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Events from the year 1942 in Romania. The year was dominated by the Second World War.

Incumbents

Events

24 January – A record temperature of −38.5 °C (−37.3 °F) is recorded at Bod, Brașov.^[3]
6 June – A state of war is declared between Romania and the United States.^[4]
1 July – Romanian and German troops capture the fortress at Sevastopol following a siege that had lasted 8 months.^[5]
7 September – Romanian and German troops capture Novorossiysk in the Battle of the Caucasus.^[6]
2 November – Soldiers of the Vânători de munte under the command of general Ioan Dumitrache capture Nalchik, the farthest advance by the Axis powers into the Caucasus.^[7]
19 November – The Romania Third and Fourth Armies come under attack by the Soviet Red Army at the Battle of Stalingrad.^[8]
1 December – The Soviet cruiser Voroshilov and destroyer Soobrazitelny shell Snake Island, damaging the radio station, barracks and lighthouse on the island, but fail to inflict significant losses.^[9]

Births

5 January – Alexandru Ioan Lupaș, mathematician (died 2007).
9 March – Ion Caramitru, stage and film actor, stage director, and political figure (died 2021).^[10]
25 March – Otilia Valeria Coman (pen name Ana Blandiana), poet.^[11]
25 March – Basarab Nicolescu, theoretical physicist.
27 March – Olga Bucătaru, film and stage actress (died 2020).
2 April – Gabriela Adameșteanu, novelist, short story writer, essayist, journalist, and translator.^[12]
23 May – Gabriel Liiceanu, philosopher.
28 May – Păun Otiman, agronomist, politician, member of the Romanian Academy.^[13]
22 September – Alexandru Moisuc, agricultural scientist.
4 November – Edward Luttwak, American military strategist and author.^[14]

Deaths

21 March – Olha Kobylianska, modernist writer and feminist (born 1863).^[15]
21 November – Alexandru Pastia, colonel, killed in action at the Battle of Stalingrad (born 1893).
24 November – Ioan Sion, major general, killed in action at the Battle of Stalingrad (born 1890).
16 December – Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger, poet murdered in the Holocaust (born 1924).^[16]

References

^ Scurtu, Ioan (2004). Istoria românilor în timpul celor patru regi (1866-1947) [The History of the Romanians under the Four Kings (1866-1947)] (in Romanian) (2a ed.). Bucharest: Editura Enciclopedică. p. 32. ISBN 978-9-73450-441-1.
^ Roper, Steven D. (2000). Romania: The Unfinished Revolution. London: Routledge. pp. 8–14. ISBN 978-0-20369-507-4.
^ Nica, Mihai (January 25, 2022). "Pe urmele frigului, la Bod, comuna din Brașov pusă pe harta Europei de părintele radioului modern" [In the wake of the cold, in Bod, the commune of Brașov put on the map of Europe by the father of modern radio]. romania.europalibera.org (in Romanian). Radio Free Europe. Archived from the original on 28 January 2022.
^ Barker, Elisabeth; Deakin, William; Evans, Leighton (1988). British Political and Military Strategy in Central, Eastern and Southern Europe in 1944. London: Macmillan Press. p. 152. ISBN 978-1-34919-379-0.
^ Melville, Mungo (2017). Sevastopol's Wars: Crimea from Potemkin to Putin. London: Osprey Publishing. p. 22. ISBN 978-1-47282-228-4.
^ Forczyk, Robert; Noon, Steve (2015). The Caucasus 1942-43 : Kleist's Race for Oil. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. p. 52. ISBN 978-1-47280-583-6.
^ Tucker, Spencer, ed. (2016). World War II: The Definitive Encyclopedia and Document Collection. Santa Barbara: ABC-Clio. p. 1422. ISBN 978-1-85109-968-9.
^ Trigg, Jonathan (2013). Death on the Don: the destruction of Germany's allies on the Eastern Front, 1941–44. Stroud, Gloucestershire: Spellmount. ISBN 978-0-7524-9010-6. OCLC 857109471.
^ Rotaru, Jipa; Damaschin, Ioan (2000). Glorie și Dramă: Marina Regală Română, 1940–1945 [Glory and Drama: Romanian Royal Navy, 1940–1945] (in Romanian). Bucharest: Ion Cristoiu Publishing. pp. 93–94. ISBN 978-9-73995-447-1.
^ Delgado, Maria M.; Heritage, Paul (1998). In Contact With the Gods? Directors Talk Theatre. Manchester: Manchester University Press. p. 51. ISBN 978-0-7190-4763-3.
^ Sorkin, Adam J.; Treptow, Kurt W. (1994). An Anthology of Romanian Women Poets. New York: Columbia University Press. p. 73. ISBN 978-0-88033-294-1.
^ Stefanescu, Alex; Cucu, Ion (2006). Istoria Literaturii Române Contemporane, 1941-2000 [A History of Contemporary Romanian Literature] (in Romanian). Bucharest: Mașina de Scris. p. 980. ISBN 978-9-73849-121-2.
^ "Păun-Ion Otiman. Parliamentary activity in legislature 2000-2004". www.cdep.ro. Retrieved August 14, 2022.
^ Stoica, Mihaela (May 1, 2016). "Românul care câștigă un milion de dolari pe an din sfaturile date liderilor lumii. I se spune Machiavelli și este unul dintre cei mai influenți oameni de pe planetă". www.descopera.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved September 19, 2022.
^ Loutfi, Anna; Daskalova, Krasimira; de Haan, Francisca (2006). A Biographical Dictionary of Women's Movements and Feminisms: Central, Eastern, and South Eastern Europe, 19th and 20th Centuries. New York: Central European University Press. p. 252. ISBN 978-6-15505-372-6.
^ Paolino, Francesca (2013). Una vita: Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger (1924-1942) [A Life: Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger (1924-1942)] (in Italian). Trento: Edizioni del Faro. p. 89. ISBN 978-8-86537-139-8.

