Rumania
Rumania, also known as Roumania and by it's present-day name, Romania, is a southeastern European country, that has borders with Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and the Black Sea to the southeast.
Timeline
The following timeline provides a simple chronological listing of events relating to Rumania.
1914
| 10 October | Death of King Carel and accession of his nephew Ferdinand. |
1915
| 28 January | British loan to. |
| 18 March | Calls up seven classes (1909-1915). |
| 8 July | Austrian note to. |
| 4 August | Votes £4,000,000 for military purposes. |
| 3 September | Frontier closed / exportation of cereals forbidden. |
| 13–26 September | Critical relations with the Central Powers, and partial mobilisation. |
| 29 September | New party "Unionist Federation" is formed. |
| 6 October | Troops sent to Bulgarian frontier and Giurgevo is fortified. |
| 13 October | Interventionists urging action. M. Filipescu, leader of Unionists, makes statement. |
Sources: Various material contemporary with the war have been used to compile The Great War On This Day and its associated Index.
Text has been transcribed from two out-of-copyright sources: Chronology of the War (1918-1920), and History of the Great War – Principle Events 1914-1918 (1922). Spelling of place names are original to British use at the time. Some typos have been altered or corrected for consistency. Duplicate or identical events between these sources have been amalgamated; as a result the date and wording may differ to the original texts.
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Images come from scans or photographs of original sources, Wikimedia Commons, and the Imperial War Museum's online collections under the IWM Non-Commercial Licence. Attribution is given separately to the latter and do not come under the general licence of this site.
Advisory note: The information in these sources may not accurately represent up-to-date histories, present-day spelling of place names, or geographical boundaries. In some instances the language used may appear sexist or derogatory to the modern reader, and in rare cases, images may depict distressing scenes.
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