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106 Trajan defeats king Decebalus of Dacia (Romania). Dacia becomes a Roman provin
1698 Bucharest becomes capital of Wallachia (now part of Romania).
1704 Building of the Student's Monument in Aiud, Romania.
1859 Wallachia and Moldavia are united under Alexander John Cuza under the name Romania (see December 1 1918 for the final unification, Transylvania and other regions were still missing at this time).
1870 The ''Republic of Ploiesti'', a failed rising against Domnitor Carol of Romania.
1877 May 21 (May 9 O.S.) - Romania declares itself independent from Ottoman Empire (recognized in 1878 after the end of the Romanian independence war).
1878 The Treaty of Berlin makes Serbia, Montenegro and Romania completely independent
1916 February 11 – Romanian football club Sportul Studentesc is founded
1918 December 1 — Proclamation of Union of Alba Iulia. Following the March 27 incorporation of Bessarabia and Bucovina, Transylvania unites with Romania.
1919 January 11 — Romania annexes Transylvania.
1919 January 23 — The Uprising of Khotin breaks out in Romania.
1933 Members of the Iron Guard assassinate Ion Gheorghe Duca, prime minister of Romania
1940 Treaty of Craiova: Romania loses Southern Dobrudja to Bulgaria.
1940 World War II: Hungary, Romania and Slovakia join the Axis Powers.
1940 In Romania, coup leader General Ion Antonescu's Iron Guard arrests and executes over 60 of exiled king Carol II of Romania's aides. Among the dead is former minister and acclaimed historian Nicolae Iorga.
1941 Hungary and Romania declare war on the United States. India declares war on Japan. United States seizes French ship Normandie.
1944 Ion Antonescu, prime minister of Romania, is arrested and a new government is established. Romania exits the war against Soviet Union joining the Allies.
1944 Ion Antonescu, prime minister of Romania, is arrested and a new government is established. Romania exits the war against Soviet Union joining the Allies.
1945 Communist-led government formed in Romania
1946 Female suffrage in Belgium, Romania, Yugoslavia, Argentina and Canadian province of Quebec. First female police officers in Korea and Japan.
1946 Ion Antonescu, prime minister and "Conducator" (Leader) of Romania during World War II is executed; he was found guilty of betraying Romanian people for benefits of Germany and sentenced to death by Bucharest People's Tribunal.
1947 Paris peace treaties signed between the World War II Allies and Italy, Hungary, Romaniam Bulgaria and Finland: Italy cedes most of Istria to Yugoslavia
1967 West Germany and Romania establish diplomatic relations.
1967 Nicolae Ceausescu becomes the Chairman of the Romanian State Council, making him the de-facto dictator of Romania.
1968 Administrative reform in Romania divides the country into 39 counties .
1971 May 27 – Six armed passengers hijack a Romanian passenger plane and force it to fly to Vienna.
1979 Bucharest Metro Line one is opened, in Bucharest, Romania (from Timpuri Noi to Semanatoarea stations, 8.63 km).
1989 Romania - Timisoara: The start of the uprising that toppled the communist regime in Romania.
1989 Romania - Timisoara: The start of the uprising that toppled the communist regime in Romania.
1989 After a week of bloody demonstrations, Ion Iliescu takes over as president of Romania, ending Nicolae Ceausescu's communist dictatorship.
1990 Died
1990 The first post-Communist presidential and parliamentary elections are held in Romania.
1991 A referendum on the constitution of Romania is accepted as valid.
1994 Referendum in Moldova results in the electorate voting against possible reunification with Romania.
1999 The first Callatis Festival, the largest music &culture festival in Romania, is held.
2002 NATO Summit in Prague: Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia are invited to join NATO.
2003 Iraq disarmament crisis: The leaders of Britain, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Denmark, and the Czech Republic release a statement, The Letter of the Eight, demonstrating support for the United States' plans to invade Iraq.
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2004 The largest expansion of NATO to date takes place, allowing Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia into the organization.
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