Gheorghe Magheru
Gheorghe Magheru (born April 8, 1802 ( also 1804 ) in Bârzeiu de Gilort , Gorj district , † May 23, 1880 in Bucharest ) was a Romanian freedom fighter , general and politician .
Life
The son of Ion and Bălașa Magheru was born in Bârzeiu de Gilort. Magheru led Pandur units from Tudor Vladimirescu in 1821 . In 1848 he emigrated to Transylvania and Trieste and later to Vienna . During his nine years in exile he campaigned for the independence of Romania. After the outbreak of the Crimean War , he went to Istanbul in 1854 to raise a Romanian troop to fight against the Tsarist Empire. In 1857 he moved into the ad hoc assembly and later in the Romanian parliament as a deputy for the Gorj district. Gheorghe Magheru died in 1880.
The Gheorghe Magheru Boulevard in Bucharest was named after him, and a postage stamp from the Poşta Română was dedicated to him.
literature
- Teodor Pavel: Magheru, Gheorghe . In: Mathias Bernath, Felix von Schroeder (Hrsg.): Biographical Lexicon for the History of Southeast Europe . Volume 3. Oldenbourg, Munich 1979, ISBN 3-486-48991-7 , p. 68 f.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Teodor Pavel: Magheru, Gheorghe . In: Mathias Bernath, Felix von Schroeder (Hrsg.): Biographical Lexicon for the History of Southeast Europe . Volume 3. Oldenbourg, Munich 1979, ISBN 3-486-48991-7 , p. 68 f.
- ↑ Stamp Gheorghe Magheru , accessed on 10 December of 2010.
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SURNAME | Magheru, Gheorghe |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Romanian freedom fighter, general and politician |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 8, 1802 or April 8, 1804 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Bârzeiu de Gilort , Gorj County |
DATE OF DEATH | May 23, 1880 |
Place of death | Bucharest |