The following lists events in the year 2016 in
Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...
.
Incumbents
*
President
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*President (corporate title)
*President (education), a leader of a college or university
*President (government title)
President may also refer to:
Automobiles
* Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...
:
Klaus Iohannis
Klaus Werner Iohannis (; ; also spelled Johannis; born 13 June 1959) is a Romanian politician, physicist and former teacher who has been serving as the president of Romania since 2014. He became leader of the National Liberal Party (Romania), Na ...
*
Prime Minister
A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...
:
Dacian CioloÈ™
Dacian Julien Cioloș (; born 27 July 1969) is a Romanian agronomist who served as Prime Minister of Romania from November 2015 to January 2017. He previously served as Agriculture Minister under Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu between October 2007 and ...
Events
January
* 29 January – President
Klaus Iohannis
Klaus Werner Iohannis (; ; also spelled Johannis; born 13 June 1959) is a Romanian politician, physicist and former teacher who has been serving as the president of Romania since 2014. He became leader of the National Liberal Party (Romania), Na ...
promulgates a
law banning smoking in public areas, two days after the
CCR declared it constitutional.
February
* 5 February – Five people are killed and 28 seriously injured after a bus and a tip lorry collide on the Western Belt of
Ploiești
Ploiești ( , , ), formerly spelled Ploești, is a city and county seat in Prahova County, Romania. Part of the historical region of Muntenia, it is located north of Bucharest.
The area of Ploiești is around , and it borders the Blejoi commu ...
.
* 10 February – Former commander of
Râmnicu Sărat Penitentiary Alexandru Vișinescu is sentenced to 20 years imprisonment for
crimes against humanity
Crimes against humanity are widespread or systemic acts committed by or on behalf of a ''de facto'' authority, usually a state, that grossly violate human rights. Unlike war crimes, crimes against humanity do not have to take place within the ...
, becoming the first communist torturer to be convicted in Romania.
* 16 February
** The warmest day of February of the last 55 years, with temperatures 18 °C higher than the normal in
Bucharest
Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north of ...
.
** Three babies die and several dozens from
Prahova,
Dolj
Dolj County (; originally meant ''Dol(no)- Jiu'', "lower Jiu", as opposed to ''Gorj'' (''upper Jiu'')) is a county (judeÈ›) of Romania on the border with Bulgaria, in Oltenia, with the capital city at Craiova.
Demographics
In 2011, the count ...
and
Bucharest
Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north of ...
are hospitalized with
HUS
Hus or HUS may refer to:
Medicine
* Hemolytic-uremic syndrome, a disease characterized by haemolytic anemia, kidney problems and a low platelet count
People
* Hus (surname)
* Hus family, an 18th-century French dynasty of ballet dancers and ac ...
-associated symptoms after being infected with a bacterium of unknown provenance.
March
* 14 March – The death toll of the
Colectiv nightclub fire
The Colectiv nightclub fire was a deadly fire in Bucharest, Romania, on 30 October 2015, which killed 64 people (26 on site, 38 in hospitals) and injured 146. The fire, which was the deadliest fire in the country's history, occurred during a free ...
reaches 64, almost five months after the tragedy.
May
* 9 May – Minister of Health
Patriciu AchimaÈ™-Cadariu resigns due to mismanagement of the
diluted disinfectants crisis.
* 12 May – US and
NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO, ; french: Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord, ), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 30 member states – 28 European and two No ...
officials activate a
land-based missile defense station at
Deveselu, part of a larger and controversial European shield.
* 29 May – 20 people are injured after a
footbridge
A footbridge (also a pedestrian bridge, pedestrian overpass, or pedestrian overcrossing) is a bridge designed solely for pedestrians.''Oxford English Dictionary'' While the primary meaning for a bridge is a structure which links "two points at a ...
breaks during an electoral event in
Plopu
Plopu is a commune in Prahova County, Muntenia, Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to ...
,
Prahova County
Prahova County () is a county ( județ) of Romania, in the historical region Muntenia, with the capital city at Ploiești.
Demographics
In 2011, it had a population of 762,886 and the population density was 161/km². It is Romania's third mos ...
.
June
* 1 June – About 10,000 employees in the education system protest in
Bucharest
Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north of ...
