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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 capture Nalchik, the farthest advance by the Axis powers into the Caucasus.^[7]
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.^[8]

Births

9 March – Ion Caramitru, stage and film actor, stage director, and political figure.^[9]
25 March – Otilia Valeria Coman (pen name Ana Blandiana), poet.^[10]
2 April – Gabriela Adameșteanu, novelist, short story writer, essayist, journalist, and translator.^[11]

Deaths

21 March – Olha Kobylianska, modernist writer and feminist (born 1863).^[12]
16 December – Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger, poet murdered in the Holocaust (born 1924).^[13]

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

[9] 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.

[10] 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.

[11] 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.

[12] 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.

[13] 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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+* 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>
 * 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>
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 ==Births==
-* 9 March – [[Ion Caramitru]], stage and film actor, stage director, and political figure.
+* 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>
 * 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>
 * 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>