1889 in Romania

← 1888 1887 1886 1889 in Romania → 1890 1891 1892
Decades:	1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s
See also:	Other events of 1889 History of Romania Timeline of Romanian history Years in Romania

Events from the year 1889 in Romania. During the year, the country passed a law to enter the gold standard.

Incumbents

• King: Carol I.[1]
• Prime Minister:
  • Theodor Rosetti (until 29 March.[2]
  • Lascăr Catargiu (between 29 March and 5 November).[2]
  • Gheorghe Manu (from 5 November).[2]

Events

• May 19 – A law is passed to adopt the gold standard aligned with the Latin Monetary Union. The law comes into force on 17 March 1890.[3]

Births

• 3 April – Grigoraș Dinicu, composer (died 1949).[4]
• 9 May – Constantin S. Constantin, major general during World War II (died 1948).[5]
• 12 May – Ion Manolescu-Strunga, politician (died 1951).[6]

References

1. Treptow, Kurt W. (2001). A History of Romania. Iaşi: Center for Romanian Studies. p. 597. ISBN 978-9-73943-235-1.
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. 234. OCLC 251025169.
4. Muzicieni Români: Compozitori și Muzicologi [Romanian Musicians: Composers and Musicologists] (in Romanian). Bucharest: Editura Muzicală a Uniunii Compozitorilor. 1970. p. 157. OCLC 909768452.
5. "Generali români – morți în închisorile regimului trecut (23 august 1944 – 15 octombrie 1964)" [Romanian Generals Who Died in the Prisons of the Former Regime (23 August 1944 – 15 October 1964)]. Cuvântul Liber (in Romanian). 29 October 2007. Archived from the original on 29 October 2007. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
6. Ionițoiu, Cicerone; Ștefănescu, Florin (2000), Victimele terorii comuniste. Arestați, torturați, întemnițați, uciși. Dicționar [Dictionary of Victims of Communist Terror: Arrested, Tortured, Imprisoned and Murdered] (PDF) (in Romanian), Bucharest: Editura Mașina de scris, pp. 63–64, ISBN 973-999-942-5, retrieved 1 September 2022