Bucharest: Editura FundaÈiei Culturale RomÃ¢ne. p. 495. ISBN 978-9-73577-050-1. OCLC 247734850.
[4]
Thorp, Prescott Holden (1934). The Commemorative Stamps of the World. New York: Scott Stamp and Coin Company. p. 381. OCLC 1918146.
[5]
Bellu, Radu (1995). MicÄ monografie a cÄilor ferate din RomÃ¢nia [Small monograph of the railways in Romania] (in Romanian). Vol. I. BucureÈti: Filaret. p. 82.
[6]
Ornea, Z. (1998). Junimea Èi junimismul. Vol. I. Bucharest: Editura Minerva. p. 326. ISBN 978-9-73210-562-7.
[7]
BacalbaÈa, Constantin (1928). BucureÈtii de altÄdatÄ. Vol. II: 1885 â 1901 [The Bucharest of yesteryear] (in Romanian). Bucharest: Universul Editura Ziarului. p. 139.
[8]
BacalbaÈa, 1928, p. 140
[9]
Ene, Virgiliu (1979). Unirea Principatelor romÃ¢ne oglinditÄ Ã®n literaturÄ [The Union of the Romanian Principalities Reflected Ã®n Literature] (in Romanian). IaÈi: Junimea. p. 292.
[10]
Pillat, Ion (1980). EternitÄÈi de-o clipÄ. ÃternitÃ©s dâun instant, chronologie de Dinu Pillat [Eternities of a moment. ÃternitÃ©s dâun instant, chronology by Dinu Pillat] (in Romanian). Translated by Dobrescu-Warodin, Andreea. Bucarest: Minerva. p. 3. OCLC 433075416.
[11]
Savelovici, Anton (2013). "Dumitru Cornilescu and the Context of his Bible Translation". Scientific Journal of Humanistic Studies. 5 (8): 264. ISSN 2066-8880.
[12]
PÄcurariu, Mircea (1996). Dictionarul teologilor romÃ¢ni [Dictionary of Romanian Theologians] (in Romanian). Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic. p. 240. ISBN 978-9-73973-914-6.
[13]
Rusu, Dorina N.; Simion, Eugen (1999). Membrii Academiei RomÃ¢ne, 1866-1999 [Members of the Romanian Academy, 1866â1999] (in Romanian). Bucharest: Editura Academiei RomÃ¢ne. p. 277. ISBN 978-9-73276-967-6.
[14]
Ene, Ileana (2001). "Preface and Chronological study to Perpessicius". Studii eminescien [Eminescu studies] (in Romanian). Bucharest: Museum of Romanian Literature. p. 14. ISBN 978-9-73803-134-0.
[15]
"O personalitate pe zi: Sculptorul Oscar Han" [A personality a day: Sculptor Oscar Han]. Agerpres (in Romanian). 3 December 2021.
[16]
Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Bratianu, Ion C.". EncyclopÃ¦dia Britannica. Vol. 4 (11 ed.). New York: Cambridge University Press. p. 436.
[17]
Firuta, Corina (2009). Theodor Aman. Bucharest: Monitorul Oficial. p. 33. ISBN 978-9-73967-524-6.
[18]
RucÄreanu, Costin-Liviu; MihÄileanu, CÄlin; Popovic, Vasile (2003). PersonalitÄÈi din energetica romÃ¢neascÄ [Personalities from the Romanian energy sector] (in Romanian). Bucharest: AsociaÅ£ia âInstitutul NaÅ£ional RomÃ¢n pentru Studiul AmenajÄrii Åi Folosirii Surselor de Energie". p. 15. ISBN 978-9-73002-962-8.

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