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Event. 632. Great Bulgaria was formed after the unification of the tribes of Kutrigurs, Utigurs, and Onogurs (Onodonduri). 635. A peace treaty was signed by Kubrat with the Byzantine Empire. 668. Khazar 's pressure caused Great Bulgaria to decline. Volga Bulgaria (7th century–1240s) is formed. 680/681.
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]
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 1230–1241. Mongol invasion 1274–1300.
History of Bulgaria. Dark Ages c. 6th–7th cent. After the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878, the 1878 Treaty of Berlin set up an autonomous state, the Principality of Bulgaria, within the Ottoman Empire. Although remaining under Ottoman sovereignty, it functioned independently, taking Alexander of Battenberg as its first prince in 1879.
Incumbents. Tsar of Bulgaria: Boris III (1918–1943) Prime Minister of Bulgaria: Andrey Lyapchev (1926–1931) Aleksandar Malinov (1931) Nikola Mushanov (1931–1934) Kimon Georgiev (1934–1935) Pencho Zlatev (1935) Andrey Toshev (1935)
1940 – Sofia Court House built on Vitosha Boulevard. 1943 – Bombing of Sofia in World War II by Allied forces. 1944 – Bombing of Sofia in World War II by Allied forces. 1946 – City becomes capital of the People's Republic of Bulgaria. 1949 – Sofia Power Plant commissioned.
The First Bulgarian Empire (Church Slavonic: блъгарьско цѣсарьствиѥ, romanized: blŭgarĭsko tsěsarǐstvije; Bulgarian: Първо българско царство) was a medieval state that existed in Southeastern Europe between the 7th and 11th centuries AD. It was founded in 680–681 after part of the Bulgars, led by ...
Tsarevets (1185–1393) Royal Palace (1882–1946) Appointer. Variously hereditary or elective. Pretender (s) Simeon II. The monarchs of Bulgaria ruled Bulgaria during the medieval First (c. 681–1018) and Second (1185–1422) Bulgarian empires, as well as during the modern Principality (1879–1908) and Kingdom (1908–1946) of Bulgaria.