[1] Scurtu, Ioan (2004). Istoria românilor în timpul celor patru regi (1866-1947) [The History of the Romanians under the Four Kings (1866-1947)] (in Romanian) (2a ed.). Bucharest: Editura Enciclopedică. p. 32. ISBN 978-9-73450-441-1.

[2] Roper, Steven D. (2000). Romania: The Unfinished Revolution. London: Routledge. pp. 8–14. ISBN 978-0-20369-507-4.

[3] Nica, Mihai (January 25, 2022). "Pe urmele frigului, la Bod, comuna din Brașov pusă pe harta Europei de părintele radioului modern" [In the wake of the cold, in Bod, the commune of Brașov put on the map of Europe by the father of modern radio]. romania.europalibera.org (in Romanian). Radio Free Europe. Archived from the original on 28 January 2022.

[4] Barker, Elisabeth; Deakin, William; Evans, Leighton (1988). British Political and Military Strategy in Central, Eastern and Southern Europe in 1944. London: Macmillan Press. p. 152. ISBN 978-1-34919-379-0.

[5] Melville, Mungo (2017). Sevastopol's Wars: Crimea from Potemkin to Putin. London: Osprey Publishing. p. 22. ISBN 978-1-47282-228-4.

[6] Forczyk, Robert; Noon, Steve (2015). The Caucasus 1942-43 : Kleist's Race for Oil. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. p. 52. ISBN 978-1-47280-583-6.

[7] Tucker, Spencer, ed. (2016). World War II: The Definitive Encyclopedia and Document Collection. Santa Barbara: ABC-Clio. p. 1422. ISBN 978-1-85109-968-9.

[8] Trigg, Jonathan (2013). Death on the Don: the destruction of Germany's allies on the Eastern Front, 1941–44. Stroud, Gloucestershire: Spellmount. ISBN 978-0-7524-9010-6. OCLC 857109471.

[9] Rotaru, Jipa; Damaschin, Ioan (2000). Glorie și Dramă: Marina Regală Română, 1940–1945 [Glory and Drama: Romanian Royal Navy, 1940–1945] (in Romanian). Bucharest: Ion Cristoiu Publishing. pp. 93–94. ISBN 978-9-73995-447-1.

[10] Delgado, Maria M.; Heritage, Paul (1998). In Contact With the Gods? Directors Talk Theatre. Manchester: Manchester University Press. p. 51. ISBN 978-0-7190-4763-3.

[11] Sorkin, Adam J.; Treptow, Kurt W. (1994). An Anthology of Romanian Women Poets. New York: Columbia University Press. p. 73. ISBN 978-0-88033-294-1.

[12] Stefanescu, Alex; Cucu, Ion (2006). Istoria Literaturii Române Contemporane, 1941-2000 [A History of Contemporary Romanian Literature] (in Romanian). Bucharest: Mașina de Scris. p. 980. ISBN 978-9-73849-121-2.

[13] "Păun-Ion Otiman. Parliamentary activity in legislature 2000-2004". www.cdep.ro. Retrieved August 14, 2022.

