This is a timeline of Bulgarian history.
Year | Date | Event |
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6000 BC | The Karanovo culture appeared. | |
5000 BC | The Thracian village of Nebet Tepe is established on the site of modern Plovdiv. [1] | |
4600 BC | Oldest gold artifacts were created. | |
4000 BC | Proto-Thracians settled near the Black Sea. | |
2100 BC | Dabene Treasure of 15,000 small Thracian gold rings created (approximate date). | |
512 BC | Macedonian king Amyntas I surrendered to the Thracians. | |
429 BC | Sitalces invaded Macedon. | |
342 BC | Thracian settlement of modern Plovdiv renamed to "Philippopolis". | |
298 BC | Arrival of the Celtic tribes. | |
212 BC | Abandonment of Tylis. | |
188 BC | Thrace invaded by the Romans |
Year | Date | Event |
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46 | Thrace was conquered by Rome. | |
117 | The Trimontium amphitheater was created. | |
268 | The Goths raided Serdica. | |
343 | The Council of Serdica takes place. | |
447 | Huns start a fire in Sofia. |
Year | Date | Event |
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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 | First Bulgarian Empire (Danubian Bulgaria) was formed. [2] |
Year | Date | Event |
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701 | Asparukh died in a battle. He was succeeded by Tervel. | |
705 | Tervel received title as Caesar in 705 after recovering the throne of Justinian II. | |
721 | Tervel died. He was succeeded by Kormesiy. | |
738 | Kormesiy ended his rule. He was succeeded by Sevar. | |
753 | Sevar died. He was succeeded by Kormisosh. | |
756 | Kormisosh was disposed. He was succeeded by Vinekh. | |
762 | Vinekh was assassinated. He was succeeded by Telets. | |
765 | Telets was assassinated. He was succeeded by Sabin. | |
766 | Sabin was disposed. He was succeeded by Umor. | |
Umor was disposed after a 40-day rule. He was succeeded by Toktu. | ||
767 | Toktu was killed. He was succeeded by Pagan. | |
768 | Pagan was killed by their servants. He was succeeded by Telerig. | |
777 | Telerig was baptized after flying to Constantinople. He was succeeded by Kardam. |
Year | Date | Event |
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803 | Kardam was baptized after fleeing to Constantinople. He was succeeded by Krum. | |
809 | Sofia was renamed to "Sredetz" after becoming part of the Bulgarian Empire. | |
811 | 26 July | Byzantine Emperor Nicephorus I was killed after being involved in the Battle of Pliska. [1] |
814 | 13 April | Krum died. He was succeeded by Omurtag. |
831 | Omurtag died. He was succeeded by Malamir. | |
836 | Malamir died. He was succeeded by Presian I. | |
852 | Presian died. He was succeeded by Boris I. | |
883 | Boris I abdicated. | |
886 | The Glagolitic alphabet was adopted. | |
889 | Boris I ended his rule. He was succeeded by Vladimir. | |
893 | Vladimir was disposed and blinded. He was succeeded by Simeon I. |
Year | Date | Event |
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902 | Boris I died. | |
927 | 27 May | Simeon I died. He was succeeded by Peter I. [1] |
969 | Peter I abdicated. | |
970 | 30 January | Peter I died. He was succeeded by Boris II. |
971 | The Byzantine Empire dethroned Boris II. | |
977 | Boris II was killed by Bulgarian border guards after returning to Bulgaria. He was succeeded by Samuel. | |
991 | The Byzantine Empire captured Roman. | |
997 | Roman died in a Constantinople prison. He was succeeded by Boris II. |
Year | Date | Event |
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1014 | 6 October | Samuel died. He was succeeded by Gavril Radomir. |
1015 | Gavril Radomir died. He was succeeded by Ivan Vladislav. | |
1018 | The Byzantine Emperor Basil II annexed Bulgaria after the death of Ivan Vladislav. | |
1040 | Peter Delyan organized a rebellion, but he failed to recreate the Bulgarian empire. | |
1041 | Peter Delyan died. | |
1072 | Constantine Bodin ruled the annexed Bulgaria under Byzantine rule. |
Year | Date | Event |
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1185 | Second Bulgarian Empire was formed. | |
1190 | Peter II donated his throne to his brother Ivan Asen I. | |
1196 | The Byzantine Empire created a large force after merging the eastern and western armies, but the large army was defeated at the Battle of Arcadiopolis. | |
Ivan Asen I was murdered. Peter II returned to the throne. | ||
1197 | Peter II was murdered. He was succeeded by Kaloyan. |
Year | Date | Event |
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1201 | 21 March | Siege of Varna (1201) : The Bulgarian Empire and the Byzantine Empire compete for the city of Varna. |
24 March | Siege of Varna (1201) : The Bulgarians claim victory to the battle and capture Varna. | |
1205 | Forces of the Latin empire were defeated by Kaloyan at the Battle of Adrianople. | |
1207 | Kaloyan was murdered. He was succeeded by Boril. | |
1218 | Boril was disposed. He was succeeded by Ivan Asen II. | |
1235 | Recreation of the Bulgarian Orthodox Patriarchate. | |
1241 | 24 June | Boril died. He was succeeded by Kaliman Asen I. |
1246 | Kaliman Asen I died. He was succeeded by Michael II Asen. | |
1256 | Michael II Asen was killed. He was succeeded by Kaliman Asen II. | |
Kaliman Asen II was killed. He was succeeded by Mitso Asen. | ||
1257 | Mitso Asen ended his rule. He was succeeded by Constantine I. | |
1277 | Constantine I was killed in a battle. | |
1280 | Ivaylo was killed by the Mongols after arriving at the Golden Horde. | |
1292 | George I went to the Byzantine Empire. |
Year | Date | Event |
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1323 | Michael Shishman Bolyar of Vidin. | |
