The Țigani clash was a battle that took place on 14 January 1919 in Crișeni between Romanian and Hungarian troops in the area of Sălaj County, during the occupation of a new line of demarcation [ro] in Transylvania during the Hungarian–Romanian War.

It also ensured the control of the communications hub represented by Jibou, which provided the link between the Someș valley railway and the one leading to Carei.

As such, the hot-headed spirits of the Hungarian troops stationed in Zalău, among whom Major Mihály Gyurotsik (whose family lived in the city itself) stood out,[3] were predisposed to a bellicose attitude.

[7] In return,[6] the rest of the 2nd Battalion of the 16th Infantry Regiment, under the command of major Gheorghe Rozin [ro], regrouped from Jibou[2] on the hills of Ortelec and counter-attacked.

[6] In Zalău,[6] a telegram was found[8] from the Commissioner General of Eastern Hungary in Cluj,[9] Professor István Apáthy, urging Hungarian troops to resist.

General Neculcea ordered Apáthy to be arrested and put on trial, and the municipality of Cluj was obliged to pay 900,000 Austro-Hungarian crowns to the families of those who died in the incident and to financially support the payment of funeral expenses, as well as the raising of a monument dedicated to the victims of the attack.

[8] After what happened in Țigani, the subunit of Gyurotsik (the officer directly involved in the events) was transferred to Hajdúszoboszló, near Debrecen.