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Events from the year 1888 in Romania. The year saw the first strike in the country, led by worker at Romanian Railways.

Incumbents

King: Carol I.^[1]
Prime Minister:
- Ion Brătianu (until 20 March).^[2]
- Theodor Rosetti (from 23 March).^[2]

Events

23 January – Elections are held for the Chamber of Deputies. They run until 25 January and again from 12 to 14 October.^[3]
30 January – The first strike in Romania takes place when 300 workers at the Romanian Railways Workshop in Galați walk out in solidarity following the dismissal of a colleague, Ioan A. Ionescu.^[4]
2 July – Ion Luca Caragiale becomes Minister of Education and head of the National Theatre Bucharest. His appointment is controversial and short-lived.^[5]^[6]
13 August – A strike starts in the Railway Central Workshops in Bucharest, which runs until 25 August.^[4]
Date unknown – Victor Babeș discovers the protozoan parasite Babesia.^[7]

Births

25 January – Abraham Leib Zissu, political essayist and writer (died 1956).^[8]
5 February – Constantin Titel Petrescu, politician and lawyer, the leader of the Romanian Social Democratic Party (died 1957).^[9]
28 March – Alexandru Kirițescu, playwright and journalist (died 1961).^[10]
1 April – Mircea Florian, philosopher (died 1960).^[11]
17 May – Anton Durcovici, bishop of Iași in the Roman Catholic Church and martyr. He was beatified on 17 May 2014 (died 1951).^[12]

Deaths

17 September – Iulia Hasdeu, poet, first Romanian woman to study at the University of Paris (born 1869).^[13]

References

^ Treptow, Kurt W. (2001). A History of Romania. Iaşi: Center for Romanian Studies. p. 597. ISBN 978-9-73943-235-1.
^ ^a ^b Nicolescu, Nicolae C. (2003). Șefii de stat și de guvern ai României 1859–2003: mică enciclopedie [Heads of State and Government of Romania 1859–2003: A Small Encyclopedia] (in Romanian). Bucarest: Editura Meronia. p. 211. ISBN 978-9-73820-049-4.
^ Giurescu, Constantin C.; Matei, Horia C.; Popa, Marcel; Alexandrescu, Ion; Chiper, Ioan (1974). Chronological History of Romania. Bucharest: Enciclopedică Română. p. 470. OCLC 251025169.
^ ^a ^b Deac, Augustin; Munteanu, Nora (1962). Din istoria luptelor greviste ale proletariatului din Romînia [The history of the strike struggles of the proletariat in Romania]. Bucharest: Editura politică. p. 13. OCLC 81870840.
^ Tappe, Eric Ditmar (1974). Ion Luca Caragiale. New York: Twayne Publishers. p. 6. ISBN 978-0-80572-199-7.
^ Vianu, Tudor; Botez, Cornelia; Marcea, Pompiliu (1970). Scriitori Români [Romanian Writers] (in Romanian). Vol. 2. Bucharest: Editura Minerva. p. 181. OCLC 641537361.
^ Bandyopadhyay, P.K.; Das, N.R.; Chattopadhyay, Amit (2022). Biochemical, Immunological and Epidemiological Analysis of Parasitic Diseases. Singapore: Springer Nature. p. 66. ISBN 978-9-81164-384-2.
^ Crăciun, Camelia (2010). "Politics and Ideology in Jewish Romanian Intellectual Life. During the Interwar Period: A. L. Zissu – W. Filderman Debate". In Vainovski-Mihai, Irina (ed.). New Europe College Ștefan Odobleja Program Yearbook, 2010–2011. Bucharest: New Europe College. p. 88.
^ "Constantin Titel Petrescu, eliberat din închisoare de comuniști după ce și-a "recunoscut greșeala de a se fi opus unificării mișcării muncitorești"". Historia (in Romanian). Retrieved August 28, 2022.
^ "Vă mai amintiți de... Alexandru Kirițescu". Adevărul (in Romanian). 8 June 2010. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
^ Beldie, Constantin D. (2000). Memorii: caleidoscopul unei jumătăți de veac în București, 1900–1950 [Memoirs: the kaleidoscope of half a century in Bucharest, 1900–1950] (in Romanian). Bucharest: Editura Albatros. ISBN 9789732406588.
^ Jonathan Luxmoore (16 May 2014). "Romanian Catholic bishop martyred by communists beatified tomorrow". Catholic Herald. Archived from the original on 22 October 2014. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
^ Manolache, C. Scânteietoarea viață a Iuliei Hasdeu [The sparkling life of Iulia Hasdeu] (in Romanian). ISBN 9789739399517.

[1] Treptow, Kurt W. (2001). A History of Romania. Iaşi: Center for Romanian Studies. p. 597. ISBN 978-9-73943-235-1.

[Nicolescu-2] Nicolescu, Nicolae C. (2003). Șefii de stat și de guvern ai României 1859–2003: mică enciclopedie [Heads of State and Government of Romania 1859–2003: A Small Encyclopedia] (in Romanian). Bucarest: Editura Meronia. p. 211. ISBN 978-9-73820-049-4.

[3] Giurescu, Constantin C.; Matei, Horia C.; Popa, Marcel; Alexandrescu, Ion; Chiper, Ioan (1974). Chronological History of Romania. Bucharest: Enciclopedică Română. p. 470. OCLC 251025169.

[Deac-4] Deac, Augustin; Munteanu, Nora (1962). Din istoria luptelor greviste ale proletariatului din Romînia [The history of the strike struggles of the proletariat in Romania]. Bucharest: Editura politică. p. 13. OCLC 81870840.

[5] Tappe, Eric Ditmar (1974). Ion Luca Caragiale. New York: Twayne Publishers. p. 6. ISBN 978-0-80572-199-7.

[6] Vianu, Tudor; Botez, Cornelia; Marcea, Pompiliu (1970). Scriitori Români [Romanian Writers] (in Romanian). Vol. 2. Bucharest: Editura Minerva. p. 181. OCLC 641537361.

[7] Bandyopadhyay, P.K.; Das, N.R.; Chattopadhyay, Amit (2022). Biochemical, Immunological and Epidemiological Analysis of Parasitic Diseases. Singapore: Springer Nature. p. 66. ISBN 978-9-81164-384-2.

[8] Crăciun, Camelia (2010). "Politics and Ideology in Jewish Romanian Intellectual Life. During the Interwar Period: A. L. Zissu – W. Filderman Debate". In Vainovski-Mihai, Irina (ed.). New Europe College Ștefan Odobleja Program Yearbook, 2010–2011. Bucharest: New Europe College. p. 88.

[9] "Constantin Titel Petrescu, eliberat din închisoare de comuniști după ce și-a "recunoscut greșeala de a se fi opus unificării mișcării muncitorești"". Historia (in Romanian). Retrieved August 28, 2022.

[10] "Vă mai amintiți de... Alexandru Kirițescu". Adevărul (in Romanian). 8 June 2010. Retrieved 16 June 2013.

[11] Beldie, Constantin D. (2000). Memorii: caleidoscopul unei jumătăți de veac în București, 1900–1950 [Memoirs: the kaleidoscope of half a century in Bucharest, 1900–1950] (in Romanian). Bucharest: Editura Albatros. ISBN 9789732406588.

[CH-12] Jonathan Luxmoore (16 May 2014). "Romanian Catholic bishop martyred by communists beatified tomorrow". Catholic Herald. Archived from the original on 22 October 2014. Retrieved 4 March 2018.

[13] Manolache, C. Scânteietoarea viață a Iuliei Hasdeu [The sparkling life of Iulia Hasdeu] (in Romanian). ISBN 9789739399517.

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