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Events from the year 1921 in Romania. The year saw the formation of the Romanian Communist Party out of the Socialist Party and subsequent imprisonment of the Communist leadership.

Incumbents

• King: Ferdinand.
• Prime Minister:
  • Alexandru Averescu (until 17 December).
  • Take Ionescu (from 17 December).

Events

• 2 February – Nicolae Bretan's opera Luceafărul is first performed at Romanian National Opera, Cluj-Napoca.
• February – Elena Bacaloglu signs an agreement with Benito Mussolini, founding the National Italo-Romanian Fascist Movement (Mișcarea Națională Fascistă Italo-Română).
• 3 March – The Convention of Romanian–Polish Defensive Alliance is signed in Bucharest, which came into force on 25 July, cementing the Polish–Romanian alliance.
• 8 May – At the congress of the Socialist Party of Romania (Partidul Socialist din România), the pro-Bolshevik faction affirms control of the party, which consequently joins Communist International and is renamed the Romanian Communist Party (Partidul Comunist Român).
• 12 May – The police arrest the leaders of the Romanian Communist Party, initiating the Dealul Spirii Trial.
• 6 July – The Hungarian Union (Uniunea Maghiara) is founded with Sámuel Jósika as its first president.
• 20 July – The Victory Medal is established, a design subsequently copied by France in the 1914–1918 Inter-Allied Victory medal.
• 13 December – 100 people die when a building is bombed in Bolhrad.

Births

• 5 January – Tissa David, animator, designer of Raggedy Ann (died 2012).
• 14 February – Toma Arnăuțoiu, officer who led a group of anti-communist resistance fighters from 1949 to 1958, executed at Jilava Prison in 1959.
• 17 February – Vera Clejan, literary critic and translator (died 2013).
• 10 March – Lisa Ferraday, model and actor (died 2004).
• 21 June – Greta Deligdisch, advocate for Holocaust survivors (died 2020).
• 9 August – Lola Bobesco, violinist (died 2003).
• 24 October – Veronica Schwefelberg, pen name Veronica Porumbacu, poet and translator (died 1977).
• 25 October – Prince Michael (died 2017).

Deaths

• 13 December – Ana Conta-Kernbach, writer and women's rights activist (born 1865).

References

1. Treptow, Kurt W. (2001). A History of Romania. Iaşi: Center for Romanian Studies. p. 597. ISBN 978-9-73943-235-1.
2. Giurescu, Constantin C.; Matei, Horia C.; Popa, Marcel; Alexandrescu, Ion; Chiper, Ioan (1974). Chronological History of Romania. Bucharest: Enciclopedică Română. p. 462. OCLC 251025169.
3. Gagelmann, Hartmut (1998). Nicolae Bretan, seine Lieder, seine Opern, sein Leben [Nicolae Bretan, his songs, his operas, his life] (in German). Klausenburg: Tipoholding Verlag. p. 86. OCLC 57693941.
4. Heinen, Armin; Eşianu, Cornelia; Eşianu, Delia (2006). Legiunea "Arhanghelul Mihail" - mișcare socială și organizație politică ["Archangel Michael" Legion - Social Movement and Political Organization] (in Romanian). Bucharest: Humanitas. p. 485. ISBN 978-9-73501-158-1.
5. Titulescu, Nicolae; Potra, George; Turcu, Constantin I. (1994). Romania's Foreign Policy: 1937. Bucharest: Encyclopaedic Publishing House. p. 101. ISBN 978-9-73450-092-5.
6. Deletant, Dennis (2006). Romania Under Communist Rule. Bucharest: Civic Academy Foundation. p. 11. ISBN 978-9-73821-433-0.
7. Cioroianu, Adrian (2007). Pe Umerii lui Marx: O Introducere in Istoria Comunismului Romanesc [On Marx's Shoulders: An Introduction to the History of Romanian Communism] (in Romanian). Bucharest: Curtea Veche. ISBN 978-9-73669-390-8.
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9. Moisil, Constantin (1928). "Medalistul C. Kristescu" [Medalist C. Kristescu]. Cronica Numismatică şi Arheologică, Bucharest. VIII (83): 26.
10. "Palace bombed, 100 Killed" (PDF). The New York Times. 14 December 1921. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 April 2021.
11. "Passings: Tissa David". The Los Angeles Times. 26 August 2012. p. 31.
12. Iancu, Mariana (July 19, 2019). "Detalii terifiante din noaptea în care a fost asasinat Toma Arnăuțoiu. Eroul din munți a fost executat sumar în închisoare". Adevărul (in Romanian). Retrieved August 16, 2022.
13. Manolescu, Florin (2006). Enciclopedia exilului literar românesc 1945-1989: scriitori, reviste, instituții, organizații [Encyclopedia of the Romanian literary exile 1945-1989: Writers, Magazines, Institutions, Organizations]. Pitesti: Paralela 45. p. 139. ISBN 978-9-73196-082-1.
14. Anderson, H.F. (24 March 2004). "Lisa Ferraday". The Palm Beach Post. p. 44.
15. Schudel, Matt (8 February 2020). "Greta Beer, who led efforts to restore funds to Holocaust families, dies at 98". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 10 February 2020.
16. Cummings, David (2002). International Who's Who in Classical Music. London: Routledge. p. 77. ISBN 978-1-85743-160-5.
17. Sasu, Aurel (1999). Enciclopedia Marilor Personalități: M-Z [Encyclopedia of Great Personalities: M-Z] (in Romanian). Bucharest: Editura Geneze. p. 422. ISBN 978-9-73697-760-2.
18. Hall, Richard C. (2014). War in the Balkans: An Encyclopedic History from the Fall of the Ottoman Empire to the Breakup of Yugoslavia. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO. p. 187. ISBN 978-1-61069-031-7.
19. Noveanu, Eugen (2013). "Ana Conta-Kernbach o sută cincizeci de ani de la naştere" [Ana Conta-Kernbach One Hundred and Fifty Years after Her Birth] (PDF). Revista de Pedagogie (in Romanian). LXI (4). Bucharest, Romania: Institutul de Ştiinţe ale Educaţiei: 210. ISSN 0034-8678. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 February 2019.

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