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Year Date Event 1818: An earthquakes shakes up Sofia. 1821: A revolt began with the Greeks against the Ottomans. 1829: Forces owned by Russia occupy Sofia. 1834: The first Bulgarian factory opened. 1839-1876: Ottoman Tanzimat reforms 1853: Crimean War: British and French troops arrive in Bulgaria. [7] 1870: A Bulgarian Exarchate is established ...
The history of Bulgaria can be traced from the first settlements on the lands of modern Bulgaria to its formation as a nation-state, and includes the history of the Bulgarian people and their origin. The earliest evidence of hominid occupation discovered in what is today Bulgaria date from at least 1.4 million years ago. [ 1 ]
History of Bulgaria; Odrysian kingdom 460 BC – 46 AD; Roman times 46–681; Dark Ages c. 6th–7th cent. Old Great Bulgaria 7th cent., 632–668; First Bulgarian Empire 681–1018. Christianization; Golden Age 896–927; Cometopuli dynasty 968–1018; Byzantine Bulgaria 1018–1185; Second Bulgarian Empire 1185–1396. Second Golden Age 1230 ...
History of Bulgaria; Odrysian kingdom 460 BC – 46 AD; Roman times 46–681; Dark Ages c. 6th–7th cent. Old Great Bulgaria 7th cent., 632–668; First Bulgarian Empire 681–1018. Christianization; Golden Age 896–927; Cometopuli dynasty 968–1018; Byzantine Bulgaria 1018–1185; Second Bulgarian Empire 1185–1396. Second Golden Age 1230 ...
1 January – New Year's Day; 3 March – Liberation Day; 18 April – Orthodox Good Friday; 19–21 April – Orthodox Easter; 1 May – Labour Day; 6 May – Armed Forces Day and Saint George's Day; 24 May – Bulgarian Education and Culture, and Slavic Script Day; 6 September – Unification Day; 22 September – Independence Day
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Bulgaria, recuperating from the Balkan Wars, sat out the first year of World War I, but when Germany promised to restore the boundaries of the Treaty of San Stefano, Bulgaria, which had the largest army in the Balkans, declared war on Serbia in October 1915. Britain, France and Italy then declared war on Bulgaria.
In 1925, the gravest act of terrorism in Bulgarian history, the St Nedelya Church assault, was carried out by the Bulgarian Communist Party, claiming the lives of 150 and injuring other 500. During World War II , Sofia was bombed by Allied aircraft in late 1943 and early 1944, as well as later occupied by the Soviet Union .