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  2. 1848–1849 massacres in Transylvania - Wikipedia

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    Thirteen thousand gold and twenty thousand silver coins were robbed from the town's treasury. The massacre was incited and led by local Romanian lawyer Petru Dobra. [7] Thirty Hungarians were killed in Boklya. [8] About 200 Hungarians were killed in Gerendkeresztúr [8] and some 90 beaten to death near Marosújvár (Ocna Mureș). [9]

  3. Gelou - Wikipedia

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    Gelou. Statuary in Gilău, Romania First page of the lone manuscript preserving the text of the Gesta Hungarorum, the only chronicle which mentions Gelou. Gelou (Romanian: Gelu; Hungarian: Gyalu) was the Vlach ruler of Transylvania at the time of the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin around 900 AD, according to the Gesta Hungarorum.

  4. List of massacres in Romania - Wikipedia

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    Majszin, Northern Transylvania, Kingdom of Hungary (today Moisei, Maramureș County) 29 ethnic Romanians: Two men were also seriously injured. [21] [22] Eugen Grigore case: July 1974: Ciurea, Iași County, Socialist Republic of Romania: 24 Romani: Around 50 other people were also injured. [23] Romanian Revolution of 1989: 16–25 December 1989

  5. Vasile Ursu Nicola - Wikipedia

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    The bust of Horea in Horea Commune, Alba County. Vasile Ursu Nicola (1731 in Arada, Principality of Transylvania (now Horea, Romania) – 28 February 1785 in Karlsburg (now Alba Iulia, Romania), commonly known as Horea (in Hungarian sometimes Hóra) was a Transylvanian peasant who, with Ion Oarga [] ("Cloșca") and Marcu Giurgiu [] ("Crișan"), led the two-month-long peasant rebellion that ...

  6. Vlad the Impaler - Wikipedia

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    Vlad III, commonly known as Vlad the Impaler (Romanian: Vlad Țepeș [ˈ v l a d ˈ ts e p e ʃ]) or Vlad Dracula (/ ˈ d r æ k j ʊ l ə,-j ə-/; Romanian: Vlad Drăculea [ˈ d r ə k u l e̯a]; 1428/31 – 1476/77), was Voivode of Wallachia three times between 1448 and his death in 1476/77.

  7. Transylvania - Wikipedia

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    Hungary protested against the new state borders, as they did not follow the real ethnic boundaries, for over 1.3 or 1.6 million Hungarian people, representing 25.5 or 31.6% of the Transylvanian population (depending on statistics used), [71] [72] were living on the Romanian side of the border, mainly in the Székely Land of Eastern Transylvania ...

  8. Michael the Brave - Wikipedia

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    A few days later, Basta, who sought to control Transylvania himself, assassinated Michael by order of the Habsburg Emperor; the killing took place near Câmpia Turzii on 9 August 1601. [46] According to Romanian historian Constantin C. Giurescu: [45] Never in Romanian history was a moment of such highness and glory so closely followed by bitter ...

  9. Ip massacre - Wikipedia

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    The events of the Ip massacre escalated in the early hours of 14 September 1940, in Ipp, (today Ip, Sălaj County), Northern Transylvania.After two Hungarian soldiers died there in an accidental explosion, rumors spread that they had been killed by Romanians.