1942 in Romania

Decades:	1920s; 1930s; 1940s; 1950s; 1960s;
See also:	Other events of 1942; History of Romania; Timeline of Romanian history; Years in Romania;

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

Incumbents

1 July – Romanian and German troops capture the fortress at Sevastapol following a siege that had lasted 8 months.^[3]
7 September – Romanian and German troops capture Novorossiysk in the Battle of the Caucasus.^[4]
2 November – Soldiers of the Vânători de munte capture Nalchik, the farthest advance by the Axis powers into the Caucasus.^[5]

25 March – Otilia Valeria Coman (pen name Ana Blandiana), poet.^[6]
2 April – Gabriela Adameșteanu, novelist, short story writer, essayist, journalist, and translator.^[7]

16 December – Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger, poet murdered in the Holocaust (born 1924).^[8]

^ 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.
^ 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.
^ 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: Masina de Scris. p. 980. ISBN 978-9-73849-121-2.
^ 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.