The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in the territory of present-day Romania (numbers may be approximate): Name Date Present location Deaths Notes Siculeni massacre 7 January 1764 Csík-Mádéfalva, Principality of Transylvania, Habsburg monarchy (today Siculeni, Harghita County) Memorial plaque unveiled on the spot in 1899 mentions 200 victims. Revolt of Horea, Cloșca and Crișan late 1784 Grand Principality of Transylvania, Habsburg Monarchy (today primarily Hunedoara County, Alba County, and Arad County, to a lesser extent also Brașov County, Sibiu County, Cluj County, Timiș County) Mostly Hungarian nobles and Hungarian civilians in towns were targeted in a total of 133 settlements. Further thousands were forcedly converted to Romanian Orthodoxy.Dr. Kosztin Árpád, Az Erdélyben elkövetett magyarellenes román kegyetlenkedések időrendje és leltára, Budapest, 2000, pp. 13. Mihalț massacre 2 June 1848 Michelsdorf, Grand Principality of Transylvania, Austrian Empire (today Mihalț, Alba County) After an illegal attack on a noble estate in the village, thousands of armed peasants from Obreja, Cistei, and Crăciunelu de Jos gathered to refuse the entry of the imperial investigative committee, and the entry of the official regiment sent by Anton von Puchner, commander in chief of the Austrian troops in Transylvania. The resulting armed clash killed 12 Romanian peasants and 1 Hungarian soldier. This was the first Transylvanian armed conflict in 1848 and played a major role in the exacerbation of political-ethnic differences in the region. Nadab massacre 10 September 1848 Nadab, Arad County, Grand Principality of Transylvania, Austrian Empire (today Nădab, Arad County) 3 ethnic Romanians Hungarian troops killed ethnic Romanian civilians after they opposed conscription.Ela Cosma. Cronologia anilor 1848/1849 History Institute "George Barițiu", Cluj-Napoca. "10 septembrie 1848, Nădab – conflictul dintre câteva mii de români, înarmați cu coase, refuzând recrutarea în armata ungară, și unitățile militare din Arad, ce omoară și ucid mai mulți răsculați." Aranyoslóna massacre 12 September 1848 Aranyoslóna Hungarian troops shoot in the mass of ethnic Romanian civilians who gathered to oppose the conscription. In the clash also Hungarians fell."În toamna anului 1848 prima ciocnire violentă în care au căzut împreună țărani români și maghiari a avut loc în comitatul Turda, la Luna Arieșului, când comitele Thorotzkai Miklós a dat ordin să se tragă în mulțimea care se opunea recrutărilor. La 12 septembrie 1848 cad 30 de oameni" Gelu Neamțu. Maghiari Alături De Revoluţia Română De La 1848–1849 Din Transilvania . "George Bariț" History Institute Cluj-Napoca Geoagiu massacre October 1848 Gergesdorf, Grand Principality of Transylvania, Austrian Empire (today Geoagiu, Hunedoara County) Mostly civilians Bucerdea Vinoasă massacre October 1848 Botschard, Grand Principality of Transylvania, Austrian Empire (today Bucerdea Vinoasă, Alba County) Mostly civilians Stremț massacre October 1848 Nussschloss, Grand Principality of Transylvania, Austrian Empire (today Stremț, Alba County) Verzeichniss der, während der jüngsten Revolution im Kronlande Siebenbürgen auf verschiedene Weise gefallenes Menschenopfer. Wien, 1851, 24–25. o. Local noble families Alba Iulia massacre October 1848 Karlsburg, Grand Principality of Transylvania, Austrian Empire (today Alba Iulia, Alba County) Civilians Grindeni massacre October 1848 Gerendkeresztúr, Grand Principality of Transylvania, Austrian Empire (today Grindeni, Mureș County) Civilians Lunca Mureșului massacre October 1848 Holten, Grand Principality of Transylvania, Austrian Empire (today Lunca Mureșului, Mureș County) Civilians Hațeg massacre October 1848 Wallenthal, Grand Principality of Transylvania, Austrian Empire (today Hațeg, Hunedoara County) Civilians massacred on the order of the Romanian Orthodox priest. Ocna Mureș massacre October 1848 Miereschhall, Grand Principality of Transylvania, Austrian Empire (today Ocna Mureș, Alba County) Civilians living in the town Micăsasa massacre October 1848 Feigendorf, Grand Principality of Transylvania, Austrian Empire (today Micăsasa, Sibiu County) All locals except for one family were massacred Sângătin massacre 14 October 1848 Kleinenyed, Grand Principality of Transylvania, Austrian Empire (today Sângătin, Sibiu County) Mostly civiliansDomokos Pál Péter: Rendületlenül, Eötvös Kiadó-Szent Gellért Egyházi Kiadó, 1989, 33.