, demanding the resignation of the
CioloÈ™ Cabinet
The CioloÈ™ Cabinet was the 125th Government of Romania. It was led by Dacian CioloÈ™, who was appointed Prime Minister of Romania on 10 November 2015, after the resignation of Victor Ponta amid mass protests against generalised corruption linked ...
, dissatisfied with the teacher pay scale proposed by the Government.
* 5 June –
Local elections
In many parts of the world, local elections take place to select office-holders in local government, such as mayors and councillors. Elections to positions within a city or town are often known as "municipal elections". Their form and conduct vary ...
are held across Romania. The
Social Democratic Party
The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology.
Active parties
For ...
comes in first with 38.98% of mayor seats nationwide, including
Bucharest
Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north of ...
, followed by the
National Liberal Party with 31.50%.
July
* 5 June – Prime Minister
Dacian CioloÅŸ announces a cabinet shuffle as the four ministers (Education, Transport, Communications and Diaspora) are replaced. The new ministers took office on 7 July.
September
* 13 September – French President
François Hollande
François Gérard Georges Nicolas Hollande (; born 12 August 1954) is a French politician who served as President of France from 2012 to 2017. He previously was First Secretary of the Socialist Party (PS) from 1997 to 2008, Mayor of Tulle from ...
begins a one-day state visit to Romania, the first state visit by a French president since
François Mitterrand
François Marie Adrien Maurice Mitterrand (26 October 19168 January 1996) was President of France, serving under that position from 1981 to 1995, the longest time in office in the history of France. As First Secretary of the Socialist Party, he ...
came to Romania in 1991.
* 24 September – A magnitude 5.3 earthquake strikes
Vrancea County
Vrancea () is a county ( județ) in Romania, with its seat at Focșani. It is mostly in the historical region of Moldavia but the southern part, below the Milcov River, is in Muntenia.
Demographics
In 2011, it had a population of 340,310 and ...
, with tremors being felt as far as
Bucharest
Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north of ...
and the
Republic of Moldova
A republic () is a "state in which power rests with the people or their representatives; specifically a state without a monarchy" and also a "government, or system of government, of such a state." Previously, especially in the 17th and 18th c ...
. This is the largest deep earthquake since 2009.
November
* 5 November – A 29-car pile-up on
Sun Motorway results in four deaths and nearly 60 injuries.
December
* 2 December – A shooting left at least 3 people dead including the gunman and another 2 were injured. The shooting occurred in
Palilula a village in
Dolj County
Dolj County (; originally meant ''Dol(no)- Jiu'', "lower Jiu", as opposed to ''Gorj'' (''upper Jiu'')) is a county ( judeÈ›) of Romania on the border with Bulgaria, in Oltenia, with the capital city at Craiova.
Demographics
In 2011, the cou ...
.
* 11 December –
2016 Romanian legislative election
Legislative elections were held in Romania on 11 December 2016. They were the first held under a new electoral system adopted in 2015, which saw a return to the proportional electoral system last used in the 2004 elections. The new electoral legi ...
Sports
*2 March –
2015–16 Cupa României
The 2015–16 Cupa României was the seventy-eighth season of the annual Romanian primary football knockout tournament.
Participating clubs
The following 185 teams qualified for the competition:
First round
All matches were played on 15 July ...
: 1st leg semi-final
*20 April – 2015–16 Cupa Romaniei: 2nd leg semi-final
*8 May –
CSM București
Clubul Sportiv Municipal București, commonly known as CSM București is a Romanian professional Sports club, multi-sports club based in Bucharest.
Departments
Active branches:
*Sport of athletics, Athletics
*Basketball
*Dancesport
*Handball
*Jud ...
wins the
Women's EHF Champions League trophy, after beating
Győri Audi ETO KC by a score of 29–26 (13–12, 22–22), after
overtime and 7-meter throws, in the final held at the
László Papp Sports Arena in
Budapest
Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population ...
.
*14 May – 2016 Cupa României Final
*10 June –
UEFA Euro 2016 Group A Group A of UEFA Euro 2016 contained France national football team, France, Romania national football team, Romania, debutant Albania national football team, Albania and Switzerland national football team, Switzerland. France was the only former Euro ...
: France v. Romania
*15 June – UEFA Euro 2016 Group A: Romania v.
