Events from the year 1936 in Romania. The year saw the Craiova Trial of Romanian Communist Party activists.
Incumbents King: Carol II. Prime Minister: Gheorghe Tătărescu.
Events 10 May – The National Museum of the Village "Dimitrie Gusti" () is founded. 16 May – Ford Romania open their factory in Bucharest capable of assembling 2,500 cars a year. 24 May – Romania wins the Balkan Cup for the third time, with Sándor Schwartz scoring the most goals in the tournament. 5 June – Ana Pauker and eighteen other Communist activists are put on trial in Craiova. 20 July – Romania signs the Montreux Convention Regarding the Regime of the Straits governing the Bosporus and Dardanelles. Date unknown – Henri Rang wins silver in the 1936 Summer Olympics in the Grand Prix des Nations.
Births 23 January – Georgeta Hurmuzachi, artistic gymnast, bronze medal winner at the 1956 Summer Olympics. 9 April – Dorin N. Poenaru, nuclear physicist and engineer. 13 October – Elika Ussoskin, Romanian-born Israeli judge. 25 October – Elena Mărgărit, gymnast, bronze medal winner at the 1956 and 1960 Summer Olympics. 12 December – Iolanda Balaș, high jumper who held the world record and became the first Romanian woman to win an Olympic gold medal, in the 1960 games. She also won a medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Deaths 2 March – Alexandru Ciura, journalist, short story writer, and priest (born 1876). 8 June – Dumitru Ștefănescu, known as Gogea Mitu, the tallest Romanian and tallest professional boxer in history (born 1909).
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