* 1940 – The Second Vienna Award re-assigns the territory of Northern Transylvania from Romania to Hungary.

Finally, on 26 June, four days after France sued for an armistice with the Third Reich, the Soviet Union issued an ultimatum demanding Bessarabia and, unexpectedly, Northern Bukovina from Romania.

Between 28 June and 4 July, the Soviet Union occupied and annexed Bessarabia, Northern Bukovina and the Hertza region of Romania.

The Paris Peace Treaty at the end of World War II rendered the Vienna Awards void: Northern Transylvania returned to Romania, but Bessarabia, northern Bukovina and southern Dobruja were not recovered.

Soon after Romania joined the Axis in Operation Barbarossa, recovering Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina, Antonescu also became Marshal of Romania.

Northern Dobruja was awarded to Romania for its role in the 1877-78 Russo-Turkish War, and as compensation for the transfer of the Southern Bessarabia.

With world attention focused on those events, on June 26, 1940, the USSR issued an ultimatum to Romania, demanding immediate cession of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina.

In September 1940 with the return of Southern Dobruja ( the Cadrilater ) by Romania to Bulgaria under the Treaty of Craiova, 80, 000 Romanians were compelled to move north of the border, while 65, 000 Bulgarians living in Northern Dobruja were forced to move into Bulgaria.

Due to its pro-German stance, Hungary received favourable territorial settlements when Germany annexed Czechoslovakia in 1938 – 1939 and received Northern Transylvania from Romania via the Vienna Awards of 1940.

On 30 August 1940, Germany forced Romania to cede Northern Transylvania to Hungary as a result of the second Vienna Award.

Michael accepted the Soviets ' armistice terms, which included military occupation along with the annexation of Northern Romania.

The Soviets ' 1940 annexation of Bessarabia and part of Northern Bukovina to create the important agricultural region of the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic ( while other Romanian territories were converted into the Chernivtsi Oblast and Izmail Oblast of the Ukrainian SSR ) became a point of tension between Romania and the Soviet Union, especially after 1965.

Northern and Eastern Italy was considered mostly a Dinaric area as well as western Greece, Romania, western Ukraine, southeastern German-speaking areas, and parts of southern Poland and southeastern France.

In Romania the term Northern Bucovina is sometimes synonymous with the entire Chernivtsi Oblast of Ukraine, and ( Southern ) Bucovina to Suceava County of Romania ( although 30 % of the present day Suceava County covers territory outside of the historical Bukovina.

Until the repatriation convention of 15 April 1941, NKVD troops killed hundreds of Romanian peasants of Northern Bukovina as they tried to cross the border into Romania in order to escape from Soviet authorities.

The territory of the Romanian ( or Southern ) Bukovina is located in northeastern Romania and it is part of the Suceava County ( plus three localities in Botoșani County ), whereas the Ukrainean ( or Northern ) Bukovina is located in western Ukraine and it is part of the Chernivtsi Oblast.

Map of Romania and Bulgaria with Northern Dobrudja highlighted in orange.

Northern Dobruja (;, Severna Dobrudzha ) is the part of Dobruja within the borders of Romania.

Under the treaties of San Stefano and Berlin, Romania received Northern Dobruja while the newly restored principality of Bulgaria received the smaller Southern part of the region.

Northern Dobruja is represented by two dolphins in the Coat of arms of Romania.

Celan was born in 1920 into a German-speaking Jewish family in Cernăuţi, Northern Bukovina, a region then part of Romania and earlier part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, among others ( now part of Ukraine ).

The territory of Dobruja comprises Northern Dobruja, which is part of Romania, and Southern Dobruja, which belongs to Bulgaria.

It boasts an area of approximately 12, 681. 259 km² or around 7, 925, 812. 5 rai, which is third largest in Northern Thailand and seventh largest in the country.

The Northern Hawk-Owl plumage is relatively dark brown with an off white spotting pattern on all dorsal parts of the body with the exception of the back of the neck which boasts a black v-shaped pattern.

