Events from the year 1888 in Romania. The year saw the first strike in the country, led by worker at Romanian Railways.
Incumbents King: Carol I. Prime Minister: Ion Brătianu (until 20 March). Theodor Rosetti (from 23 March).
Events
23 January – Elections are held for the Chamber of Deputies. They run until 25 January and again from 12 to 14 October. 30 January – The first strike in Romania takes place when 300 workers at the Romanian Railways Workshop in Galați walk out in solidarity following the dismissal of a colleague, Ioan A. Ionescu. 2 July – Ion Luca Caragiale becomes Minister of Education and head of the National Theatre Bucharest. His appointment is controversial and short-lived. 13 August – A strike starts in the Railway Central Workshops in Bucharest, which runs until 25 August. Date unknown – Victor Babeș discovers the protozoan parasite Babesia.
Births 25 January – Abraham Leib Zissu, political essayist and writer (died 1956). 5 February – Constantin Titel Petrescu, politician and lawyer, the leader of the Romanian Social Democratic Party (died 1957). 28 March – Alexandru Kirițescu, playwright and journalist (died 1961). 1 April – Mircea Florian, philosopher (died 1960). 17 May – Anton Durcovici, bishop of Iași in the Roman Catholic Church and martyr. He was beatified on 17 May 2014 (died 1951).
Deaths 17 September – Iulia Hasdeu, poet, first Romanian woman to study at the University of Paris (born 1869).
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