| Date |
Name |
Remarks |
| January 24 |
Unification Day (Ziua Unirii) |
Not a public holiday - it celebrates the day of the political union between Wallachia and Moldavia (when Alexandru Ioan Cuza was elected ruler of both principalities), the foundation of modern Romania. |
| March 8 |
Women's Day |
Not a public holiday |
| Last Sunday in March |
Earth Hour |
Not a public holiday |
| First Sunday in April |
NATO Day |
Not a public holiday - observed by the Government institutions |
| April 22 |
Earth Day |
Not a public holiday |
| May 9 |
Europe Day/Independence Day/Victory Day |
Not a public holiday. |
| May/June |
Heroes' Day (Ascension) |
The 40th day from the Orthodox Easter. Not a public holiday - observed with military and religious festivities at the monuments dedicated to the national heroes (such as the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier) |
| June 1 |
Child's day |
Not a public holiday |
| June 12-13 |
The first wave of Soviet deportations from Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina. |
Not a public remembrance/mourning day. - On June 12–13, 1941, 29,839 members of families of "counter-revolutionaries and nationalists" from the Moldavian SSR, and from the Chernivtsi and Izmail oblasts of the Ukrainian SSR were deported to Kazakhstan, the Komi ASSR, the Krasnoyarsk Krai, and the Omsk and Novosibirsk oblasts. Deportations were repeated in June 22, 1942, July 6, 1949 and February 19, 1951. |
| June 26 |
Flag Day |
Not a public holiday |
| June 28 |
Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina |
Not a public remembrance/mourning day. - During June 28 - July 4, 1940, the Soviet Red Army occupied the Romanian regions of Bessarabia, Northern Bukovina, and Hertsa. |
| July 29 |
National Anthem Day |
Date when Deşteaptă-te, române! was first performed, in 1848 at Râmnicu Vâlcea - not a public holiday |
| August 23 |
Ribbentrop - Molotov pact |
Not a public remembrance/mourning day. - On August 23, 1939, USSR and Nazi Germany agree to divide Eastern Europe into spheres of influence. The secret protocol attached to the agreement specifies Soviet interest on annexing Bessarabia. |
| August 23 |
Romania leaves Axis and joines Allies |
Communist Romania national holiday, so-called "Liberation from the fascist yoke". On 23 August 1944, King Michael joined with pro-Allied opposition politicians (who included the communists) and led a successful coup with support from the army. Romania joines the Allies but the same time enters Soviet sphere of influence for 55 years. |
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| October 25 |
Armed Forces Day |
Not a public holiday. Observed by the Romanian Army and its veterans on the anniversary of the liberation of Carei, the last Romanian city under horthyst-fascist occupation during World War II. Also the birthday of King Michael I |
| December 8 |
Constitution Day |
Referendum on the Romanian Constitution was held in 1991 - not a public holiday |