1937 in Romania
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Events from the year 1937 in Romania. The year saw the installation of the anti-semitic government of Octavian Goga.
Incumbents
- King: Carol II.[1]
- Prime Minister:[2]
- Gheorghe TÄtÄrescu (until 29 December).
- Octavian Goga (after 29 December).
Events
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- 13 February â The funerals of Ion MoÈa and Vasile Marin take place in Bucharest.[3]
- 11 March â Nicolae BÄlan's report to the Romanian Orthodox Church leads to Freemasonry in Romania dissolving itself.[4]
- 20 March â The government affirms its obligations to the League of Nations and Little Entente in preference to closer ties to Nazi Germany.[5]
- 26 June â Carol II begins a four-day visit to Poland cementing the PolishâRomanian alliance.[6]
- 7 December âFrederick, Prince of Hohenzollern and cousin to the king, states to the German ambassador Wilhelm Fabricius that Romania sees no alliance between France and the Little Entente.[7]
- 20 December â A general election is held for the Chamber of Deputies. The National Liberal Party remains the largest party in government but the King requests Octavian Goga to form a government.[8]
- 29 December â Goga forms a new government which pursues anti-semitic policies, issuing in the first short-lived period of fascism in the kingdom.[9]
- 30 December â The final round of the Senate election is held, the last elections before women's suffrage is introduced.[10]
Births
- 19 March â Eduard PrugoveÄki, physicist and mathematician (died 2003).
- 10 May â Tamara Hareven, social historian (died 2002).[11]
- 23 May â Irina Odagescu, composer.[12]
- 22 September â Nicolae Popescu, mathematician (died 2010).
- 16 November â Maria Diaconescu, javelin thrower.[13]
Deaths
- 7 May â George Topîrceanu, war poet and satirist (born 1886).[14]
- 12 August â Alexandru StÄnescu (pen name Alexandru Sahia), journalist and short story writer (born 1908).[15]
- 17 December â Dimitrie CÄlugÄreanu, naturalist, physiologist and physician (born 1868).[16]