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Ferdinand of Bulgaria proclaiming independence in Tarnovo, 1908. The de jure independence of Bulgaria (Bulgarian: Независимост на България, romanized: Nezavisimost na Bǎlgariya) from the Ottoman Empire was proclaimed on 5 October [O.S. 22 September] 1908 in the old capital of Tarnovo by Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria, who afterwards took the title "Tsar".
See Bulgarian unification. 22 September: Independence Day: Ден на независимостта на България See Bulgarian Declaration of Independence: 24 December: Christmas Eve: Бъдни вечер 25-26 December: Christmas Day: Рождество Христово Moveable: Orthodox Good Friday, Holy Saturday & Easter Sunday ...
First Bulgarian-Serbian War (839-842) Bulgarian Empire: Serbian Principality: Defeat: Second Bulgarian-Serbian War 853 Bulgarian Empire: Serbian Principality: Defeat: First Bulgarian-Croatian War (854) Bulgarian Empire: Croatian Kingdom: Draw. Bulgarian retreat, peace treaty concluded; Third Bulgarian-Byzantine War (894-896) Bulgarian Empire ...
The earliest evidence of hominid occupation discovered in what is today Bulgaria date from at least 1.4 million years ago. [1] Around 5000 BC, a sophisticated civilization already existed which produced some of the first pottery, jewellery and golden artifacts in the world. After 3500 BC, the Thracians appeared on the Balkan Peninsula. [2]
Soon Romania entered the war and attacked Bulgaria from the north. The Ottoman Empire also attacked from the south-east. The war was now definitely lost for Bulgaria, which had to abandon most of her claims of Macedonia to Serbia and Greece, while the revived Ottomans retook Adrianople. Romania took possession of southern Dobruja.
Bulgaria declared war on Britain, Yugoslavia, Greece, and the USA. Bulgaria left the war after the Soviet Union declared war on Bulgaria. 1944: Women earned the right to vote. 1948: 27 December: Georgi Dimitrov became the leader of the communist party. 1947: Bulgaria and the Soviet Union signed a peace treaty. 1949: 2 July
It commemorates the Liberation of Bulgaria during the events of the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) that led to the re-establishment of Bulgarian statehood. The Treaty of San Stefano signed on 3 March 1878 committed the Ottoman Empire to accept the refoundation of the Bulgarian state that was conquered in the 14th century during the Bulgarian ...
The Liberation of Bulgaria is the historical process as a result of the Bulgarian Revival. In Bulgarian historiography, the liberation of Bulgaria refers to those events of the Tenth Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) that led to the re-establishment of the Bulgarian state under the Treaty of San Stefano of 3 March 1878.