[14] Stoica, Mihaela (May 1, 2016). "Românul care câștigă un milion de dolari pe an din sfaturile date liderilor lumii. I se spune Machiavelli și este unul dintre cei mai influenți oameni de pe planetă". www.descopera.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved September 19, 2022.

[15] Loutfi, Anna; Daskalova, Krasimira; de Haan, Francisca (2006). A Biographical Dictionary of Women's Movements and Feminisms: Central, Eastern, and South Eastern Europe, 19th and 20th Centuries. New York: Central European University Press. p. 252. ISBN 978-6-15505-372-6.

[16] Paolino, Francesca (2013). Una vita: Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger (1924-1942) [A Life: Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger (1924-1942)] (in Italian). Trento: Edizioni del Faro. p. 89. ISBN 978-8-86537-139-8.

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 ==Events==
 * 24 January – A [[List of weather records|record temperature]] of {{convert|-38.5|C|F}} is recorded at [[Bod, Brașov]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Mihai | last=Nica |title=Pe urmele frigului, la Bod, comuna din Brașov pusă pe harta Europei de părintele radioului modern | trans-title=In the wake of the cold, in Bod, the commune of Brașov put on the map of Europe by the father of modern radio | url=https://romania.europalibera.org/a/recordul-frig-romania/31670988.html | lang=ro | publisher=[[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty|Radio Free Europe]] | website=romania.europalibera.org | date=January 25, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220128185702/https://romania.europalibera.org/a/recordul-frig-romania/31670988.html | archive-date=28 January 2022}}</ref>
-* 6 June – A state of war is declared between Romania and the United States.<ref>{{cite book | first1=Elisabeth | last1=Barker | first2=William | last2=Deakin | first3=Leighton | last3=Evans | title=British Political and Military Strategy in Central, Eastern and Southern Europe in 1944 | location=London | publisher=Macmillan Press | year=1988 | page=152 | isbn=978-1-34919-379-0 | url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/British_Political_and_Military_Strategy/6KqvCwAAQBAJ}}</ref>
+* 6 June – A state of war is declared between Romania and the United States.<ref>{{cite book | first1=Elisabeth | last1=Barker | first2=William | last2=Deakin | first3=Leighton | last3=Evans | title=British Political and Military Strategy in Central, Eastern and Southern Europe in 1944 | location=London | publisher=[[Palgrave Macmillan|Macmillan Press]] | year=1988 | page=152 | isbn=978-1-34919-379-0 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6KqvCwAAQBAJ}}</ref>
-* 1 July – Romanian and [[German Army (1935–1945)|German]] troops capture the fortress at [[Sevastopol]] following a [[Siege of Sevastopol (1941–1942)|siege]] that had lasted 8 months.<ref>{{cite book | last=Melville | first=Mungo | title=Sevastopol's Wars: Crimea from Potemkin to Putin | publisher=Osprey Publishing | location=London | year=2017 | isbn=978-1-47282-228-4 | page=22}}</ref>
+* 1 July – Romanian and [[German Army (1935–1945)|German]] troops capture the fortress at [[Sevastopol]] following a [[Siege of Sevastopol (1941–1942)|siege]] that had lasted 8 months.<ref>{{cite book | last=Melville | first=Mungo | title=Sevastopol's Wars: Crimea from Potemkin to Putin | publisher=[[Osprey Publishing]] | location=London | year=2017 | isbn=978-1-47282-228-4 | page=22}}</ref>
-* 7 September – Romanian and German troops capture [[Novorossiysk]] in the [[Battle of the Caucasus]].<ref>{{cite book | first1=Robert | last1=Forczyk | first2=Steve | last2=Noon | title=The Caucasus 1942-43 : Kleist's Race for Oil | location=Oxford | publisher=Osprey Publishing | year=2015 | isbn=978-1-47280-583-6 | page=52}}</ref>
+* 7 September – Romanian and German troops capture [[Novorossiysk]] in the [[Battle of the Caucasus]].<ref>{{cite book | first1=Robert | last1=Forczyk | first2=Steve | last2=Noon | title=The Caucasus 1942-43 : Kleist's Race for Oil | location=Oxford | publisher=[[Osprey Publishing]] | year=2015 | isbn=978-1-47280-583-6 | page=52}}</ref>
