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Historical Events
Results 1 - 93 of 93
0681-08-09 - Bulgaria is founded as a Khanate on the south bank of the Danube, after defeating the Byzantine armies of Emperor Constantine IV south of the Danube delta.
0811-07-26 - Battle at Pliska: Bulgarian under monarch Krum beat Byzantine
0917-08-20 - Battle at Anchialus: Bulgaria army counter attacks Byzantines
0927-05-27 - Battle of the Bosnian Highlands: Simeon I of Bulgaria is defeated by King Tomislav of Croatia.
1014-07-29 - Battle of Strumitsa-valley: Byzantine destroys Bulgarian armies
1205-04-15 - Battle at Adrianople: Bulgaria beats Emp Boudouin of Constantinople
1230-03-09 - Bulgarian tsar Ivan Asen II defeats Theodore of Epirus near the village of Klokotnitsa.
1393-07-17 - Osmanen occupy Turnovo, Bulgaria
1870-02-28 - The Bulgarian Exarchate is established by decree of Sultan Abd-ul-Aziz of the Ottoman Empire.
1876-05-02 - The April Uprising breaks out in Bulgaria.
1876-06-02 - Hristo Botev, a national revolutionary of Bulgaria, is killed in Stara Planina
1878-03-03 - Bulgaria liberated from Turkey (Peace of San Stefano)
1879-01-25 - The Bulgarian National Bank is founded.
1885-09-06 - Eastern Rumelia declares its union with Bulgaria. The Unification of Bulgaria is accomplished.
1885-11-13 - Serbian army occupies Bulgaria
1908-09-22 - Bulgaria declares independence from Ottoman Empire (Turkey)
1908-10-05 - Bulgaria declares independence from Turkey, Ferdinand I becomes Tsar
1912-10-17 - Bulgaria, Greece & Serbia declares war on Turkey
1912-11-05 - Bulgarian troops in Constantinople blockade drinking water
1912-12-03 - Turkey, Serbia, Montenegro, Greece & Bulgaria sign weapons pact
1913-03-03 - Establishment of the first football club in Bulgaria - Ticha, now known as PFC "Cherno More".
1913-03-26 - Bulgaria captures Adrianople, ending the 1st Balkan War
1913-06-29 - 2nd Balkan War begins-Bulgaria overthrows Greek/Serbian troops
1913-07-01 - Serbia & Greece declare war on Bulgaria
1913-07-10 - Romania declares war on Bulgaria
1913-07-20 - Turkish troop take Adrianopel & Erdine from Bulgaria
1913-08-10 - 2nd Balkan War ends, Treaty of Bucharest, Bulgaria loses
1913-09-21 - Turkey & Bulgaria sign peace treaty in Constantinople
1915-10-05 - Bulgaria enters World War I as one of the Central Powers.
1915-10-11 - Bulgarian anti Serbian offensive begins
1915-10-16 - Great Britain declares war on Bulgaria
1915-10-19 - Russia/Italy declares war on Bulgaria
1916-08-17 - Bulgarian offensive in Macedonia
1916-09-01 - Bulgaria declares war on Romania
1918-10-03 - Boris becomes king of Bulgaria
1918-10-03 - Czar Ferdinand I of Bulgaria does distance of throne
1919-10-06 - Stambuliski becomes premier of Bulgaria
1919-11-27 - Peace of Neuilly-sur-Seine: Allies & Bulgaria
1920-08-09 - Bulgarian & allied Peace of Neuilly-sur-Seine goes into effect
1920-09-04 - Last day of Julian civil calendar (in parts of Bulgaria)
1923-06-09 - Bulgarian premier Stamboeliski & King Boris III overthrown
1929-03-06 - Turkey & Bulgaria sign friendship treaty
1933-03-09 - Bulgarian communists Dimitrov, Popov & Vassili arrested in Berlin
1934-05-19 - Military coup by Col Damian Veltsjev in Bulgaria
1935-04-21 - King Boris of Bulgaria forbids all political parties
1940-09-07 - Treaty of Craiova: Romania loses Southern Dobrudja to Bulgaria.
1941-01-21 - 1st anti-Jewish measures in Bulgaria
1941-03-01 - German troops invade Bulgaria
1941-03-02 - World War II: First German military units enter Bulgaria after it joined the Axis Pact.
