1931 in Romania
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Events from the year 1931 in Romania. The year was dominated by the Great Depression.
Incumbents
- King: Carol II.[1]
- Prime Minister:[2]
- Gheorghe Mironescu (until 17 April)
- Nicolae Iorga (from 18 April)
Events
- 11 January â The government dissolves the far-right Iron Guard.[3]
- 4 May â The right-wing Jewish Party, is founded.[4]
- 1 June â In a general election, the National Union, an alliance of the National Party, the National Liberal Party, the German Party, the Agrarian Union Party, the Vlad Å¢epeÅ League, the Agrarian League and several other parties wins 49% of the vote.[5]
- 17 July â The Royal Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (Academia RegalÄ de MuzicÄ Åi ArtÄ DramaticÄ) is founded, which will later become the National University of Music Bucharest.[6]
- 15 August â The newspaper of the Communist Party, Scânteia, is first printed.[7]
- 22 October â The failure of the Marmorosch Blank Bank, which followed the collapse of Banca Generala a Tarii Romanesti in June and Banca Bercovitz in July, triggers the peak of the Great Depression in Romania.[8]
- Unknown â The Romanian Basketball and Volleyball Federation (FederaÈia RomânÄ de Baschet Èi Volei) is founded, which becomes the Romanian Basketball Federation (Federatia RomânÄ de Baschet).[9]
Births
- 1 January â Sabetai Unguru, historian of mathematics and science at Tel Aviv University (died 2024).
- 4 January â Nora Iuga, poet, writer and translator.[10]
- 24 January â Maria PiÄ tkowska, sprinter, hurdler, and long jumper, who competed in the 1952, 1960 and 1964 Olympics for Poland (died 2020).[11]
- 26 January â Felicia Donceanu, painter, sculptor, and composer (died 2022).[12]
- 13 February â Eva Heyman, diarist murdered in the Auschwitz concentration camp in 1944.[13]
- 1 March â Elisabeta Bostan, film director and screenwriter.[14]
- 2 April â Alexandru Balaban, chemist and member of the Romanian Academy.
- 23 May â Lucian MureÈan, Major Archbishop of the Greek Catholic Archdiocese of FÄgÄraÈ and Alba Iulia and a cardinal of the Catholic Church.[15]
- 1 June â Petru Mocanu, mathematician and member of the Romanian Academy (died 2016).
- 9 July â Tatiana Nicolescu, historian of Romanian and Russian literature and translator.[16]
- 15 October â Eléna Wexler-Kreindler, mathematician (died 1992).
- 28 October â Ilarion Ciobanu, actor (died 2008).
- 9 December â Valeria Gagealov, film, radio, television, theater and voice actress (died 2021).[17]
Deaths
- 17 July â Nicolae Paulescu, physiologist, expert in diabetes and insulin (born 1869).[18]
- 9 September â Matilda Cugler-Poni, poet (born 1851).[19]