Event Romanian occupation of Transylvania

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At the beginning of the Hungarian-Romanian War Romanian troops occupied Transylvania, a territory promised to Romania by the Entente in the Treaty of Bucharest (1916).

Chronology

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  • April 1919: The Romanian Army entered Oradea (Nagyvárad) and Salonta (Nagyszalonta).
  • November 1918: The first Romanian troops enter Hungary and occupy the Gyergyótölgyes mountain pass accessing the Székely Land Region.
  • December 1918: Romanian troops enter Cluj (Kolozsvár).
  • January 1919: Romanian troops now control the entire territory up to the new demarcation line indicated by the Entente powers. Inner Transylvania and Maramureș are under Romanian control, leaving Banat under Serbian, and Crișana under Hungarian control.
  • December 1918: The Romanian Army enters Brașov, in southeastern Transylvania.
  • January 1919: The Romanian Army enters Sighetu Marmației.
  • December 1918: The Union of Transylvania with Romania was officiated by the elected representatives of the Romanian people of Transylvania, who proclaimed a union with Romania.
  • November 1918: The Romanian Army occupied Marosvásárhely (Târgu-Mureș).
  • April 1919: Romanian troops enter Carei (Nagykároly) and Satu Mare (Szatmárnémeti).
  • December 1918: Romanian troops enter Nagyszeben (Sibiu) in southern Transylvania.
  • January 1919: Romanian troops reached Baia Mare.