-34. old. Zlatna massacre 22–24 October 1848 Kleinschlatten, Grand Principality of Transylvania, Austrian Empire (today Zlatna, Alba County) All the Hungarian civilians fled from the town but were raided near the village Presaca Ampoiului and were all massacred. The town was completely destroyed.Horváth Mihály, History of the War of Independence of Hungary, Budapest, 1894, Volume II, pp. 405. Ighiu massacre 29 October 1848 Grabendorf, Grand Principality of Transylvania, Austrian Empire (today Ighiu, Alba County) The entire Hungarian population of the village, except for the Hungarian priest was massacred. Bochia massacre 30 October 1848 Boklya, Grand Principality of Transylvania, Austrian Empire (today Bochia, Arad County) Mostly civilians Unirea massacre 13 November 1848 Oberwinz, Grand Principality of Transylvania, Austrian Empire (today Unirea, Alba County) The whole village was destroyed and most civilians massacred Aiud massacre 8–17 January 1849 Straßburg am Mieresch, Grand Principality of Transylvania, Austrian Empire (today Aiud, Alba County) Mostly civilians. The whole city with the ancient Bethlen College was burned and destroyed. Mass rape and torture.Kemény Gábor, Nagy-Enyednek és vidékének veszedelme 1848-49-ben : történeti vázlat, Pest, 1863, pp. 347-348. Iara massacre 15 and 17 January 1849 Jahren, Grand Principality of Transylvania, Austrian Empire (today Iara, Cluj County) Civilians Benic massacre January 1849 Unter-Hahnenberg, Grand Principality of Transylvania, Austrian Empire (today Benic, Alba County) By the order of the Romanian Greek Catholic priest, the entire Hungarian population was wiped out Heria massacre January 1849 Brenndorf, Grand Principality of Transylvania, Austrian Empire (today Heria, Alba County) Abrud massacre 9 and 17 May 1849 Großschlatten, Grand Principality of Transylvania, Austrian Empire (today Abrud, Alba County) Mass torture and rape. Casualties were mostly miners and officers and their families. Buceș massacre 9 May 1849 Bucsesd, Grand Principality of Transylvania, Austrian Empire (today Buceș, Hunedoara County) Gracza György, History of the 1848-49 Hungarian War of Independence, Budapest, 1894, Volume II, pp. 424. Butyin massacre 6 August 1848 Butyin, Arad County, Grand Principality of Transylvania, Austrian Empire (today Buteni, Arad County) 8 ethnic Romanians Ethnic Romanians killed for opposing the plundering by Hungarian troops.(Romanian) Dumitru Suciu, Soldați fără uniformă ai Landsturmului românesc și starea protopopiatelor ortodoxe din Transilvania după Războiul Național din 1848–1849 p. 11-12. Accessed 2013-06-28. Archived 2013-06-30. Massacres during the Peasants' Revolt March–April 1907 Western Moldavia and southern Wallachia, Kingdom of Romania Peasants rebelling against economic conditions killed in various places across the country 1916 Galați massacre 13 June 1916 Galați, Covurlui County, Kingdom of Romania (today Galați, Galați County) Workers participating in an anti-war demonstration shot by the army Lăzarea massacre 22 September 1916 Gyergyószárhegy, Austria-Hungary (today Lăzarea, Harghita County) The leadership of the village was shot in a mass grave without trial, further 57 civilians only escaped because a high-ranking officer arrived and stopped the massacre.Láng Melinda: Szépapám rossz időben rossz helyen... Az 1916-os gyergyószárhegyi tragédia http://www.muvelodes.ro/index.php/Cikk?id=1178 8 November 1918 Jósikafalva, Austria-Hungary (today Beliș, Cluj County) 45–50 civilians Mostly