1942 in Romania

Events from the year 1942 in Romania. The year was dominated by the Second World War.

Incumbents

24 January – A record temperature of is recorded at Bod, Brașov.
6 June – A state of war is declared between Romania and the United States.
1 July – Romanian and German troops capture the fortress at Sevastopol following a siege that had lasted 8 months.
7 September – Romanian and German troops capture Novorossiysk in the Battle of the Caucasus.
2 November – Soldiers of the Vânători de munte under the command of general Ioan Dumitrache capture Nalchik, the farthest advance by the Axis powers into the Caucasus.
19 November – The Romania Third and Fourth Armies come under attack by the Soviet Red Army at the Battle of Stalingrad.
1 December – The Soviet cruiser and destroyer shell Snake Island, damaging the radio station, barracks and lighthouse on the island, but fail to inflict significant losses.

5 January – Alexandru Ioan Lupaș, mathematician.
9 March – Ion Caramitru, stage and film actor, stage director, and political figure.
25 March – Otilia Valeria Coman, poet.
25 March – Basarab Nicolescu, theoretical physicist.
27 March – Olga Bucătaru, film and stage actress.
2 April – Gabriela Adameșteanu, novelist, short story writer, essayist, journalist, and translator.
23 May – Gabriel Liiceanu, philosopher.
28 May – Păun Otiman, agronomist, politician, member of the Romanian Academy.
22 September – Alexandru Moisuc, agricultural scientist.
4 November – Edward Luttwak, American military strategist and author.