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Vladislav II succeeds him, with the assistance of John Hunyadi, beginning the Albanian–Venetian War.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359486325#October_–_December", "title": "1447", "revid": 1359486325, "section": "Events › October – December"}}, {"year": 1459, "year_label": "1459 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "The Wallachian town of Bucharest is first mentioned.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366548241#Date_unknown", "title": "1459", "revid": 1366548241, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1512, "year_label": "1512 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 23", "text": "January 23 – Neagoe Basarab becomes the new Prince of Wallachia at the capital, Târgoviște, after Prince Prince Vlad V is captured at battle in Bucharest and then decapitated.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1323795843#January–March", "title": "1512", "revid": 1323795843, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1545, "year_label": "1545 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 17", "text": "March 17 – Mircea the Shepherd enters Bucharest as the new ruler of Wallachia, now in Romania.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366653612#January–March", "title": "1545", "revid": 1366653612, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1583, "year_label": "1583 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "August 19", "text": "August 19 – Petru Cercel enters Bucharest, and becomes Prince of Wallachia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363312090#July–September", "title": "1583", "revid": 1363312090, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1594, "year_label": "1594 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 13", "text": "November 13 – After the Principality of Wallachia (now in Romania) joins other Eastern European nations in a Holy League, a rebellion breaks out in Bucharest as Christian residents massacre the soldiers of the Ottoman Muslim garrison, entering Wallachia into the ongoing Thirteen Years' War.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1319812312#October–December", "title": "1594", "revid": 1319812312, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1665, "year_label": "1665 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "March 16", "text": "March 16 – Bucharest allows Jews to settle in the city, in exchange for an annual tax of 16 guilders.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365988545#January–March", "title": "1665", "revid": 1365988545, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1683, "year_label": "1683 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December 25", "text": "December 25 – George Ducas, the Prince of Moldavia installed by the Ottomans in 1678, is arrested by Polish authorities while on his way back to Bucharest from the defeat by Poland in the Battle of Vienna. Ducas is replaced by Ștefan Petriceicu.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366000368#October–December", "title": "1683", "revid": 1366000368, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1698, "year_label": "1698 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Bucharest becomes the capital of Wallachia (part of modern-day Romania).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370144847#Date_unknown", "title": "1698", "revid": 1370144847, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1798, "year_label": "1798 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "January 4", "text": "January 4 – Constantine Hangerli enters Bucharest, as Prince of Wallachia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366050846#January–June", "title": "1798", "revid": 1366050846, "section": "Events › January–June"}}, {"year": 1822, "year_label": "1822 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 19", "text": "March 19 – The Holy Alliance sends the Ottoman Empire a final ultimatum after Ottoman repression of Austrian subjects in Bucharest during the Wallachian uprising, otherwise facing war with Austria.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367154222#January–March", "title": "1822", "revid": 1367154222, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1857, "year_label": "1857 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": null, "text": "Bucharest becomes the world's first city to have its streets illuminated by kerosene lamps.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366379985#Date_unknown", "title": "1857", "revid": 1366379985, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1857, "year_label": "1857 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March", "text": "March – The Austrian garrison leaves Bucharest.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366379985#January–March", "title": "1857", "revid": 1366379985, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1916, "year_label": "1916 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "February 11", "text": "February 11 – The Romanian Association football club Sportul Studențesc is founded in Bucharest.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373519106#February", "title": "1916", "revid": 1373519106, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 1916, "year_label": "1916 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 23", "text": "November 23 – WWI: Eastern Front – Bucharest, the capital of Romania, is occupied by troops of the Central Powers.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373519106#November", "title": "1916", "revid": 1373519106, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 1940, "year_label": "1940 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 26", "text": "November 26–27 – Jilava Massacre: In Romania, coup leader General Ion Antonescu's Iron Guard arrests and executes over 60 of exiled King Carol II of Romania's aides, starting at a penitentiary near Bucharest. Among the dead is former minister and acclaimed historian Nicolae Iorga.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368818987#November", "title": "1940", "revid": 1368818987, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 1979, "year_label": "1979 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "November 16", "text": "November 16 – Bucharest Metro Line One is opened, in Bucharest, Romania (from Timpuri Noi to Semanatoarea stations, 8.63 km mi).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371786119#November", "title": "1979", "revid": 1371786119, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 1989, "year_label": "1989 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": "December 21", "text": "December 21 – Nicolae Ceaușescu addresses an assembly of some 110,000 people outside the Romanian Communist Party headquarters in Bucharest. Unprecedentedly, most of the crowd turns against him.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369557705#December", "title": "1989", "revid": 1369557705, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 1995, "year_label": "1995 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "March 31", "text": "March 31 – TAROM Flight 371 from Bucharest to Brussels crashes shortly after takeoff killing all 60 people on board.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372467239#March", "title": "1995", "revid": 1372467239, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 2009, "year_label": "2009 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "November 24", "text": "November 24 – The Avdhela Project, an Aromanian digital library and cultural initiative, is founded in Bucharest, Romania.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367728140#November", "title": "2009", "revid": 1367728140, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 2015, "year_label": "2015 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "October 30", "text": "October 30 – Colectiv nightclub fire: a fire ignited by a failed fireworks show sets the walls and columns covered in foam of the Colectiv nightclub, located in Romania's capital Bucharest. 27 people die at the scene, including four out the five members of the Romanian metalcore band \"Goodbye to Gravity\", and 37 would succumb later due to the injuries and intoxication with fumes, but also because of the poor treatment conditions. The event and the poor management of the situation spark a riot in all of Romania, known as the \"Colectiv Revolution\".", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373300271#October", "title": "2015", "revid": 1373300271, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 2018, "year_label": "2018 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 10", "text": "August 10 – Protests against the government of Romania, prime-minister Viorica Dăncilă and PSD leader and corrupt businessman Liviu Dragnea take place in Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca and other major Romanian cities. In Bucharest, the protests take a violent shape and, in the course of a few hours, over 400 people are injured, including civilians not taking part in the protests and police units, and more than a thousand people suffer effects from tear gas and hand grenades thrown by the Romanian Jandarmerie units deployed and backed by the PSD-ruled government.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373090883#August", "title": "2018", "revid": 1373090883, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 2025, "year_label": "2025 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "May 18", "text": "May 18 – 2025 Romanian presidential election: Following the annulment of the previous election, Bucharest mayor Nicușor Dan wins in the second round, beating George Simion.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372865033#May", "title": "2025", "revid": 1372865033, "section": "Events › May"}}]}