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Bulgaria's declaration of independence was followed by Austria-Hungary's annexation of Bosnia the following day and Greece's union with the Cretan State (unrecognized until 1913). With the two countries' joint violation of the Treaty of Berlin and the dominant support among European countries, the independence of Bulgaria was internationally ...
On 6 September 1885, Eastern Rumelia became part of the Principality of Bulgaria after a bloodless unification, although the principality was a de facto independent nation but de jure vassal nation of the Ottoman Empire until 1908, when Bulgaria proclaimed its declaration of independence. The 1878 declaration, which signified Bulgaria's break ...
Full independence from Ottoman control was declared in 1908. In the 1912–1913 Balkan Wars, Bulgaria initially formed an alliance with Greece, Serbia and Montenegro against the Ottoman Empire, and together they conquered a great deal of Ottoman territory.
The New Hebrides Condominium declares independence and becomes Vanuatu. Georgia: 9 April 1991: Independence from the Soviet Union declared 1008: Establishment of the Kingdom of Georgia: 23 July 1992: Abkhazia unilaterally declared independence 26 May 1918: Establishment of Democratic Republic of Georgia [10] 28 November 1991
Independence of Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro; Bulgarian-Serbian War (1885) Principality of Bulgaria: Kingdom of Serbia: Victory. Serbia unexpectedly attacked former ally Bulgaria; Prince Alexander of Battenburg led Bulgaria to victory; Macedonian Struggle (1893–1908) Principality of Bulgaria: Kingdom of Greece
The British Somaliland Protectorate gained independence on 26 June 1960 and united with the Trust Territory of Somalia on 1 July 1960 to form the Somali Republic, but later broke away and unilaterally declared independence in 1991. It is internationally unrecognised.
From 1880, it had its own currency as well. In 1885, a bloodless revolution resulted in Eastern Rumelia being de facto annexed by Bulgaria, which the Ottoman Empire accepted with the Tophane Agreement. On 5 October 1908, Bulgaria formally declared its independence as the Kingdom of Bulgaria.
In 1908 Ferdinand used the struggles among the Great Powers to declare Bulgaria an independent kingdom with himself as Tsar. He did this on 5 October (though celebrated on 22 September, as Bulgaria remained officially on the Julian Calendar until 1916) in the St Forty Martyrs Church in Veliko Tarnovo. Even before then, however, Bulgaria had ...