List of massacres in Romania


The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in the territory of present-day Romania :
NameDatePresent locationDeathsNotes
Siculeni massacre7 January 1764Siculeni, Harghita County400 SzékelysMemorial plaque unveiled on the spot in 1899 mentions 200 victims.
Revolt of Horea, Cloșca and Crișanlate 1784primarily Hunedoara County, Alba County, and Arad County, to a lesser extent also Brașov County, Sibiu County, Cluj County, Timiş CountyAbout 4000 victims.Mostly Hungarian nobles and Hungarian civilians in towns were targeted in a total of 133 settlements. Further thousands were forcedly converted to Romanian Orthodoxy.
Mihalț massacre2 June 1848Mihalț, Alba County12 armed Romanian peasantsAfter an illegal attack on a noble estate in the village, thousands of armed peasants from Obreja, Cistei, and Crăciunelu de Jos gathered to refuse the entry of the imperial investigative committee, and the entry of the official regiment sent by Anton von Puchner, commander in chief of the Austrian troops in Transylvania. The resulting armed clash killed 12 Romanian peasants and 1 Hungarian soldier. This was the first Transylvanian armed conflict in 1848 and played a major role in the exacerbation of political-ethnic differences in the region.
Geoagiu massacreOctober 1848Geoagiu, Hunedoara County85 ethnic HungariansMostly civilians
Bucerdea Vinoasă massacreOctober 1848Bucerdea Vinoasă, Alba County73 ethnic HungariansMostly civilians
Stremț massacreOctober 1848Stremț, Alba County25 ethnic HungariansLocal noble families
Alba Iulia massacreOctober 1848Alba Iulia, Alba County42 ethnic HungariansCivilians
Grindeni massacreOctober 1848Grindeni, Mureş County200 ethnic HungariansCivilians
Lunca Mureşului massacreOctober 1848Lunca Mureşului, Mureş County60 ethnic HungariansCivilians
Haţeg massacreOctober 1848Haţeg, Hunedoara County15 ethnic HungariansCivilians massacred on the order of the Romanian Orthodox priest.
Ocna Mureş massacreOctober 1848Ocna Mureş, Alba County90 ethnic HungariansCivilians living in the town
Micăsasa massacreOctober 1848Micăsasa, Sibiu County150 ethnic HungariansAll locals except for one family were massacred
Sângătin massacre14 October 1848Sângătin, Sibiu County140–175 ethnic HungariansMostly civilians
Zlatna massacre22–24 October 1848Zlatna, Alba County8–10 Romanian spearmen
700 ethnic Hungarians		All the Hungarian civilians fled from the town but were raided near the village Presaca Ampoiului and were all massacred. The town was completely destroyed
Ighiu massacre29 October 1848Ighiu, Alba County200 ethnic HungariansThe entire Hungarian population of the village, except for the Hungarian priest was massacred.
Bochia massacre30 October 1848Bochia, Arad County30 ethnic HungariansMostly civilians
Unirea massacre13 November 1848Unirea, Alba County200 ethnic HungariansThe whole village was destroyed and most civilians massacred
Aiud massacre8–17 January 1849Aiud, Alba County800–1,000 ethnic HungariansMostly civilians. The whole city with the ancient Bethlen College was burned and destroyed. Mass rape and torture.
Iara massacre15 and 17 January 1849Iara, Cluj County150 ethnic Hungarians and 33 ethnic RomaniansCivilians
Benic massacreJanuary 1849Benic, Alba County400 ethnic HungariansBy the order of the Romanian Greek Catholic priest, the entire Hungarian population was wiped out
Heria massacreJanuary 1849Heria, Alba County18 ethnic Hungarians
Abrud massacre9 and 17 May 1849Abrud, Alba County1100–1200 ethnic HungariansMass torture and rape. Casualties were mostly miners and officers and their families.
Buceşi massacre9 May 1849Buceş, Hunedoara County200 ethnic Hungarians
Massacres during the Peasants' RevoltMarch-April 1907Western Moldavia and southern Wallachiacca. 11,000 peasantsPeasants rebelling against economic conditions killed in various places across the country
Galați massacre 13 June 1916Galați, Galați County9 workersWorkers participating in an anti-war demonstration shot by the army
Lăzarea massacre22 September 1916Lăzarea, Harghita County8 Hungarian civiliansThe leadership of the village was shot in a mass grave without trial, further 57 civilians only escaped because a high-ranking officer arrived and stopped the massacre.
Theater's Square massacre13 Decembrie 1918Bucharestup to 102 workersStriking workers shot by the army
Tărcaia and Grădinari massacres19 Apr 1919Tărcaia and Grădinari, Bihor County108 ethnic HungariansAll civilians.
Lupeni massacre6 August 1929Lupeni, Hunedoara County22 workersStriking workers shot by the army and the gendarmerie
Grivița massacre16 February 1933Bucharest7 workersStriking workers shot by the army and the gendarmerie
Galați massacre 30 June 1940Galați, Galați County80 to 400 Bessarabian and Jewish refugeesBessarabians returning home and Jewish Romanians wanting to escape the anti-Semitic regime shot while waiting to cross into the Soviet Union
Dorohoi pogrom1 July 1940Dorohoi, Botoșani County53Jewish community in Dorohoi claims the death toll between 165 and 200.
Nușfalău massacre8 September 1940Nușfalău, Sălaj County11
Treznea massacre9 September 1940Treznea, Sălaj County93
Ip massacre14 September 1940Ip, Sălaj County157158, including an unborn child
Jilava massacre26 November 1940Jilava, Ilfov County64
Bucharest pogrom22 January 1941Bucharest120Other five Jews were missing and presumed dead.
Iași pogrom29 June - 6 July 1941Iași, Iași County13,266 JewsUnder the direction of Marshal Ion Antonescu, one third of the city's Jewish population was exterminated
Aita Seacă massacre4 September 1944Aita Seacă, Covasna County13–100 ethnic Romanians and 13 ethnic Hungarians
Luduș massacre5–13 September 1944Luduș, Mureș County13 Jews
Sărmașu massacre17 September 1944Sărmașu, Mureș County126 Jews
Hărcana massacre24 September 1944Hărcana, Cluj County18 ethnic Romanians
Various massacres by the Maniu GuardSeptember–October 1944Northern Transylvania49 ethnic HungariansMihăileni, Gheorgheni, Sândominic, Zimbor, Aghireş, Huedin
Moisei massacre14 October 1944Moisei, Maramureș County29Two men were also seriously injured.
Romanian Revolution of 198916–25 December 1989Main Romanian cities1,104
Ethnic clashes of Târgu Mureș19–21 March 1990Târgu Mureș, Mureș County5Hundreds of people were also wounded.
June 1990 Mineriad13–15 June 1990Bucharest6–100
September 1991 Mineriad25–28 September 1991Bucharest4
Hădăreni riots20 September 1993Hădăreni, Mureș County3
Săpoca Hospital Massacre18 August 2019Săpoca8A 38-year-old man hospitalised at The Săpoca Hospital killed 5 people and hurt 8 with an infusion stand