1941-04-19 - Bulgarian troops invade Macedonia
1942-06-05 - USA declares war on Bulgaria, Hungary & Romania
1943-01-20 - Operation-Weiss: Assault of German, Italian, Bulgarian & Croatian
1943-08-16 - Bulgarian czar Boris III visits Adolf Hitler
1944-08-26 - Bulgaria announces withdrawal & German troops are to be disarmed
1944-09-01 - Bulgaria govt of Bagrjanow, resigns
1944-09-08 - Russians march into Bulgaria; Bulgaria declares war on Germany
1944-09-09 - Bulgaria liberated from Nazi control (National Day)
1944-09-15 - Russian troops free Sofia Bulgaria
1944-10-28 - Russia & Bulgaria sign weapon pact
1946-09-08 - Bulgaria ends monarchy
1946-10-27 - Georgi Domitrovs National Front wins Bulgaria elections (78%)
1946-11-21 - Georgi Dimitrov elected premier of Bulgaria
1949-07-20 - Vasil Kolarov elected premier of Bulgaria
1955-05-14 - Warsaw Pact is signed by the Soviet Union, Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland & Romania
1955-07-27 - Bulgaria shoots down a plane heading for Israel (58 die)
1955-07-27 - Israeli passenger plane shot down above Bulgaria, 58 die
1956-04-03 - Bulgarian vice premier Traitsjo Kostov rehabilitated
1956-04-17 - Bulgaria premier Tchervenkov resigns
1962-11-19 - Todor Zjivkov becomes premier of Bulgaria
1964-09-29 - Greece & Bulgaria close boundaries
1966-08-31 - Referee Leo Horn whistles his last soccer match (Ajax-Bulgaria)
1966-11-24 - A Bulgarian plane with 82 people on board crashes near Bratislava, Slovakia.
1971-05-16 - Bulgaria adopts it's constitution
1971-05-18 - Bulgarian constitution goes into effect
1979-04-10 - Soyuz 33 launched with a Russian & a Bulgarian
1984-01-10 - Bulgarian Tupolev 134 crashs at Sofia airport in Bulgaria, 50 die
1987-08-30 - Stefka Kostadinova of Bulgaria sets high jump woman's record (6'10½")
1988-08-20 - Yordanka Donkova of Bulgaria sets 100m hurdle woman's record (12.21)
1988-12-27 - Bulgaria stops jamming Radio Free Europe after more than 3 decades
1989-11-03 - 100s of Bulgarian demonstrate in Sofia for democratic rights
1989-11-10 - Bulgarian party president Todor Zjikov, resigns
1992-01-15 - Bulgaria recognizes Macedonia
1994-07-16 - Sweden shuts out Bulgaria 4-0, to finish 3rd in the World Cup
1994-09-04 - Bulgarian govt of Berov falls
1994-12-18 - Socialist Party (ex-communist) wins Bulgaria parliamentary election
1998-10-29 - While en route from Adana to Ankara, a Turkish Airlines flight with a crew of 6 and 33 passengers is hijacked by a Kurdish militant who orders the pilot to fly to Switzerland. The plane instead lands in Ankara after the pilot tricked the hijacker into thinking that he was landing in the Bulgarian capital of Sofia to refuel.
2001-07-24 - Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, the last Tsar of Bulgaria when he was a child, is sworn in as Prime Minister of Bulgaria, becoming the first monarch in history to regain political power through democratic election to a different office.
2001-08-01 - Bulgaria, Cyprus, Latvia, Malta, Slovenia and Slovakia join the European Environment Agency.
2002-11-21 - NATO invites Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia to become members.
2004-03-29 - Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia join NATO as full members.
2005-04-25 - Bulgaria and Romania sign accession treaties to join the European Union.
2007-01-01 - Bulgaria and Romania officially join the European Union. Also, Bulgarian, Romanian, and Irish become official languages of the European Union, joining 20 other official languages.
2007-05-13 - Construction of the Calafat-Vidin Bridge between Romania and Bulgaria begins.
