The Republic of Ploieşti (Romanian: Republica de la Ploieşti) was a revolt against the Romanian monarchy in the city of Ploieşti, Romania, on the day of 8 August 1870. Ploieşti on the map of Romania Ploieşti (older spelling: Ploeşti) is a city in Prahova county in the Wallachia region of Romania, 56 km (35 miles) northwest of Bucharest, with a population of about 250,000. ... August 8 is the 220th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (221st in leap years), with 145 days remaining. ... 1870 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

Background

Romanian Liberal radicals of Ploieşti were against the Romanian Monarchy and desired a Republic, the main argument being that this would cease the intrigues, which were very common in Wallachia royal court, especially before 1866, when a foreign (German) prince was brought. 1866 is a common year starting on Monday. ...

The leader of the Ploieşti Liberal was the Captain Alexandru Candiano-Popescu, who, in 1867 as the owner of "Perseverenţa" newspaper was arrested and his newspaper shut down. The same thing happened in 1870, when he was arrested for publishing some articles in the "Democraţia" newspaper. 1867 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1870 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

The conspiracy

On 8 August 1870, two secret meetings of the Liberals were organized and Candiano-Popescu announced that he has information from Bucharest, that the Monarchy would be overthrown the next night and that all major cities are preparing would revolt and a Romanian Republic would be announced. He also assured them that the Republican movement had the support of major European powers and as such there would be no foreign invasion. Candiano-Popescu also announced that he would be the new prefect, that Stan Popescu would be the new Chief of the Ploieşti Police and a role was assigned for each of the plotters. August 8 is the 220th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (221st in leap years), with 145 days remaining. ... 1870 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Bucharest (population 2. ... The word prefect can refer to any of a number of types of official, including: in Latin, praefectus: a high-ranking military or civil official in the Roman Empire; the title now attaches to the heads of some departments of the Roman Curia, who are traditionally Cardinals, and if they...

During that night everything went as planned: the chief of the Police and the Prefect were arrested, the telegraph station was occupied by Comiano and Guţă Antonescu and Candiano-Popescu occupied the firehouse, wearing his Captain uniform "to look like he's having more authority". Telegraphy (from the Greek words tele = far away and grapho = write) is the long distance transmission of written messages without physical transport of letters, originally over wire. ...

Toward the morning, Candiano-Popescu, armed with a revolver and with the help of other about 40-50 persons captured the oficiant of the government, Grigore Iorgulescu. He was put under strict supervision, however, a couple of hours later, the guardians were already drunk and Iorgulescu made a phone call to Bucharest, where he asked what was the situation there. The answer was that everything was calm and there was nothing uncommon. He then called the Romanian Prime Minister, Manolache Costache Epureanu and told him what happened in Ploieşti. The Colt Single Action Army, one of the most popular revolvers of all time A revolver is a multishot firearm, usually a handgun, in which the rounds are held in a revolving cylinder that rotates to fire them through a single barrel. ... Manolache Costache Epureanu (1823-1880) was the Prime Minister of Romania as a representative of the Conservative Party two times: in 1870 (1 May-26 December) and in 1876 (6 Mai-5 August). ...

Meanwhile, the plotters, who occupied the post office, sent a telegram to Bucharest, announcing that Prefect Candiano got the allegience of the Ploiesti Civilian Administration and the Military. Small-town post office and town hall in Lockhart, Alabama A post office is a facility (in most countries, a government one) where the public can purchase postage stamps for mailing correspondence or merchandise, and also drop off or pick up packages or other special-delivery items. ...

In the evening of 9 August, soldiers of Bucharest arrived in Ploieşti train station and arrested the new "administration", most of which declared that they were not actually revolting, they thought it was just a party. August 9 is the 221st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (222nd in leap years), with 144 days remaining. ... Bucharest (population 2. ...

Ending

Thirty-six of the leaders of the movement were accused of "revolt against the government". Also, many other leaders of the Liberals were arrested, beings suspected of being part of this conspiracy, including Ion Brătianu, Nicolae Golescu, Bogdan Petriceicu-Hasdeu and Nicolae Creţulescu. The trials of the civilians who took part in the revolt were eventually moved to Târgovişte and on 17 October 1870 they were found not guilty. The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ... Nicolae Golescu (1810-1877) was the Prime Minister of Romania two times: in 1868 and 1870. ... Petriceicu_Hasdeu: photograph and signature Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu (February 16, 1836_September 7, 1907) a Romanian philologist, was born at Hotin in Bessarabia in 1836, and studied at the university of Kharkiv. ... Nicolae Creţulescu was a three-time prime minister of Romania, serving 1862-1863, 1865-1866 and in 1867. ... Map of Romania showing Târgovişte The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ... October 17 is the 290th (in leap years the 291st) day of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. ... 1870 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

References

• Republica de la Ploieşti (http://www.ploiesti.ro/Ploiesti%20vechi/republica.php); site of Primaria Municipiului Ploieşti, accessed 21 March 2005