1907 Romanian peasants' revolt

1907 Romanian peasants' revolt
A cavalry patrol sabring rioters in the streets of Comănești (Illustrated London News)
Date 21 February – 5 April 1907 Location Kingdom of Romania Result Creation of the Siguranța
Belligerents
Kingdom of Romania Romanian Army Romanian police and Gendarmerie Large landowners and their intermediaries	Disaffected peasants
Commanders and leaders
Carol I Gheorghe Cantacuzino Dimitrie Sturdza Alexandru Averescu Ion I. C. Brătianu	Trifan Roman Grosu Ion Dolhescu Grigore Roman (the initiators and leaders of the Flămânzi revolters) Supported by: Constantin Mille Constantin Dobrogeanu-Gherea Octav Băncilă Christian Rakovsky Ștefan Gheorghiu
Casualties and losses
Army: 10 killed, 4 wounded Unknown numbers of landowners and lessors killed or wounded	419 (officially) to 11,000 (Chirot et Ragin) and 1,786 (Dabija) killed 10,000 arrested

Infantry escorting prisoners through Piatra Neamț (Illustrated London News)

A peasant revolt took place in Romania between 21 February and 5 April 1907. It started in northern Moldavia and, after three weeks in which it was localized in that area, it quickly spread, reaching Wallachia, including as far as Oltenia. The main cause was the discontent of the peasants over the inequity of land ownership, which was mostly in the hands of just a few large landowners.

Following the fall of the Conservative Party government on March 12, the new Liberal government crushed the revolt violently with the help of the Romanian Army, killing thousands of peasants in the process.