On January 1, the Rogozen Treasure was discovered in 1986, while Bulgaria joined the European Union in 2007.
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On This Day in Bulgaria
Daily historical facts, events, and anniversaries from Bulgarian history — a recurring, date-based series.
On This Day in Bulgaria: January 2
On January 2, the Zornitsa weekly began publishing in Constantinople, while a Thessaloniki congress decided on the Ilinden-Preobrazhenie Uprising.
On This Day in Bulgaria: January 3
On January 3, Sofia opened the National Theatre building in 1907, and Bulgaria’s first IVF baby was born in 1988.
On This Day in Bulgaria: January 4
On January 4, Russian forces liberated Sofia in 1878, while the Movement for Rights and Freedoms was founded in Varna in 1990.
On This Day in Bulgaria: January 5
On January 5, Vasil Levski went on trial in Sofia in 1873, while the Higher School received its name in 1889.
On This Day in Bulgaria: January 6
On January 6, Hristo Botev was born in Kalofer in 1848, and the blessing of the Bulgarian Army colours was restored in 1993.
On This Day in Bulgaria: January 7
On January 7, Sofia’s First Boys’ High School opened in 1878, while the Hristo Botev Bulgarian Library opened in Chisinau in 1992.
On This Day in Bulgaria: January 8
On January 8, Petar Popangelov won Bulgaria’s first Alpine Ski World Cup race in 1980, and mass privatization began in 1996.
On This Day in Bulgaria: January 9
On January 9, Bulgaria’s oldest technical school of higher learning was founded in Ruse in 1881, and the New Social Democratic Party was established in 1990.
On This Day in Bulgaria: January 10
On January 10, Sofia suffered its worst Allied bombing raid in 1944, while opposition protests escalated during the winter crisis in 1997.
On This Day in Bulgaria: January 11 — Parliament Protests and the 2002 Report
On January 11, police dispersed protesters outside Parliament in 1997, and a report on MPs’ secret-service affiliations was unveiled in 2002.
On This Day in Bulgaria: January 12
On January 12 in Bulgaria, the first Sofia–Plovdiv telephone line began operating in 1892, and the first round of the first direct presidential election was held in 1992.
On This Day in Bulgaria: January 13 — Order of Valour and Bulgarian Navy
On January 13 in Bulgaria, Prince Alexander I of Battenberg instituted the Order of Valour in 1880, and the Bulgarian Navy was formed in Varna in 1899.
On This Day in Bulgaria: January 14 — Monitorial School and Tram Service
On January 14 in Bulgaria, the first secular monitorial school opened in Gabrovo in 1835, and Sofia’s first tram service began operating in 1901.
On This Day in Bulgaria: January 15
On this day in Bulgarian history: Sofia Public Library opened to readers in 1879, and poet Geo Milev was born in 1895.
On This Day in Bulgaria: January 16
On this day in Bulgarian history: Plovdiv was liberated from Ottoman rule in 1878, and National Roundtable Talks began in 1990.
On This Day in Bulgaria: January 17
On this day in Bulgarian history: Yambol was liberated from Ottoman rule in 1878, and Bulgaria applied to join the Council of Europe in 1991.
On This Day in Bulgaria: January 18
On this day in Bulgarian history: Parliament passed the act establishing the Bulgarian National Bank in 1885, and the European Parliament supported the Bulgarian nurses in Libya in 2007.
On This Day in Bulgaria: January 19
On this day in Bulgarian history: François Mitterrand met Bulgarian dissidents in Sofia in 1989, and Zhelyu Zhelev became the first directly elected president in 1992.
On This Day in Bulgaria: January 20
On this day in Bulgarian history: the first Bulgarian airplane flew near St Petersburg in 1912, and BTA launched The World in Photos and Cartoons in 1965.
On This Day in Bulgaria: January 21
On this day in Bulgarian history: the Statistical Division was established in 1880, and Darik Radio began broadcasting in 1993.
On This Day in Bulgaria: January 22
On this day in Bulgarian history: Vasil Levski’s death sentence was confirmed in 1873, and Bulgaria passed its first law protecting women and children workers in 1905.
On This Day in Bulgaria: January 23
On this day in Bulgarian history: Sofia’s Higher School was named Bulgarian University in 1904, and BusinessWeek Bulgaria published its first issue in 2006.
On This Day in Bulgaria: January 24
On this day in Bulgarian history: a composers’ society was established in 1933, and Bulgaria and Yugoslavia signed a pact of friendship in 1937.
On This Day in Bulgaria: January 25
On this day in Bulgarian history: the Bulgarian National Bank was established in 1879, and radio broadcasting was nationalized in 1935.
On This Day in Bulgaria: January 26
On this day in Bulgarian history: the Sofia University crisis was resolved in 1908, and bTV was licensed as a nationwide broadcaster in 2000.
On This Day in Bulgaria: January 27
On this day in Bulgarian history: the Bulgarian News Agency was established in 1898, and Bulgaria held a national referendum on nuclear energy in 2013.
On This Day in Bulgaria: January 28
On this day in Bulgarian history: Bulgaria’s State Higher Theatre School was established in 1948, and Sofia Metro opened its first line in 1998.
On This Day in Bulgaria: January 29
On this day in Bulgarian history: Bulgarian theatre in Braila staged its first show in 1866, and Targovishte and Kyustendil were liberated in 1878.
On This Day in Bulgaria: January 30
On this day in Bulgarian history: Tsarigradski Vestnik published its first issue in 1848, and Bulgaria’s first civilian hospital opened in Sofia in 1879.
On This Day in Bulgaria: January 31
On this day in Bulgarian history: the Edirne ceasefire ended combat in 1878, and a law on the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences was passed in 1947.