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
*19 June – UEFA Euro 2016 Group A: Romania v.
Albania
Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is located on the Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea and shares ...
*5–21 August – 88 members of the Romanian national team will compete in the
2016 Summer Olympics
The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos OlÃmpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI OlimpÃada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...
in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Arts and entertainment
*
Lara Fabian
Lara Sophie Katy Crokaert (born January 9, 1970), better known as Lara Fabian, is a Belgian-Canadian pop singer and songwriter. She has sold over 20 million records worldwide as of 2021Broadway World (2017)"Lara Fabian annule finalement sa tourn ...
returns to Romania for two new concerts, in
Cluj-Napoca
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, on 20 April, and
Bucharest
Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north of ...
, on 22 April.
*22 April – Romania is expelled from the
Eurovision Song Contest 2016
The Eurovision Song Contest 2016 was the 61st edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Stockholm, Sweden, following the country's victory at the with the song "Heroes" by Måns Zelmerlöw. Organised by the European Broadcasting ...
after its national broadcaster
TVR failed to pay debts dating back to 2007. This is the first time in the 61-year history of the
Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest (), sometimes abbreviated to ESC and often known simply as Eurovision, is an international songwriting competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), featuring participants representing pr ...
a country is expelled from the competition.
*18–22 May – The seventh edition of International Poetry Festival takes place in
Bucharest
Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north of ...
, having as guests more than 100 poets from more than 20 countries.
*11 June – Dutch violinist
André Rieu
André Léon Marie Nicolas Rieu (; is a Dutch violinist and conductor best known for creating the waltz-playing Johann Strauss Orchestra.
Rieu and his orchestra have turned classical and waltz music into a worldwide concert touring act. He r ...
and
Johann Strauss Orchestra
The Johann Strauss Orchestra is a pops orchestra founded in the Netherlands by André Rieu in 1987. The orchestra is well known for performing classical works with a distinctly unorthodox frivolity, joking with the audience and performing all s ...
will concert in
Bucharest
Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north of ...
.
*21 June –
Queen
Queen or QUEEN may refer to:
Monarchy
* Queen regnant, a female monarch of a Kingdom
** List of queens regnant
* Queen consort, the wife of a reigning king
* Queen dowager, the widow of a king
* Queen mother, a queen dowager who is the mother ...
and
Adam Lambert
Adam Mitchel Lambert (born January 29, 1982) is an American singer and songwriter. Since 2009, he has sold over 3 million albums and 5 million singles worldwide. Lambert is known for his dynamic vocal performances that fuse his theatrical tra ...
will concert for the first time in Romania, in the
Constitution Square of
Bucharest
Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north of ...
.
*4–7 August – The second edition of
Untold Festival
Untold Festival is the largest electronic music festival held in Romania, taking place in Cluj-Napoca at the Cluj Arena. It is held annually and has been designated Best Major Festival in the European Festival Awards 2015. Guests come from a vas ...
will take place in
Cluj-Napoca
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.
Deaths
January
* 2 January –
George Alexandru, actor (b. 1957)
* 7 January –
Cristian Moisescu
Cristian Moisescu (9 July 1946 – 7 January 2016) was a Romanian politician who served as the first Mayor of Arad of the post-communist period, being named by Civic Alliance Foundation
The Civic Alliance Foundation ( ro, italic=yes, Alianţa C ...
, Mayor of Arad (1992–96) (b. 1947)
* 10 January –
Teofil Codreanu
Teofil Codreanu (1 February 1941 – 10 January 2016) was a Romanian footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.
Club career
Teofil Codreanu, nicknamed ''Parpală'' was born on 1 February 1941 in Bucharest, Romania and started to play foot ...
, footballer (b. 1941)
* 12 January –
Melania Ursu
Melania Ursu (July 16, 1940 – January 12, 2016) was a Romanian stage and film actress.
Born in Sibiu, she graduated from the Institute of Theatre and Film Arts (IATC) in 1961. Ursu performed at the Cluj-Napoca National Theatre. From 1977 to 1 ...
