1409 - The first Romanian votive inscription is certified, the one at Streisangeorgiu church (Hunedoara County)
1853 - Birth of composer Ciprian Porumbescu (d. May 25, 1883)
1866 - Birth of historian Gheorghe Popa-Lisseanu, corresponding member of the Romanian Academy (d. May 14, 1945)
1875 - Death of enlightenment teacher, inventor, engineer and mathematician Petrache Poenaru, member of the Romanian Academic Society (b. January 10, 1799)
1877 - Radu Porumbaru climbs the Mont Blanc. He was the first Romanian to succeed hitting the peak
1878 - The Austrian-Hungarian empire recognises the independence of Romania
1897 - Birth of actor Miluta Gheorghiu, born in Iasi, known especially for his parts in transvestite in the Vasile Alecsandri's comedies (d. 10 December, 1971)
1910 - Death of doctor and botanist Dimitrie Grecescu, member of the Romanian Academy (b. June 15, 1841)
1911 - Birth of poet, journalist and translator Miron Radu Paraschivescu (d. February 17, 1971)
1933 - Birth of actress Dana Comnea (d. November 7, 2013)
1935 - Birth of author Paul Goma; he settled in Paris, France in 1977 (d. in the night of 24 to 25 March, 2020)
1938 - Death of Marshal Alexandru Averescu, president of the People's League, prime minister of Romania's government and honorary member of the Romanian Academy (b. March 9, 1859)
1939 - Birth of pop artist Dan Spataru (d. September 8, 2004)
1940 - Birth of former international handball player Gheorghe Gruia. He settled in Mexico in 1978 (d. December 9, 2015)
1942 - Birth of author Romulus Diaconescu (d. February 28, 2003)
1944 - Author Barbu Fundoianu (the pen name of Benjamin Wexler) was assassinated by the Nazis in Auschwitz camp (b. November 15, 1898)
1956 - Birth of pop artist Adrian Daminescu, in Timisoara
1978 - Death of doctor Stefan Odobleja, one of the founders of cybernetics and creator of psycho-cybernetics, posthumous member of the Romanian Academy (b. October 13, 1902), Agerpres.ro informs.
1980 - Death of actor Nucu Paunescu (b. October 14, 1912)
2002 - Death of composer Tiberiu Olah (b. January 2, 1928)
2004 - Lauch of first Romanian soap opera "Numai Iubirea" (Love Only)
2005 - Boxer Mihaela Cijevschi (54 kg category) becomes the first world champion in the history of Romanian women's boxing, a title won at the World Championships in Podolsk, Russia.
2015 - Foreign Affairs minister Bogdan Aurescu chairs in New York the informal reunion of the Foreign Affairs ministers Council of the Black Sea Economic Forum (BSEC)'s member states as President-in-Exercise of the organisation.