Nicolae Bălcescu
Nicolae Bălcescu ( nikolaɛ bəltʃesku ; born June 29, 1819 in Bucharest , † November 29, 1852 in Palermo , Kingdom of the Two Sicilies ) was a Romanian historian and writer and one of the leaders of the Romanian Revolution of 1848 in Wallachia .
Life
Bălcescu attended the St. Sava Academy in Bucharest from 1832. At 19 he joined the army, where he was involved in the 1840 coup against Alexandru II Ghica . After the coup failed, Bălcescu was imprisoned.
After he was free again, he made trips to France and Italy and began his journalistic activities. In 1844 the magazine istoric pentru Dacia was published . In Paris he joined the Societatea studenților români (Society of Romanian Students) in 1846 , which had both Wallachian and Moldovan members. The radical liberal Bălcescu spoke out in the magazine istoric for land reform in Romania, which is why he received positive appreciation during communist times.
In 1848 he traveled to Bucharest with impressions of the French Revolution of 1848 and took part in the Romanian Revolution . However, he quickly fell out with other revolutionary leaders and was eventually imprisoned by the Ottoman forces . When he was released, he went to Transylvania , where he was, however, expelled as a Romanian separatist by the Hungarian authorities. He then emigrated to Constantinople . After the revolution in Hungary in 1848, Bălcescu was called to Debrecen as a mediator between Hungarian revolutionaries and Transylvanian-Romanian separatists , but he did not succeed in making a breakthrough between the warring groups.
In the last years of his life, Bălcescu was mainly active as a journalist and wrote several comprehensive works on Romanian history.
aftermath
Bălcescu was particularly venerated in Romania during the communist era. Streets and squares in particular were named after him throughout the country.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bălcescu, Nicolae |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Romanian historian, writer and revolutionary |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 29, 1819 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bucharest |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 29, 1852 |
| Place of death | Palermo , Kingdom of the Two Sicilies |