, actress (b. 1940)
* 16 January –
Theodor Danetti, actor (b. 1926)
* 17 January –
Ion Panțuru, bobsledder (b. 1934)
* 18 January –
Silvia Kerim, journalist and children's books writer (b. 1932)
* 22 January –
Constantin Mihail
Constantin "Titi" Gheorghe Mihail (July 24, 1945 – January 22, 2016) was a Romanian track and field coach. He is considered one of the most important promoters of male sprinting, hurdling, long jump and triple jump events. Mihail had a significa ...
, athletics coach (b. 1945)
* 23 January –
Elisabeta Polihroniade
Elisabeta Polihroniade (; née Ionescu; 24 April 1935 – 23 January 2016) was a Romanian chess player holding the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM), and an International Arbiter (1986). She was born in Bucharest.
She won the Romanian Women's Cha ...
, chess player (b. 1935)
* 26 January –
Aurora Dumitrescu, history teacher and political prisoner (b. 1932)
* 27 January –
Elena Negreanu, actress and film director (b. 1918)
* 31 January –
Miron Chichișan, Mayor of Zalău (1992–96) (b. 1945)
February
* 9 February –
Alexandru Vulpe
Alexandru Vulpe (June 16, 1931 – February 9, 2016) was a Romanian historian and archaeologist, member of the Romanian Academy and director of the Vasile Pârvan Institute of Archaeology.
Life
Vulpe was born in 1931 in Bucharest, the son of a ...
, historian and archaeologist, member of
Romanian Academy (b. 1931)
* 10 February –
Stan Gheorghiu, football player and coach (b. 1949)
* 16 February –
Mircea Costache II, handball player (b. 1940)
* 17 February –
Gelu Barbu, ballerino and choreographer (b. 1932)
* 18 February –
Rudolf Fischer, historian and linguist (b. 1923)
* 21 February –
Pascal Bentoiu
Pascal Bentoiu (22 April 1927 – 21 February 2016) was a Romanian modernist composer.
Life and career
Bentoiu studied harmony, counterpoint and composition with Mihail Jora and piano with Theophil Demetriescu. He spent three years res ...
, composer and musicologist (b. 1927)
* 28 February –
Gheorghe Blănaru, writer (b. 1933)
March
* 3 March –
Gheorghe Tokay, politician (b. 1939)
* 8 March
**
Chiriac Bucur, writer and diplomat (b. 1932)
**
Sorin Toma Sorin may refer to any one of the following:
People
*Sorin (given name), a Romanian masculine name
*Edward Sorin (1814–1893), American priest, founder of the University of Notre Dame and St. Edwards University
* Herbert I. Sorin (1900–1994), Ne ...
, journalist and politician (b. 1914)
* 11 March –
Iolanda BalaÈ™, Olympic high jumper (b. 1936)
* 17 March
**
Solomon Marcus
Solomon Marcus (; 1 March 1925 – 17 March 2016) was a Romanian mathematician, member of the Mathematical Section of the Romanian Academy (full member from 2001) and emeritus professor of the University of Bucharest's Faculty of Mathematics.
H ...
, mathematician, member of
Romanian Academy (b 1925)
**
Paula Sorescu-Lucian, theatre actress (b. 1942)
* 18 March –
Șerban Iliescu
Șerban Iliescu (March 1956 – March 18, 2016) was a Romanian linguist and journalist who worked for the national broadcasting station Radio România Actualități.
Biography
In 1981, Șerban Iliescu graduated from the Faculty of Foreign L ...
, journalist and linguist (b. 1955)
* 26 March –
Radu MareÈ™
Radu Mareș (March 3, 1941 – March 26, 2016) was a Romanian prose writer and journalist.
Bibliography
* ''Anna sau pasărea paradisului'' (1972)
* ''Vine istoria'' (1972)
* ''Cel iubit'' (1975)
* ''Caii sălbatici'' (1981)
* ''Pe cont propriu ...
, writer (b. 1941)
* 27 March –
Mihail Coculescu, endocrinologist, member of
Romanian Academy (b. 1943)
* 28 March –
Petru Mocanu
Petru T. Mocanu (1 June 1931 – 28 March 2016) was a Romanian mathematician who was elected in 2009 as a titular member of the Romanian Academy.
Mocanu was born in Brăila. He studied at the Nicolae Bălcescu High School in Brăila, graduating ...