-* 2 November – Soldiers of the [[Vânători de munte]] capture [[Nalchik]], the farthest advance by the [[Axis powers]] into the Caucasus.<ref>{{cite book | editor-first=Spencer | editor-last=Tucker | title=World War II: The Definitive Encyclopedia and Document Collection | location=Santa Barbara | publisher=ABC-CLIO | year=2016 | isbn=978-1-85109-968-9 | page=1422}}</ref>
+* 2 November – Soldiers of the [[Vânători de munte]] under the command of general [[Ioan Dumitrache]] capture [[Nalchik]], the farthest advance by the [[Axis powers]] into the Caucasus.<ref>{{cite book | editor-first=Spencer | editor-last=Tucker | title=World War II: The Definitive Encyclopedia and Document Collection | location=Santa Barbara | publisher=[[ABC-Clio]] | year=2016 | isbn=978-1-85109-968-9 | page=1422}}</ref>
+* [[19 November]] – The Romania [[Third Army (Romania)|Third]] and [[Fourth Army (Romania)|Fourth]] Armies [[Romanian armies in the Battle of Stalingrad|come under attack]] by the Soviet [[Red Army]] at the [[Battle of Stalingrad]].<ref>{{cite book | last=Trigg | first=Jonathan | title=Death on the Don: the destruction of Germany's allies on the Eastern Front, 1941–44 | publisher=[[The History Press|Spellmount]] | publication-place=Stroud, Gloucestershire | year=2013 | isbn=978-0-7524-9010-6 | oclc=857109471 }}</ref>
-* 1 December – The Soviet cruiser {{ship|Soviet cruiser|Voroshilov||2}} and destroyer {{ship|Soviet destroyer|Soobrazitelny|1940|2}} shell [[Snake Island (Black Sea)|Snake Island]], damaging the radio station, barracks and lighthouse on the island, but fail to inflict significant losses.<ref>{{cite book|author-first1=Jipa |author-last1=Rotaru |author-first2=Ioan |author-last2=Damaschin |title=Glorie și Dramă: Marina Regală Română, 1940-1945 |trans-title=Glory and Drama: Romanian Royal Navy, 1940-1945  |location=Bucharest |publisher=Ion Cristoiu Publishing |date=2000 |pages=93–94 |isbn=978-9-73995-447-1 |language=RO}}</ref>
+* 1 December – The Soviet cruiser {{ship|Soviet cruiser|Voroshilov||2}} and destroyer {{ship|Soviet destroyer|Soobrazitelny|1940|2}} shell [[Snake Island (Black Sea)|Snake Island]], damaging the radio station, barracks and lighthouse on the island, but fail to inflict significant losses.<ref>{{cite book|author-first1=Jipa |author-last1=Rotaru |author-first2=Ioan |author-last2=Damaschin |title=Glorie și Dramă: Marina Regală Română, 1940–1945 |trans-title=Glory and Drama: Romanian Royal Navy, 1940–1945  |location=Bucharest |publisher=Ion Cristoiu Publishing |date=2000 |pages=93–94 |isbn=978-9-73995-447-1 |language=RO}}</ref>
 ==Births==
 * 5 January – [[Alexandru Ioan Lupaș]], mathematician (died [[2007 in Romania|2007]]).
-* 9 March – [[Ion Caramitru]], stage and film actor, stage director, and political figure.<ref>{{cite book | first1=Maria M. | last1=Delgado | first2=Paul | last2=Heritage | title=In Contact With the Gods? Directors Talk Theatre | location=Manchester | publisher=Manchester University Press | year=1998 | page=51 | isbn=978-0-7190-4763-3}}</ref>
+* 9 March – [[Ion Caramitru]], stage and film actor, stage director, and political figure (died [[2021 in Romania|2021]]).<ref>{{cite book | first1=Maria M. | last1=Delgado | first2=Paul | last2=Heritage | title=In Contact With the Gods? Directors Talk Theatre | location=Manchester | publisher=Manchester University Press | year=1998 | page=51 | isbn=978-0-7190-4763-3}}</ref>
-* 25 March – Otilia Valeria Coman (pen name [[Ana Blandiana]]), poet.<ref>{{cite book | first1=Adam J. | last1=Sorkin | first2=Kurt W. | last2=Treptow | title=An Anthology of Romanian Women Poets | location=New York | publisher=Columbia University Press | year=1994 | page=73 | isbn=978-0-88033-294-1}}</ref>
+* 25 March – Otilia Valeria Coman (pen name [[Ana Blandiana]]), poet.<ref>{{cite book | first1=Adam J. | last1=Sorkin | first2=Kurt W. | last2=Treptow | title=An Anthology of Romanian Women Poets | location=New York | publisher=[[Columbia University Press]] | year=1994 | page=73 | isbn=978-0-88033-294-1}}</ref>
