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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 |
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 |
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 |
1947 |
Romania regains Transylvania. King Michael abdicates. Romanian People's Republic proclaimed |
1955 |
Romania joins Warsaw Pact |
1965 |
Nicolae Ceausescu becomes Romanian Communist Party leader |
1989 |
The reign of Romanian president Nicolae Ceausescu was ended with an uprising |
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