The Kingdom of Romania was proclaimed when Prince Carol I of the House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen took the title of king, after Romania had gained full independence from the Ottoman Empire in the war of 1877 and 1878. Under Ferdinand I, the country joined the Allies in the First World War and emerged with Transylvania, Bessarabia and Bukovina, forming Greater Romania. Politics between the wars were turbulent, with the rise of the fascist Iron Guard and the royal dictatorship of Carol II. In the Second World War the country was under the rule of Ion Antonescu, who allied with Germany, until King Michael led a coup in 1944 that switched sides. After the war the communists forced Michael to abdicate, and the monarchy was abolished.
Before and after
- from 1881 to 1899Mahdist War
- 1881Founding of Kinshasa
- 1881Birth of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
- 28 January 1881Death of Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- from 14 March 1881 to 1 January 1947Kingdom of Romania
- 25 March 1881Birth of Béla Bartók
- 22 April 1881Birth of Alexander Kerensky
- from 12 May 1881 to 20 March 1956French protectorate of Tunisia
- 23 July 1881Founding of World Gymnastics
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