1330 | 28 July | Battle of Velbuzhd : the Serbians won the battle and the Serbians after the battle dominated Bulgaria. |
1331 | Ivan Stephen was disposed and went to Serbia. | |
1371 | 17 February | Ivan Alexander died. |
1393 | The capital of the Second Bulgarian Empire, Tarnovo, was captured by the Ottoman Empire. | |
1396 | Bulgaria was invaded and conquered by the Turks. |
Year | Date | Event |
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1422 | The Vidin Tsardom, the last Bulgarian state, collapsed. [3] | |
1443 | Sofia was occupied by the Hungarian forces. | |
1493 | Kremikovtsi Monastery was reconstructed. | |
1494 | Buyuk Mosque was constructed. |
Year | Date | Event |
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1528 | The Sveti Sedmochislenitsi Church was constructed. | |
1576 | Banya Bashi Mosque was constructed. | |
1598 | The First Tarnovo uprising took place. |
Year | Date | Event |
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1606 | Cossacks sacked Varna. | |
1640 | The first Bulgarian history was written by Petar Bogdan. [4] | |
1686 | The Second Tarnovo uprising took place. | |
1688 | Chiprovtsi uprising against Ottoman rule. [5] | |
1689 | October | Karposh's rebellion against Ottoman rule: Strahil Vojvoda captured Kriva Palanka. |
Year | Date | Event |
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1737 | Uprising against Ottoman rule in Sofia, Samokov and Western Bulgaria | |
1738 | Great Plague of 1738 : The plague affected also Bulgaria. | |
1739 | The Treaty of Belgrade was signed and Habsburg monarchy/Austrian Empire was no longer active against the Ottoman Empire for around a century. | |
1762 | Istoriya Slavyanobolgarskaya, one of the first ones and the most important early book about Bulgarian History written by Saint Paisius of Hilendar. | |
1768 | Russo-Turkish War (1768-1774) | |
1774 | 20 June | Battle of Kozludzha : The battle took place near Kozludzha, Bulgaria. |
1774 | The Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca gave Russia the right to interfere in Ottoman affairs to protect the Sultan's Christian subjects, including the Bulgarians. | |
1792 | An important book was written about the history of Bulgaria (История во кратце о болгарском народе словенском) by Spiridon Gabrovski . [6] |
Year | Date | Event |
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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. | |
1876 | The major April Uprising is brutally suppressed, resulting in a public outcry in Europe. [2] | |
1878 | March | Russia and Turkey signed the Treaty of San Stefano. [2] |
July | Treaty of Berlin was signed and split Bulgaria in three parts with different destiny. [2] | |
1885-1886 | The Principality of Bulgaria and Eastern Rumelia became united formalized with the Tophane Agreement. | |
1888 | The University of Sofia was established (bears that name from 1904). |
Year | Date | Event |
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1908 | Bulgaria king kills himself. | |
1913 | June | Greece and Serbia established a relationship with each other against Bulgaria. |
1915 | 14 October | Bulgaria joined World War I and teamed up with (Germany). [8] |
1918 | 30 September | Bulgaria surrendered in World War I. |
1919 | 27 November | Treaty of Neuilly-sur-Seine : After it was signed at Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, Bulgaria gave away some of their territories |
1920 | 28 March | An election took place. |
1923 | 9 June | A coup d'état took place and it resulted in the assassination of Aleksandar Stamboliyski. |
1925 | 18 October | War of the stray dog : The war began with Greece. |
23 October | War of the stray dog : The war ended with Bulgarian victory. | |
1939 | 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 | Georgi Dimitrov died and Valko Chervenkov became the new leader of the communist party. |
16 December | Death of Traicho Kostov. | |
1954 | 4 March | Todor Zhivkov became the leader of the communist party. |
1955 | 14 May | The Warsaw Pact was signed. |
1962 | Yugov retired from the communist party. | |
1963 | Pirin Macedonia was declared by Zhivkov as a part of Bulgaria. | |
1968 | Zhivkov's loyalty was demonstrated to the Soviet Union. | |
1975 | 1 August | The Helsinki Accords was signed by Bulgaria, giving citizens more freedom. |
1989 | 10 November | Communists in the government are replaced by democracy supporters. |
1990 | 3 April | Bulgaria is no longer a communist state and was renamed to the Republic of Bulgaria. [2] |
1995 | Zhan Videnov took office after the angry reactions against a reform on the economy. | |
1997 | After the BSP government in Bulgaria fell, the UDF took its place. [2] |
Year | Date | Event |
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2001 | 17 June | Simeon II won in parliamentary elections. [9] [10] |
2004 | 29 March | Bulgaria joins NATO. [1] [11] [12] |
2007 | 1 January | Bulgaria joins in the European Union. [13] [14] |
2009 | Recession of 2009 occurred. [3] | |
2010 | Bulgaria started to export goods to nations that didn't join the European Union. | |
2013 | 19 January | Oktay Enimehmedov attempted to launch a gas pistol at Ahmed Dogan who was the leader of the Turkish political party. After the gun wasn't successful at releasing a bullet, Enimehmedov was beaten up. [1] |
14 September | Protesters crowded the streets near the parliament in Sofia, requesting the Socialist-led government to be resigned. [3] | |
2014 | 1 January | Romanians and Bulgarians can work in the 28 European Union member states after the European Commission announced it. |
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