History Timeline Of Romania

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History Timeline of Romania

Important Romanian people, dates and events
The ancient Kingdom of Romania was called Dacia
States of Transylvania, Wallachia & Moldavia
Vlad the Impaler and Transylvania
Romania joins Warsaw Pact

History Timeline of Romania

Interesting Information via the History Timeline of Romania - Time line History and Chronology at a glance, for children and kids
Chronology of Key Names, Key Dates, Key People and Key Events in the History Timeline of Romania

650 BC

Information about the Dacians is first documented by the Greeks

15 BC

The Romans had begun to extend their empire to include Dacia which was re-named as Romania

The birth of Jesus Christ

33 AD

Crucifixion of Jesus in the Roman province of Jerusalem and the origin of Christianity

50 AD

50-100AD - The spread of Christianity

103 AD

103-105AD The Roman provinces of Moesia Superior and Dacia were connected by a bridge over the Danube for Emperor Trajan

395

395 to 1453 - The Byzantine Empire or Eastern Roman Empire was the eastern section of the Roman Empire, with its capital at Constantinople. The Byzantine Empire was called the Roman Empire or, in later centuries, Romania
Romania was made up of a number of small states, including Transylvania, Wallachia & Moldavia, each with an independent ruler

1428

Vlad Tepes (Vlad the Impaler), the son of Vlad Dracul (Vlad the Dragon), is born

1463

Vlad Dracula the Impalerbecomes Prince of Wallachia

1443

Vlad the Impaler is taken hostage by the Turks

1451

Vlad the Impaler flees to Transylvania

1476

Vlad the Impaler is assassinated. In 1897 "Dracula" by Bram Stoker is published in England

1703

1703-1711 War, led by the Prince of Transylvania, against the Habsburgs failed

1859

The modern Romania was born when the principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia merged

1895

October 1: Romanians in Constantinople were massacred

1914

Outbreak of WWI Romania fights on Allied side

1916

August 28: Germany declared war on Romania

1916

September 1: Bulgaria declared war on Romania

1938

King Carol II establishes dictatorship
1938 - 1940 Germany raise treaties in Munich and Vienna in which Southern Slovakia and Northern Transylvania were returned to Hungary

1939

September: World War 2starts

1940

Soviet Union delivered an ultimatum to Romania and 2 days later occupied Bessarabia and North Bukovina

1941

Romania fights on German side against Soviet Union

1945

August The United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The Allies of World War II defeat Germany

1947

Romania regains Transylvania. King Michael abdicates. Romanian People's Republic proclaimed

1955

Romania joins Warsaw Pact