, mathematician, member of
Romanian Academy (b. 1931)
* 30 March –
Aristotel Stamatoiu, director of
Romanian Intelligence Service (1986–1990) (b. 1929)
April
* 5 April –
Cornel Patrichi
Cornel Patrichi (; 1 April 1944 – 5 April 2016) was a Romanian ballet dancer, choreographer, and actor.
Biography
Born in Bucharest in 1944, he attended School 18, near Piața Romană, and then completed high school (with specialty in choreogra ...
, ballerino, choreographer and actor (b. 1944)
* 6 April –
Nicolae Munteanu, sports journalist (b. 1922 or 1923)
* 7 April –
Fane Spoitoru, businessman (b. 1959)
* 8 April –
Mircea Albulescu
Iorgu Constantin Albulescu (4 October 1934 – 8 April 2016), known professionally as Mircea Albulescu (), was a Romanian actor, university professor, journalist, poet, writer, and member of the Writers' Union of Romania (''Uniunea Scriitorilor'' ...
, actor (b. 1934)
* 13 April –
Márton Balázs
Márton Balázs (July 17, 1929 – April 13, 2016) was a Romanian mathematician of Hungarians in Romania, Hungarian descent.Kása Zoltán: A mi csillaghármasunk, Szabadság, April 15, 201Online access (in Hungarian)/ref>
He was born in Lueta, Od ...
, mathematician (b. 1929)
* 21 April –
Valeriu Cotea,
oenologist
Oenology (also enology; ) is the science and study of wine and winemaking. Oenology is distinct from viticulture, which is the science of the growing, cultivation, and harvesting of grapes. The English word oenology derives from the Greek word ' ...
, member of
Romanian Academy (b. 1926)
* 25 April
**
Dumitru Antonescu
Dumitru Antonescu (25 March 1945 – 25 April 2016) was a Romanian football player.
Club career
Dumitru Antonescu was born on 25 March 1945 in Constanța, Romania, starting to play football at junior level in 1957 at local club Electrica Cons ...
, footballer (b. 1945)
**
Neculai Rățoi
Neculai Rățoi (March 15, 1939 – April 25, 2016) was a Romanian politician who served as the Mayor of Pașcani from 1981–2008, and as a member of the Chamber of Deputies of Romania from 2008 to 2012. He was member of the Social Democratic P ...
, Mayor of
Pașcani (b. 1939)
* 29 April –
Gianu Bucurescu, director of
Securitate (1985–1989) (b. 1934)
May
* 13 May –
Doina Florica Ignat, politician, member of the
Senate of Romania (b. 1938)
* 14 May –
Neculai Alexandru Ursu, linguist, philologist and literary historian (b. 1926)
* 17 May –
Alexandru Lăpușan, politician, Minister of Agriculture (b. 1955)
* 20 May
**
Vasile Duță
Vasile Duță (July 2, 1955 – May 20, 2016) was a Romanian politician. He was a member of the Senate (2000–2004) for Bihor County. Initially affiliated with the Greater Romania Party, he served as an independent from May 2001 through December ...
, politician, member of the
Senate of Romania (b. 1955)
**
Bogdan Ulmu, theatre director and writer (b. 1951)
* 22 May –
Dan Condrea, businessman (b. 1975)
* 25 May –
József Tempfli
József Tempfli (April 9, 1931 – May 25, 2016) was a Romanian Roman Catholic bishop. He was born into an ethnic Hungarian family. Ordained to the priesthood in 1962, Tempfli served as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oradea Mare
T ...
, Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1931)
* 26 May –
Ted Dumitru, football manager (b. 1939)
* 30 May –
Andrei Ciontu, engineer (b. 1933)
*31 May –
Mihail Gabriel Corgoja, economist (b. 1977)
June
* 1 June –
Grigore Obreja
Grigore Obreja (November 6, 1967 – June 1, 2016) was a Romanian sprint canoeist who competed from the late 1980s to the late 1990s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the C-2 500 m event at Atlanta in 1996.
Obre ...
,
sprint canoeist
Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race canoes or kayaks on calm water.
Overview
Race categories vary by the number of athletes in the boat, the length of the course, and whether the boat is a canoe or kayak. Canoe sprints are som ...
