126 notable events in Romania — wars, riots and massacres. Page 1 of 2.
- Nicolae Ceaușescu
date unknown · Genocide & ethnic violence
- Romanian revolution
Dec 15, 1989–Dec 27, 1989 · Massacre
- Operation Tidal Wave
Aug 1, 1943 · War & armed conflict
- Night attack at Târgoviște
Jun 17, 1462 · War & armed conflict
- 1980s–1990s Romanian orphans phenomenon
date unknown · Scandal & controversy
- TAROM Flight 371
Mar 31, 1995 · Aviation accident
- 1944 Romanian coup d'état
Aug 23, 1944 · War & armed conflict
- Legionnaires' rebellion and Bucharest pogrom
Jan 23, 1941 · Genocide & ethnic violence
- Snake Island campaign
Feb 24, 2022 · War & armed conflict
- Pitești Prison
date unknown
- Vera Renczi
Jan 1, 1920–Jan 1, 1930 · Murder & homicide
- 1977 Vrancea earthquake
Mar 4, 1977 · Earthquake
- Soviet occupation of Romania
1944–Aug 1, 1958 · War & armed conflict
- Colectiv nightclub fire
Oct 30, 2015 · Fire
- Iași pogrom
Jun 29, 1941–Jul 6, 1941 · Genocide & ethnic violence
- 2000 Baia Mare cyanide spill
Jan 30, 2000 · Industrial & structural disaster
- Romanian anti-communist resistance movement
1944–1962 · War & armed conflict
- Wallachian uprising of 1821
Aug 1, 1821 · War & armed conflict
- Mineriad
Jul 1, 1990 · Riot & unrest
- Wallachian Revolution of 1848
Sep 25, 1848 · War & armed conflict
- Ion Rîmaru
Apr 8, 1970–May 4, 1971 · Shooting
- 1907 Romanian peasants' revolt
Feb 21, 1907–Apr 5, 1907 · Riot & unrest
- 2020 Ditrău xenophobic incident
from Jan 29, 2020 · War & armed conflict
- Ciurea rail disaster
Jan 13, 1917 · Rail accident
- Kidnapping of Alexandra Măceșanu and Luiza Melencu
Jul 25, 2019 · Murder & homicide
- Revolt of Horea, Cloșca, and Crișan
Oct 31, 1784–Dec 14, 1784 · Riot & unrest
- Fântâna Albă massacre
Apr 1, 1941 · Massacre
- Bombing of Romania in World War II
date unknown · War & armed conflict
- Olympic Airways Flight 3838
Sep 14, 1999 · Aviation accident
- Jilava massacre
Nov 26, 1940–Nov 27, 1940 · Massacre
- June 1990 Mineriad
Jun 13, 1990–Jun 15, 1990 · Riot & unrest
- Ethnic clashes of Târgu Mureș
Mar 1990 · Genocide & ethnic violence
- Brașov rebellion
Nov 15, 1987 · Riot & unrest
- Uprising in Banat
Mar 1594–Jul 10, 1594 · Riot & unrest
- 2014 Southeast Europe floods
May 13, 2014–May 27, 2014 · Natural disaster
- 2021 Romanian political crisis
Sep 1, 2021–Nov 25, 2021 · Crisis
- Deportation of Germans from Romania after World War II
date unknown · War & armed conflict
- Bocskai uprising
Sep 28, 1604 · War & armed conflict
- 2017–2019 Romanian protests
from Jan 18, 2017 · Riot & unrest
- Eugen Grigore case
Jul 1974 · Attack (other)
- 1940 Vrancea earthquake
Nov 10, 1940 · Earthquake
- Transylvanian peasant revolt
Jun 1437–Jan 1438 · Riot & unrest
- Assassination of Armand Călinescu
Sep 21, 1939 · Murder & homicide
- 1848–1849 massacres in Transylvania
1848–1849 · Massacre
- Bombing of Bucharest in World War II
Aug 26, 1944 · War & armed conflict
- Ip massacre
Sep 14, 1940 · Massacre
- Jabukovac killings
Jul 27, 2007 · Shooting
- MV E Evangelia
date unknown · War & armed conflict
- Treaty of Szatmár