Famous Birthdays
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1815-07-28 - Stefan Dunjov, Banat Bulgarian military figure (d. 1889)
1827-11-17 - Petko Slavejkov, Bulgarian writer (d. 1895)
1837-07-18 - Vasil Levski, Bulgarian revolutionary (d. 1873)
1840-05-10 - Hadzhi Dimitar, Bulgarian revolutionist (d. 1868)
1848-01-05 - Khristo Botev, hero of Bulgarian revolt against Turkey, poet
1850-06-27 - Ivan Vazov, Bulgaria, poet/novelist/playwright (Under the Yoke)
1857-04-05 - Alexander-Jozef von Battenberg, ruler of Bulgaria (1879-86)
1860-08-22 - Eleonore of Reuss-Köstritz, tsaritsa of Bulgaria (d. 1917)
1861-02-26 - Ferdinand I, Vienna, 1st tsar of modern Bulgaria (1908-18)
1863-01-01 - Aleko Konstantinov, Bulgarian writer (To Chicago & Back)
1864-07-11 - Petar Danov, Bulgarian spiritual teacher (d. 1944)
1869-12-16 - Hristo Tatarchev, Bulgarian revolutionary (d. 1952)
1874-10-21 - Albert Aftalion, Bulgaria/French economist
1876-12-04 - Dimitur Poljanov, [Popov], Bulgaria, poet (Iron Poems)
1879-09-26 - Petko J Todorov, Bulgaria, writer (Fairy, Samodiva Fee)
1881-03-04 - Todor Aleksandrov, 19th century Bulgarian revolutionary (d. 1924)
1882-06-18 - Georgi Dimitrov, Bulgaria premier (1946-49) [or 6/28]
1885-03-31 - Jules Pascin, [Julius Pincas], Bulgarian/US painter/cartoonist
1888-02-06 - Ljudmil Stojanow, Bulgarian poet (Metsh i Slowo, Cholera)
1893-04-29 - Elisaveta Bagrjana, [Beltsheva], Bulgaria, poet
1894-01-30 - Boris III, czar of Bulgaria (1918-43)
1896-08-26 - Ivan Mihailov, Bulgarian revolutionary (d. 1990)
1899-02-22 - Dechko Uzunov, Bulgarian painter (d. 1986)
1905-07-25 - Elias Canetti, Bulgarian/British novelist (Life-Terms, Nobel 1981)
1907-11-13 - Giovanna of Italy, tsaritsa of Bulgaria (d. 2000)
1909-08-22 - Stojan T Daskalov, Bulgaria, writer (A Farm)
1909-12-28 - Nikola J Vaptsarov, Bulgaria poet (Subrani Sutsjinenija)
1911-09-07 - Todor C Zjivkov, Bulgaria partizan/premier/president
1913-07-10 - Ljuba Welitsch, Borisovo, Bulgaria, opera soprano (Nedda-Pagliacci)
1914-05-18 - Boris Christoff, Bulgaria/Italian bass (Boris Godunov)
1929-03-01 - Georgi Markov, Bulgarian dissident (d. 1978)
1929-07-26 - Alexis Weissenberg, Sofia Bulgaria, pianist (Levintritt-1948)
1929-09-13 - Nicolai Ghiaurov, Bulgarian opera singer (d. 2004)
1929-10-24 - Yordan Radichkov, Bulgarian writer (d. 2004)
1931-04-01 - George Baker, Bulgaria, actor (Goodbye Mr Chips, Curse of the Fly)
1932-05-26 - Grigor Vachkov, Bulgarian actor (d. 1980)
1933-06-10 - Georgi Atanasov, Bulgarian Prime Minister
1935-01-06 - Margarita Gomez-Acebo y Cejuela, Tsaritsa of Bulgaria
1935-03-03 - Zhelyu Zhelev, president of Bulgaria (1990- )
1935-06-13 - Christo [Javacheff], Bulgaria, artist, wrapper (Running Fence)
1937-06-16 - Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Tsar of Bulgaria
1941-06-24 - Julia Kristeva, Bulgarian-French philosopher, psychoanalyst, and novelist
1941-11-19 - Ivanka Khristova, Bulgaria, shot putter (Olympic-gold-1976)
1942-07-02 - Georgi Ivanov, Bulgaria, cosmonaut (Soyuz 33)
1943-02-24 - Hristo Prodanov, Bulgarian mountaineer
1944-08-15 - Sylvie Vartan, Bulgarian pop singer
1945-07-12 - Dimitar Penev, Bulgaria soccer player/union coach (Lokomotiv/CSKA)
1946-05-26 - Neshka Robeva, Bulgarian Rhythmic gymnas and coach.