(b. 1967)
* 5 June –
Lucian Gheorghiu, journalist (b. 1955)
* 6 June –
Mihai Dragolea, writer (b. 1955)
* 8 June
**
Alexandru Bizim, athletics coach (b. 1934)
**
Gheorghe Buluță, philologist (b. 1947)
* 10 June –
Nicolae Păsărică,
oină
''Oină'' () is a Romanian traditional sport, similar in many ways to baseball.
History
The name "oină" was originally "hoina", and is derived from the Cuman word ''oyn'' "game" (a cognate of Turkish ''oyun'').
The oldest direct mention come ...
player (b. 1955)
* 11 June –
Sigismund Gram, footballer (b. 1933)
* 13 June
**
Viorel Mihai Ciobanu, jurist and university professor (b. 1950)
**
Ioan-Liviu NegruÈ›, politician, member of the
Chamber of Deputies
The chamber of deputies is the lower house in many bicameral legislatures and the sole house in some unicameral legislatures.
Description
Historically, French Chamber of Deputies was the lower house of the French Parliament during the Bourbon R ...
of Romania (b. 1937)
* 14 June –
Ilie Călian, journalist (b. 1942)
* 18 June
**
Mircea Chiorean, physician, co-founder of
SMURD
SMURD is an emergency rescue service based in Romania. The name is the Romanian acronym for "Serviciul Mobil de Urgență, Reanimare și Descarcerare", which means ''Mobile Emergency Service for Resuscitation and Extrication''. It was created ...
(b. 1933)
**
Nae Cosmescu Nae is both a surname and a given name. It may refer to:
Surname:
* Eugen Nae (born 1974), Romanian footballer
* Marius Nae (born 1981), Romanian footballer
Given name:
* Nae Caranfil (born 1960), Romanian film director and screenwriter
* Nae Io ...
, theatre and television director (b. 1940)
* 19 June
**
Mihnea Berindei
Mihnea Berindei (22 March 1948 – 19 June 2016) was a Romanian-born French historian.
He was born in Bucharest, the son of historian Dan Berindei, and studied at the Faculty of History of the University of Bucharest from 1966 to 1970. Under the ...
, historian (b. 1948)
**
Nicolae Bocșan
Nicolae Bocșan (24 September 1947 – 19 June 2016) was a Romanian historian who specialized in the history of the Eastern Orthodox Church in the Banat and Transylvania and who also wrote extensively about the Revolution of 1848 in Transylvania ...
, historian (b. 1947)
**
Victor Stănculescu, general officer and politician (b. 1928)
July
* 1 July
**
Ion Ianoși, writer and essayist (b. 1928)
**
Gheorghe Drobotă,
rugby union
Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...
player (b. 1934)
* 2 July –
Elie Wiesel
Elie Wiesel (, born Eliezer Wiesel ''Eliezer Vizel''; September 30, 1928 – July 2, 2016) was a Romanian-born American writer, professor, political activist, Nobel Peace Prize, Nobel laureate, and Holocaust survivor. He authored Elie Wiesel b ...
, writer, professor, political activist,
Nobel
Nobel often refers to:
*Nobel Prize, awarded annually since 1901, from the bequest of Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel
Nobel may also refer to:
Companies
*AkzoNobel, the result of the merger between Akzo and Nobel Industries in 1994
*Branobel, or ...
laureate and
Holocaust
The Holocaust, also known as the Shoah, was the genocide of European Jews during World War II. Between 1941 and 1945, Nazi Germany and its collaborators systematically murdered some six million Jews across German-occupied Europe; a ...
survivor (b. 1928)
* 8 July –
Dan Dermengiu, physician (b. 1957)
* 11 July –
Dale Băsescu, actor (b. 1956)
* 18 July –
Medi Wechsler Dinu, painter (b. 1908)
* 20 July
**
Radu Beligan
Radu Beligan (; 14 December 1918 – 20 July 2016) was a Romanian actor, director, and essayist, with an activity of over 70 years in theatre, film, television, and radio. On 15 December 2013, confirmed by Guinness World Records, the actor receiv ...