ethnic Romanians Theater's Square massacre 13 December 1918 Bucharest, Kingdom of Romania Striking workers shot by the army 19 April 1919 Köröstárkány and Kisnyégerfalva, Hungarian Soviet Republic (today Tărcaia and Grădinari, Bihor County) All civilians.Eva Nyari, Le Moment de L'éternite, Paris, 2014, pp. 18. Lupeni massacre 6 August 1929 Lupeni, Hunedoara County, Kingdom of Romania Striking workers shot by the army and the gendarmerie Grivița massacre 16 February 1933 Bucharest, Kingdom of Romania Striking workers shot by the army and the gendarmerie 1940 Galați massacre 30 June 1940 Galați, Covurlui County, Kingdom of Romania (today Galați, Galați County) Bessarabians returning home and Jewish Romanians wanting to escape the anti-Semitic regime shot while waiting to cross into the Soviet Union Dorohoi pogrom 1 July 1940 Dorohoi, Dorohoi County, Kingdom of Romania (today Dorohoi, Botoșani County) Jewish community in Dorohoi claims the death toll between 165 and 200.I. Scurtu, Constantin Mocanu, Doina Smarcea, Documente privind istoria României între anii 1918–1944, Didactic and Pedagogical Publishing House, Bucharest, 1995, pp. 529–530 Nușfalău massacre 8 September 1940 Szilágynagyfalu, Northern Transylvania, Kingdom of Hungary (today Nușfalău, Sălaj County) Treznea massacre 9 September 1940 Treznea, Northern Transylvania, Kingdom of Hungary (today Treznea, Sălaj County) Ip massacre 14 September 1940 Ip, Northern Transylvania, Kingdom of Hungary (today Ip, Sălaj County) 158, including an unborn childDr. Petre Țurlea, Ip și Trăznea: Atrocități maghiare și acțiune diplomatică, Encyclopedic Publishing House, Bucharest, 1996 Jilava massacre 26 November 1940 Jilava, Ilfov County, Kingdom of Romania Bucharest pogrom 22 January 1941 Bucharest, Kingdom of Romania Other five Jews were missing and presumed dead.Iaacov Geller, Rezistența spirituală a evreilor români în timpul Holocaustului, pp. 430–431, Hasefer Publishing House, 2004 Iași pogrom 29 June - 6 July 1941 Iași, Iași County, Kingdom of Romania Under the direction of Marshal Ion Antonescu, one third of the city's Jewish population was exterminated Aita Seacă massacre 4 September 1944 Szárazajta, Northern Transylvania, Kingdom of Hungary (today Aita Seacă, Covasna County) The Aita Seacă (Szárazajta) massacre | Luduș massacre 5–13 September 1944 Marosludas, Northern Transylvania, Kingdom of Hungary (today Luduș, Mureș County) Sărmașu massacre 17 September 1944 Nagysármás, Northern Transylvania, Kingdom of Hungary (today Sărmașu, Mureș County) 24 September 1944 Hărcana, Northern Transylvania, Kingdom of Hungary (today Hărcana, Cluj County) Various massacres by the Maniu Guard September–October 1944 Northern Transylvania, Kingdom of Hungary Mihăileni, Gheorgheni, Sândominic, Zimbor, Aghireș, Huedin 14 October 1944 Majszin, Northern Transylvania, Kingdom of Hungary (today Moisei, Maramureș County) Two men were also seriously injured.Gheorghe Coman, Pe urmele eroilor de la Moisei, Limes Publishing House, Cluj-Napoca, 2000 Romanian Revolution of 1989 16–25 December 1989 Main Romanian cities, Socialist Republic of Romania Ethnic clashes of Târgu Mureș 19–21 March 1990 Târgu Mureș, Mureș County, Romania Hundreds of people were also wounded. June 1990 Mineriad 13–15 June 1990 Bucharest, Romania September 1991 Mineriad 25–28 September 1991 Bucharest, Romania Hădăreni riots 20 September 1993 Hădăreni, Mureș County, Romania 2012 Bucharest hair salon shooting 5 March 2012 Bucharest, Romania A 51-year old man killed 2 people and injured another 8 people in a salon in Bucharest. Săpoca Hospital massacre 18 August 2019 Săpoca, Buzău County, Romania A 38-year-old man hospitalised at The Săpoca Hospital killed 5 people and hurt 8 with an infusion stand Bascov massacre 9 August 2022 Bascov, Arges County, Romania Viorel Letcan kills Five members of his family, including a 5-year-old girl.
See also 1848–1849 massacres in Transylvania
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