+* 25 March – [[Basarab Nicolescu]], theoretical physicist.
-* 2 April – [[Gabriela Adameșteanu]], novelist, short story writer, essayist, journalist, and translator.<ref>{{cite book | first1=Alex | last1=Stefanescu | first2=Ion | last2=Cucu | title=Istoria Literaturii Române Contemporane, 1941-2000 | trans-title=A History of Contemporary Romanian Literature | location=Bucharest | publisher=Masina de Scris | year=2006 | page=980 | isbn=978-9-73849-121-2 | language=RO}}</ref>
+* 27 March – [[Olga Bucătaru]], film and stage actress (died [[2020 in Romania|2020]]).
+* 2 April – [[Gabriela Adameșteanu]], novelist, short story writer, essayist, journalist, and translator.<ref>{{cite book | first1=Alex | last1=Stefanescu | first2=Ion | last2=Cucu | title=Istoria Literaturii Române Contemporane, 1941-2000 | trans-title=A History of Contemporary Romanian Literature | location=Bucharest | publisher=Mașina de Scris | year=2006 | page=980 | isbn=978-9-73849-121-2 | language=RO}}</ref>
+* 23 May – [[Gabriel Liiceanu]], philosopher.
+* 28 May – [[Păun Otiman]], agronomist, politician, member of the [[Romanian Academy]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cdep.ro/pls/parlam/structura.mp?idm=7&cam=1&leg=2000&pag=1&prn=0&par=&idl=2|title=Păun-Ion Otiman. Parliamentary activity in legislature 2000-2004|website=www.cdep.ro|access-date=August 14, 2022}}</ref>
+* 22 September – [[Alexandru Moisuc]], agricultural scientist.
+* 4 November – [[Edward Luttwak]], American military strategist and author.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.descopera.ro/dnews/14954372-romanul-care-castiga-un-milion-de-dolari-pe-an-din-sfaturile-date-liderilor-lumii-i-se-spune-machiavelli-si-este-unul-dintre-cei-mai-influenti-oameni-de-pe-planeta|title= Românul care câștigă un milion de dolari pe an din sfaturile date liderilor lumii. I se spune Machiavelli și este unul dintre cei mai influenți oameni de pe planetă|lang=ro|first=Mihaela|last=Stoica|date= May 1, 2016|website=www.descopera.ro|access-date=September 19, 2022}}</ref>
 ==Deaths==
-* 21 March – [[Olha Kobylianska]], [[modernism|modernist]] writer and [[feminist]] (born [[1863 in the United Provinces|1863]]).<ref>{{cite book | first1=Anna | last1=Loutfi | first2=Krasimira | last2=Daskalova | first3=Francisca | last3=de Haan | title=A Biographical Dictionary of Women's Movements and Feminisms: Central, Eastern, and South Eastern Europe, 19th and 20th Centuries | location=New York | publisher=Central European University Press | year=2006 | page=252 | isbn=978-6-15505-372-6}}</ref>
+* 21 March – [[Olha Kobylianska]], [[modernism|modernist]] writer and [[feminist]] (born [[1863 in the United Provinces|1863]]).<ref>{{cite book | first1=Anna | last1=Loutfi | first2=Krasimira | last2=Daskalova | first3=Francisca | last3=de Haan | title=A Biographical Dictionary of Women's Movements and Feminisms: Central, Eastern, and South Eastern Europe, 19th and 20th Centuries | location=New York | publisher=[[Central European University|Central European University Press]] | year=2006 | page=252 | isbn=978-6-15505-372-6}}</ref>
+* 21 November – [[Alexandru Pastia]], colonel, killed in action at the [[Romanian armies in the Battle of Stalingrad|Battle of Stalingrad]] (born [[1893 in Romania|1893]]).
+* 24 November – [[Ioan Sion]], major general, killed in action at the Battle of Stalingrad (born [[1890 in Romania|1890]]).
 * 16 December – [[Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger]], poet murdered in the Holocaust (born [[1924 in Romania|1924]]).<ref>{{cite book | first=Francesca | last=Paolino | title=Una vita: Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger (1924-1942) | trans-title=A Life: Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger (1924-1942) | location=Trento | publisher=Edizioni del Faro | year=2013 | page=89 | isbn=978-8-86537-139-8 | language=IT}}</ref>