1947-12-02 - Ivan Atanassov Petrov, Bulgarian neurologist
1949-08-02 - Bertalan Farkas, Bulgaria, cosmonaut (Soyuz 36/35)
1951-12-01 - Alexander Panayotov Aleksandrov, Bulgaria, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-5)
1954-05-11 - Lubomir Stoykov, Bulgarian journalist and broadcaster
1956-12-04 - Blagoi Blagoyev, Bulgaria, 82.5 kg weightlifer (Olympics-silver-1976)
1957-06-28 - Georgi Parvanov, President of Bulgaria
1959-07-03 - Stoyan Deltchev, Bulgaria, horizontal bar gymnist (Olympic-gold-1980)
1961-01-24 - Krasimir Mikhailov Stoyanov, Bulgaria, cosmonaut
1961-09-28 - Yordanka Donkova, Bulgaria, 100 m hurdler (world record)
1961-11-07 - Mintcho Pachov, Bulgaria, 67.5kg weightlifer (Olympic-bronze-1980)
1962-12-02 - Kardam, Prince of Turnovo, titular Bulgarian royal family
1963-03-02 - Tanyu Kiryakov, Bulgarian pistol shooter
1964-07-11 - Kyrill, Prince of Preslav, titular Bulgarian royal family
1965-05-25 - Stefka Kostadinova, Bulgaria high jumper (world record 1987)
1965-11-05 - Kubrat, Prince of Panagiurishte, titular Bulgarian royal family
1966-02-08 - Hristo Stoichkov, Bulgarian footballer
1966-05-13 - Kamen Vodenicharov, Bulgarian entertainer
1967-01-23 - Naim Suleymanoglu, Bulgaria, Turkish weight lifter (Oly-gold-1988)
1967-02-13 - Stanimir Stoilov, Bulgarian footballer and coach
1967-02-14 - Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere, Sofia Bulgaria, tennis player (1984 US Mix)
1967-12-05 - Konstantin-Assen, Prince of Vidin, titular Bulgarian royal family
1969-05-07 - Katerina Maleeva, Bulgaria, tennis player (US Open Junior 1984)
1972-01-19 - Princess Kalina of Bulgaria, titular Bulgarian royal family
1972-05-17 - Elena Wagner, Sofia Bulgaria, tennis star (1996 ITF/Redbridge-GBR)
1973-02-24 - Jordan Jovtchev, Bulgarian gymnast
1973-07-14 - Halil Mutlu, Bulgaria-born Turkish weightlifter
1974-01-17 - Vesko Kountchev, Bulgarian musician
1974-07-30 - Radostin Kishishev, Bulgarian footballer
1975-03-15 - Veselin Topalov, Bulgarian chess player
1975-04-01 - Magdalena Maleeva, Sofia Bulgaria, tennis star (1995 Chicago Moscow)
1975-06-16 - Maria Sinigerova, Miss Universe-Bulgaria (1996)
1975-09-22 - Svilen Noev, Bulgarian singer-songwriter
1976-10-24 - Petar Stoychev, Bulgarian swimmer
1977-05-31 - Theodoros Baev, Bulgarian-born Greek volleyball player
1977-10-06 - Vladimir Manchev, Bulgarian footballer
1978-05-30 - Krassmira Todorava, Miss Bulgaria Universe (1997)
1978-06-06 - Mariana Popova, Bulgarian singer
1979-01-15 - Martin Petrov, Bulgarian footballer
1979-07-05 - Stiliyan Petrov, Bulgarian footballer
1981-01-30 - Dimitar Berbatov, Bulgarian footballer
1985-05-16 - Stanislav Ianevski, Bulgarian actor
1986-03-18 - Kaloyan Ivanov, Bulgarian basketball player
1989-08-08 - Sesil Karatantcheva, Bulgarian tennis player
1994-07-27 - Princess Mafalda-Ceceilia of Bulgaria
1995-12-14 - Princess Olimpia Preslavska of Bulgaria
1997-10-12 - Prince Boris of Bulgaria
1999-03-23 - Prince Beltran of Bulgaria
1999-11-20 - Princess Sofia of Bulgaria, titular Bulgarian royal family
