Events from the year 1934 in Romania. The year saw the country sign the Balkan Pact.
Incumbents King: Carol II. Prime Minister: Constantin Angelescu (interim, until 4 January). Gheorghe Tătărescu (from 5 January).
Events 9 February – Romania signs the Balkan Pact with Greece, Turkey and Yugoslavia in Athens. 27 May – The national football team is defeated by Czechoslovakia in the first round of the 1934 FIFA World Cup. 20 August – The Union of Hungarian Workers of Romania (MADOSZ, or ) is founded. 26 September – Ford Romania buy the land on which they will build their factory in Bucharest. October – The Criterion Association is dissolved, Mircea Vulcănescu citing the rise of fascism for the demise. 22 November – Mihai Stelescu founds the newspaper Cruciada Românismului to propagate the Crusade of Romanianism.
Births 22 February – Iuliana Simon, skier that competed in the 1956 Winter Olympics. 29 April – Zoe Țapu, agronomist (died 2013). 6 May – Stela Perin, artistic gymnast that competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. 21 September – Maria Scheip, handballer, gold medallist at the 1956, 1960, and 1962 World Championships. 15 November – Kira Muratova, Romanian-born Soviet film director and screenwriter (died 2018). 10 December – Leopoldina Bălănuță, actor (died 1998).
Deaths 14 January – Ioan Cantacuzino, physician, bacteriologist, and a titular member of the Romanian Academy (born 1863). 16 February – Ștefan Cicio Pop, politician (born 1865). 20 April – Constanța Hodoș, novelist, playwright and journalist (born 1860). 24 September – Alexandru Mavrodi, director of the National Theatre Bucharest (born 1881).
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