Transylvania unites with Romania

Historical Context Note

Litencyc Editors (Independent Scholar - Europe)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.8.4: Romanian Writing and Culture.
Vol. editors: Calin Andrei Mihailescu (University of Western Ontario)

Domains

Political Geography

Dates

Date of occurrence 1918-12-01

Places

Romania (Location)
Hungary (Involved)

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On 18 October 1918 Emperor Karl I of Austro-Hungary puts forward a “Manifesto to my faithful peoples” about the reorganization of Austria-Hungary into a Federation of six independent states: Austrian, Hungarian, Czech, Yugoslav, Polish, and Ukrainian. The Manifesto fails to achieve its goal, coming much too late; instead, National Councils spring up throughout Austria-Hungary. In Romania, the Corps of the Transylvanian and Bukovinian Volunteers in the Austrian-Hungarian Army calls for a union of the territories inhabited by Romanians with the Kingdom of Romania. Romanian troops enter Hungary with the intent to occupy about 1/4 of the territory of Transylvania, as allotted by the November 13 armistice in Belgrade. Hungary pulls out troops to comply with the armistice treaty;…

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Citation: Editors, Litencyc. "Transylvania unites with Romania". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 01 May 2009 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=7154, accessed 06 May 2024.]

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