AUGUST 14 IN HISTORY
1864 - Ruler Alexandru Ioan Cuza (1859-1866) signs decree approving the Rural Law; 463,554 peasant families put in possession of land
1870 - Birth of Ion A. Radulescu-Pogoneanu, a pedagogue, corresponding member of the Romanian Academy (d. March 14, 1945)
1871 - Celebration at Putna in tribute to Moldovan ruler Stefan cel Mare (Stephen the Great), 400 years since the consecration of the Putna Monastery
1886 - Death of Calinic Miclescu, metropolitan of Moldova and Wallachia (b. April 16, 1822)
1903 - Birth of Miron Nicolescu, father of the Romanian school of mathematical analysis, member and President of the Romanian Academy (d. June 30, 1975)
1905 - Birth of Stefan Tita, poet, writer and dramatist (d. September 1, 1977)
1911 - Birth of agronomist engineer Alexandru Emil Negrutiu, a corresponding member of the Romanian Academy (d. May 14, 1988)
1916 - Beginning of the Liberation and National Unification War (1916-1919). The Crown Council of Romania decides to declare war. At 21.00 local time, the Romanian Army begins its offensive to free Transylvania. (e.n. - the War comprises Romania's participation in World War I and the Romanian-Hungarian War of 1919)
1934 - Birth of tenor Ion Buzea
1938 - By Decree-Law the country is reorganised territorially and administratively in lands, headed by a royal resident
1948 - Birth of poet and journalist Lucian Avramescu (d. 12 December 2021)
1952 - Birth of actor Andrei Finti
1954 - Birth of actor Razvan Vasilescu
1956 - Death of prose writer, playwright Victor Papilian (b. 17 June 1888)
1959 - Death of painter Nicolae Darascu (b. February 18, 1883)
1984 - Death of essayist Vasile Lovinescu (b. December 17, 1905)
1991 - Entry into force of the Law on privatization of state-run commercial companies
1996 - Death of conductor and composer Sergiu Celibidache, known for his high-energy conducting style (b. June 28, 1912)
2015 - Death of actress Leonie Waldman-Eliad, the one considered as the Star of the Jewish Song of Romania (b. 24 January 1932).
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