Jan 1, 1703 · War & armed conflict
- 1993 Hădăreni riots
Sep 20, 1993 · Genocide & ethnic violence
- Vasile Tcaciuc
Jan 1, 1917–Jan 1, 1935 · Murder & homicide
- Valea Uzului ethnic conflict
2019 · Scandal & controversy
- Alexandra Stan vs. Marcel Prodan
date unknown · Crime & justice
- TAROM Flight 35
Feb 4, 1970 · Aviation accident
- German submarine U-18 (1935)
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- Dorohoi pogrom
Jul 1, 1940 · Genocide & ethnic violence
- 2012 Bucharest hair salon shooting
Mar 5, 2012 · Shooting
- Malév Flight 203
Sep 21, 1977 · Aviation accident
- Treznea massacre
Sep 9, 1940 · Massacre
- 2012–2015 unrest in Romania
Sep 1, 2013 · Riot & unrest
- Lunca massacre
Feb 7, 1941 · Massacre
- September 1991 Mineriad
Sep 25, 1991–Sep 28, 1991 · Riot & unrest
- Republic of Ploiești
date unknown · War & armed conflict
- Siculicidium
Jan 7, 1764 · Massacre
- 1802 Vrancea earthquake
Oct 26, 1802 · Earthquake
- 2012 Romanian protests
from Jan 12, 2012 · Riot & unrest
- 1986 Vrancea earthquake
Aug 30, 1986 · Earthquake
- 2006 Ferentari riot
Nov 14, 2006 · Riot & unrest
- Battle of the Cahul (1574)
Jun 10, 1574 · War & armed conflict
- Nușfalău massacre
Sep 8, 1940 · Massacre
- Crevedia explosions
Aug 26, 2023 · Bombing & explosion
- 1938 LOT Polish Airlines crash in Romania
Jul 22, 1938 · Aviation accident
- Vlad the Impaler's expedition across the Danube
Dec 1, 1461–Jan 1, 1462 · Massacre
- Battle of Zsibó
Nov 15, 1705 · War & armed conflict
- Romanian monarchist demonstration of 8 November 1945
Nov 8, 1945 · Shooting
- Legionnaires' rebellion
Jan 23, 1941 · War & armed conflict
- Microsoft licensing corruption scandal
date unknown · Crime & justice
- 1990 Vrancea earthquakes
May 30, 1990 · Earthquake
- Murder of Alin Mario Berinde
Jan 19, 2026 · Murder & homicide
- January 1999 Mineriad
Jan 4, 1999–Jan 23, 1999 · War & armed conflict
- 1971 Certej dam failure
Oct 30, 1971 · Industrial & structural disaster
- 2010 Israeli Air Force CH-53 crash
Jul 26, 2010 · Aviation accident
- Bombing of Timișoara in World War II
1944 · War & armed conflict
- January 1990 Mineriad
Jan 28, 1990–Jan 29, 1990 · Riot & unrest
- Sărmașu massacre
Sep 16, 1944 · Genocide & ethnic violence
- 2025 Rahova gas explosion
Oct 17, 2025 · Bombing & explosion
- 1930 Costești wooden church fire
Apr 18, 1930 · Fire
- Luduș massacre
Sep 13, 1944 · Massacre
- 1970 floods in Romania
May 1970–Jun 1970 · Natural disaster
- Great Fire of Bucharest
date unknown · Fire
- Battle of Slatina
Nov 27, 1916 · War & armed conflict
- February 1999 Mineriad
Feb 17, 1999 · Riot & unrest
- Siege of Nagyvárad (1660)
Jul 15, 1660–Aug 27, 1660 · War & armed conflict
- Scânteia train accident
Aug 14, 2009 · Rail accident
- Ținutul Sării revolt
Mar 29, 1919–Apr 6, 2019 · War & armed conflict
- 2014 Vrancea earthquake
Nov 22, 2014 · Earthquake
- February 1990 Mineriad
Feb 18, 1990–Feb 19, 1990 · Riot & unrest
- 1738 Vrancea earthquake
Jun 11, 1738 · Earthquake
- Huțani bus accident
Jun 29, 1980 · Road accident
- Mihăileşti explosion
May 24, 2004 · Bombing & explosion