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Romania in 1866

Historical records for Romania in 1866, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

14Records
10Events
7Named people
1Places
3Categories

Historical records

February

11 February 1866Abdication of Alexandru Ioan CuzaAlexandru Ioan Cuza

Bucharest · Government / Government of Romania

Cuza abdicates after officers and political opponents force his removal.

11 February 1866Princely RegencyLascar Catargiu

Bucharest · Government / Government of Romania

Catargiu joins the three-member regency governing after Cuza's abdication.

11 February 1866Princely RegencyNicolae Golescu

Bucharest · Government / Government of Romania

Golescu joins the provisional regency established after Cuza's removal.

11 February 1866Princely RegencyNicolae Haralambie

Bucharest · Government / Government of Romania

Haralambie represents the army in the three-member princely regency.

22 February 1866AbdicationAlexandru Ioan Cuza

Bucharest · Politics / United Principalities

Is forced to abdicate by political opponents.

23 February 1866SuccessionCarol I

House / House of Hohenzollern

Succeeds as King of Romania

May

10 May 1866Arrival of Carol ICarol I

Bucharest · Government / Government of Romania

Carol arrives in Bucharest to assume the Romanian throne.

10 May 1866Oath as PrinceCarol I

Bucharest · Government / Government of Romania

Carol takes the constitutional oath as ruling prince.

July

1 July 1866Constitution of RomaniaCarol I

Bucharest · Government / Government of Romania

Carol promulgates the liberal Constitution of 1866.

October

24 October 1866Recognition of the succession of Carol I in RomaniaCarol I

House / House of Hohenzollern

The Sultan of Turkey recognizes the succession of Carol I in Romania

Other Events

1866Abdication of Alexandru Ioan CuzaIon Bratianu

Government / Government of Romania

Takes part in the deposition of Prince Carol of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

1866National AssemblyCarol I

House / House of Hohenzollern

Elected by Romanias National Assembly to guarantee German protection of independence

1866Prime Minister of RomaniaIon Ghica

Bucharest · Government / Government of Romania

Ghica leads the government during the transition to Carol's reign.

1866SuccessionCarol I

House / House of Hohenzollern

Elected by Romanias National Assembly to guarantee German protection of independence

Names involved

Alexandru Ioan CuzaCarol IIon BratianuIon GhicaLascar CatargiuNicolae GolescuNicolae Haralambie

Places involved

Bucharest

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.