I write about Northern liberals from considerable personal experience.

Similar comments about officers are to be found in the letters of Northern soldiers.

Several songs have been written about the Bloody Sunday ( 1972 ) in Northern Ireland, including:

Following the events of Bloody Sunday Bernadette Devlin, an Independent Socialist nationalist MP from Northern Ireland, expressed anger at what she perceived as government attempts to stifle accounts being reported about the day.

The economy of Turkish-occupied Northern Cyprus is about one-fifth the size of the economy of the government-controlled area, while GDP per capita is around one-third.

Aquilegia ( Columbine ) is a genus of about 60-70 species of perennial plants that are found in meadows, woodlands, and at higher altitudes throughout the Northern Hemisphere, known for the spurred petals of their flowers.

The United States consulate and other Westerners in Shanghai were concerned about the approach of " Red General " Chiang, as his army was seizing control of large areas of the country in the Northern Expedition.

Elf-shot ( or elf-bolt or elf-arrow ) is a word found in Scotland and Northern England, first attested in a manuscript of about the last quarter of the 16th century.

The Faroe Islands are an island group consisting of eighteen islands off the coast of Northern Europe, between the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic, about half-way between Iceland and Norway.

* In Michael Longley's poem ' Ceasefire ', Priam's petition to Achilles for the return of Hector's body is used as an analogue for the necessity for opposing sides to make conciliatory gestures, however difficult, to bring about peace in Northern Ireland.

When James V finally managed to escape from the custody of the regents with the aid of his redoubtable mother in 1528, he once again set about subduing the rebellious Highlands, Western and Northern isles, as his father had had to do.

Greek nationalists continued to claim southern Albania ( which they called Northern Epirus ), home of a significant Greek population ( about 3 %- 12 % in the whole of Albania

The prehistoric Beifudi site near Yixian in Hebei Province, China, contains relics of a culture contemporaneous with the Cishan and Xinglongwa cultures of about 7000 – 8000 BC, neolithic cultures east of the Taihang Mountains, filling in an archaeological gap between the two Northern Chinese cultures.

All of the Island's towns are at threat from rising sea levels while the Northern Plain, a large, flat and low-lying plain composed of soft marine sediments and glacial material, which makes up about a quarter of the Island's landmass, is in danger of being lost to the sea over the next two centuries.

Lindh and about 80 survivors from the original 300 were forced out of hiding and recaptured, with the Northern Alliance captors then tightly binding Lindh's elbows behind his back.

The United States consulate and other westerners in Shanghai was concerned about the approach of " Red General " Chiang, as his army was seizing control in the Northern Expedition.

India has control of about half the area of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir, while Pakistan controls a third of the region, the Northern Areas and Azad Kashmir.

It lasted until about 1580 in Italy, when a more Baroque style began to replace it, but Northern Mannerism continued into the early 17th century throughout much of Europe.

The prehistoric Beifudi site near Yixian in Hebei Province, China, contains relics of a culture contemporaneous with the Cishan and Xinglongwa cultures of about 5000 – 6000 BC, neolithic cultures east of the Taihang Mountains, filling in an archaeological gap between the two Northern Chinese cultures.

This article is about the geography of the Northern Mariana Islands.

This article is about the demographic features of the population of the Northern Mariana Islands, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.

More specifically in the Northern hemisphere, green olives are picked at the end of September to about the middle of November.

The Provisional Irish Republican Army ( IRA ) () is an Irish republican paramilitary organisation whose aim was to remove Northern Ireland from the United Kingdom and bring about a socialist republic within a united Ireland by force of arms and political persuasion.

On 3 May 1241, a combined fleet of Pisan and Sicilian ships, led by the Emperor's son Enzo, attacked a Genoese convoy carrying prelates from Northern Italy and France, next to the Isola del Giglio, in front of Tuscany: the Genoese lost 25 ships, while about thousand sailors, two cardinals and one bishop were taken prisoner.