1999-11-20 - Prince Umberto of Bulgaria, titular Bulgarian royal family
2002-06-03 - Prince Tirso of Bulgaria, titular Bulgarian royal family
Famous Deaths
Results 1 - 46 of 46
0814-04-13 - Krum of Bulgaria
0907-05-02 - Boris I of Bulgaria
0910-12-23 - Naum of Preslav, Bulgarian scholar
0916-07-27 - Kliment/Clemens van Ohrid, Bulgaria bishop of Ohrid/saint, dies
0927-05-27 - Symeon, czar of Bulgaria ( -927)
0927-05-27 - Tsar Simeon I of Bulgaria (b. 864 or 865)
0969-01-29 - Peter, tsar of Bulgaria (927-69), dies
1014-10-06 - Samuel, ruler of Bulgaria, dies
1014-10-06 - Samuil, Emperor of the Bulgarian Empire (b. 958)
1330-07-28 - Michael III, Tsar of Bulgaria, dies in battle
1371-02-17 - Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria
1395-06-03 - Ivan Shishman of Bulgaria
1422-09-17 - Constantine II of Bulgaria
1831-01-04 - Nikola P Neofit Rilski, Bulgaria abbot/poet, dies at 37
1873-02-19 - Vasil Levski, Bulgarian revolutionary (b. 1837)
1876-05-12 - Georgi Benkovski, Bulgarian revolutionary, brutally killed by the Turks (b. 1843)
1876-05-20 - Khristo Botev, Bulgarian poet, dies
1876-05-24 - Georgi Benkovski, Bulgarian revolutionary (b. 1843)
1889-08-29 - Stefan Dunjov, Banat Bulgarian military figure (b. 1815)
1893-11-17 - Alexander-Jozef von Battenberg, king of Bulgaria (1879-86), dies at 36
1897-05-23 - Aleko Konstantinov, Bulgarian writer (To Chicago & Back), dies at 34
1907-03-11 - Nikola Petkow, premier (Bulgaria), murdered
1916-02-14 - Petko J Todorov, Bulgaria writer (Zmejova), dies at 36
1923-06-15 - Alexander Stamboeliski, premier Bulgaria (1919-23), dies
1930-06-05 - Jules Pascin, [Julius Pincas], Bulgarian/US painter/cartoonist, dies
1942-07-23 - Nikola J Vaptsarov, Bulgaria poet/communist, executed at 32
1943-08-28 - Boris III, of Saksen-Coburg, King of Bulgaria (1918-43), dies
1947-09-23 - Nikola Petkov, leader of Bulgaria Boer party, hanged
1948-09-16 - Ferdinand I MKLM, prince of Saxony-Coburg/tsar of Bulgaria, dies
1949-07-02 - Georgi Dimitrov, Bulgaria premier (1946-49), dies at 67
1949-12-16 - Traitsjo Kostov, Bulgarian communist vice-premier, executed
1953-09-25 - Dimitur Poljanov, [Popov], Bulgaria poet (Iron Verses), dies
1956-04-03 - T Kostov, Bulgarian vice-premier, executed
1958-10-08 - Ran Bosilek, Bulgarian author (b. 1886)
1978-09-11 - Georgi Markov, Bulgarian dissident (b. 1929)
1984-04-20 - Hristo Prodanov, Bulgarian mountaineer (b. 1943)
1986-04-26 - Dechko Uzunov, Bulgarian painter (b. 1899)
1990-09-05 - Ivan Mihailov, Bulgarian revolutionary (b. 1896)
1993-06-28 - Boris Christoff, Bulgaria/Italian bass (Don Carlos), dies at 79
1994-08-14 - Elias Canetti, Bulgaria/British author (Nobel 1981), dies at 89
1996-10-02 - Andrey Lukanov, PM of Bulgaria (1990), assassinated at 58
1996-12-17 - Stanko Todorov, PM of Bulgaria (1971-81), dies
1998-08-05 - Todor Zhivkov, Bulgarian dictator (b. 1911)
2003-07-07 - Izhak Graziani, Bulgarian-born conductor (b. 1924)
2004-01-21 - Yordan Radichkov, Bulgarian writer (b. 1929)
2005-03-30 - Emil Dimitrov, Bulgarian singer (b. 1940)
