1920 in Romania

Events from the year 1920 in Romania. The year was marked by the signing of the Treaty of Trianon and Treaty of Paris, and a general strike.

Incumbents

• King: Ferdinand I.
• Prime Minister:
• Alexandru Vaida-Voevod (until 13 March).
• Alexandru Averescu (from 13 March).

Events

• 25 May – In a general election, the ruling People's Party is victorious.
• 4 June – The Treaty of Trianon is signed. Transylvania and most of Banat become part of Romania.
• 20 October – Over 400,000 workers engage in a general strike that lasts until 28 October.
• 28 October – The Treaty of Paris is signed, affirming the Union of Bessarabia with Romania.

Births

• 25 April – Sofia Ionescu, neurosurgeon (died 2008).
• 3 July – Paul-Mihu Sadoveanu, novelist and soldier (killed in action at the Battle of Turda in 1944).
• 23 July – Adriana Georgescu-Cosmovici, political prisoner and memoirist (died in 2005).
• 16 August – Virgil Ierunca, literary critic, journalist, and poet (died 2006).
• 20 August – Zoe Dumitrescu-Bușulenga, comparatist and essayist (died 2006).
• 5 November – Kató Havas, violinist (died 2018).

Deaths

• 27 February – Alexandru Dimitrie Xenopol, historian and philosopher (born 1847).
• 9 March – Haralamb Lecca, poet, playwright and translator (born 1873).
• 24 November – Alexandru Macedonski, poet, novelist, dramatist, and literary critic (born 1854).

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