, actor (b. 1918)
**
Nicolae Duță, rugby union player (b. 1943 or 1944)
* 21 July –
Alexandru Jidveianu, singer (b. 1968)
* 28 July –
Constantin Busuioceanu, director, editor and lecturer (b. 1924)
August
* 1 August –
Queen Anne of Romania
Princess Anne Antoinette Françoise Charlotte Zita Marguerite of Bourbon-Parma (18 September 1923 – 1 August 2016) was the wife of King Michael I of Romania. Michael abdicated the throne in 1947, and he and Anne married the next year. Nonethel ...
(b. 1923)
* 3 August –
Paul Gherasim, painter (b. 1925)
* 4 August –
Alexandru Mészáros, footballer (b. 1933)
* 5 August –
Ionel Lupu, dendrologist (b. 1934)
* 6 August –
Iosif Viehmann, speleologist (b. 1925)
* 7 August –
Nicolae Mărășescu, athletics coach and politician (b. 1937)
* 12 August –
Dénes Sándor, professor (b. 1936)
* 19 August –
Adrian Enescu
Adrian-Floru Enescu (31 March 1948 – 19 August 2016) was a Romanians, Romanian composer of film soundtracks and contemporary music.
As an individual musician, he also pioneered the local Electronic music, electronic scene during the 1970s and 19 ...
, musician and composer (b. 1948)
* 21 August –
Marin Moraru
Marin Moraru (; 31 January 1937 – 21 August 2016) was a Romanian stage, film and television actor.
He graduated from the Caragiale Academy of Theatrical Arts and Cinematography in 1961. Moraru performed at the Youth Theatre (1961–1964), Com ...
, actor (b. 1937)
September
* 1 September –
Victoria Darvai, folk singer (b. 1926)
* 25 September –
Niculae Mircovici, officer and politician (b. 1950)
* 26 September –
Ioan Gyuri Pascu, musician and actor (b. 1961)
* 27 September
**
Sebastian Papaiani, actor (b. 1936)
**
Aurelian Preda, folk singer (b. 1970)
October
* 4 October –
Ion Ochinciuc, writer and playwright (b. 1927)
* 9 October –
Marin Petrache Pechea, jazz singer and saxophonist (b. 1944)
* 19 October –
Radu Câmpeanu, politician (b. 1922)
* 20 October –
Valeriu Moisescu, theatre director and university professor (b. 1932)
* 21 October
**
Vasile Andru, writer, theoretician and essayist (b. 1942)
**
Constantin Frățilă
Constantin Frățilă (1 October 1942 – 21 October 2016) was a Romanian football striker and coach.
Club career
Constantin Frățilă was born on 1 October 1942 in Bucharest, Romania and started to play football in 1957, at junior level at Re ...
, footballer (b. 1942)
* 25 October
**
Margit Bara
Margit Bara (21 June 1928 – 25 October 2016) was a Hungarian film actress. She appeared in 25 films between 1956 and 1975. She retired from acting in 1977 and later in 1992 received the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary and in 200 ...
, actress (b. 1928)
**
Dumitru BoabeÈ™, politician (b. 1951)
* 27 October –
Nicolae Coman, composer, teacher, poet, translator and musicologist (b. 1936)
* 30 October –
Iustinian Chira, bishop (b. 1921)
November
December
* 8 December –
Romulus Rusan, writer (b. 1935)
See also
*
List of Romanian films of 2016
List of Romanian films of 2016.
List
SourceIMDb Cinemagia
* '' 2016 in the European Union
Events in the year 2016 in the European Union.
Incumbents
* President of the European Council
** Donald Tusk
* Commission President
** Jean-Claude Juncker
* Council Presidency
** (Jan – Jun 2016)
** (July – Dec 2016)
* Parliament P ...
*
2016 in Europe
This is a list of events that took place in Europe in 2016.
Events January
* 1 January
** The Netherlands takes over the rotating presidency of the EU Council from Luxembourg.
** San Sebastián (Spain) and Wrocław (Poland) are named Europ ...
*
Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016
Romania had originally applied and selected an entry to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Stockholm, Sweden, however, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) removed the Romanian national broadcaster Televiziunea Română (TVR) from all ...
*
Romania at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Romania competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. Since the nation's participation started in 1900 (and its official debut in 1924), Romanian athletes had appeared in every edition of the Summer Oly ...
*
Romania at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
*
Romania at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics
References
External links
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{{Years in Romania
2010s in Romania
Years of the 21st century in Romania
Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...
Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...