On This Day in Bulgaria

On this day in Bulgarian history: the siege of Pleven entered its fourth month in 1877, and Bulgaria adopted its Law on Political Parties in 1990.

On this day in Bulgarian history: the Pleven blockade tightened in 1877, and Bulgarian troops crossed into Yugoslavia to fight German forces in 1944.

On this day in Bulgarian history: Pleven’s Ottoman garrison faced critical shortages in 1877, and Bulgaria finalised its Balkan War plans in 1912.

On this day in Bulgarian history: foreign observers watched the Pleven siege in 1877, and the great powers responded to Bulgaria’s independence in 1908.

On this day in Bulgarian history: Bulgaria proclaimed full independence as a kingdom in 1908, and formally declared war on Germany in 1944.

On this day in Bulgarian history: General Totleben arrived to direct the Pleven siege in 1877, and Bulgaria established its first satellite communications link in 1991.

On this day in Bulgarian history: Totleben reorganised the Pleven siege lines in 1877, and Bulgarian forces fought in the Nisava Valley in Yugoslavia in 1944.

On this day in Bulgarian history: European journalists covered the Pleven siege in 1877, and the First Balkan War began in 1912.

On this day in Bulgarian history: Bulgaria mobilised for the First Balkan War in 1912, and Churchill and Stalin’s secret agreement placed Bulgaria in the Soviet sphere in 1944.

On this day in Bulgarian history: Bulgaria entered the First Balkan War in 1912, and attacked Serbia as part of the Central Powers in 1915.

On this day in Bulgarian history: the Kresna–Razlog Uprising began in Macedonia in 1878, and Bulgaria won the Battle of Lozengrad in 1912.

On this day in Bulgarian history: Bulgarian forces raced toward Adrianople in 1912, and the Bulgarian Stock Exchange was re-established in 1991.

On this day in Bulgarian history: the Battle of Lyule Burgas began in 1912, and Bulgarian forces helped liberate Belgrade in 1944.

On this day in Bulgarian history: Bulgaria won the Battle of Lyule Burgas in 1912, and Britain declared war on Bulgaria in 1915.

On this day in Bulgarian history: the Bulgarian army reached Adrianople in 1912, and Georgi Dimitrov returned to Bulgaria to lead the communist government in 1946.

On this day in Bulgarian history: Russian artillery battered Pleven in 1877, and Bulgaria negotiated Ottoman recognition of its independence in 1908.

On this day in Bulgarian history: Bulgaria besieged Adrianople in the First Balkan War in 1912, and joined the IMF and World Bank in 1991.

On this day in Bulgarian history: Bulgarian forces pushed deep into Thrace in 1912, and the Communist Party began manoeuvring against Zhivkov in 1989.

On this day in Bulgarian history: Bulgarian forces reached the Catalca line outside Constantinople in 1912, and Bulgaria was proclaimed a People’s Republic in 1946.

On this day in Bulgarian history: the great powers urged a halt to the Balkan War in 1912, and Belgrade was liberated with Bulgarian participation in 1944.

On this day in Bulgarian history: Pleven’s fall grew near as the siege tightened in 1877, and Bulgaria’s regime cracked down amid the Hungarian Revolution in 1956.

On this day in Bulgarian history: Ottoman sorties from Pleven were repelled in 1877, and the Cuban Missile Crisis put Bulgaria on alert in 1962.

On this day in Bulgarian history: European press brought the Pleven siege to international audiences in 1877, and Bulgaria applied for EU membership in 1993.

On this day in Bulgarian history: the Battle of Gorni Dubnik sealed Pleven’s fate in 1877, and Bulgaria joined the United Nations in 1945.

On this day in Bulgarian history: Pleven was completely encircled in 1877, and Bulgaria completed its first peaceful democratic power transfer in 1993.

On this day in Bulgarian history: Pleven’s garrison prepared a breakout attempt in 1877, and diplomatic pressure for a Balkan War ceasefire intensified in 1912.

On this day in Bulgarian history: Osman Pasha finalised breakout plans at Pleven in 1877, and Bulgaria held its first fully democratic elections since communism in 1991.

On this day in Bulgarian history: the Battle of Telish completed Pleven’s encirclement in 1877, and Bulgaria signed its WWII armistice in Moscow in 1944.

On this day in Bulgarian history: starvation gripped Pleven’s Ottoman garrison in 1877, and Bulgaria entered armistice talks in the First Balkan War in 1912.

On this day in Bulgarian history: the Ottoman Empire signed armistice in 1918, and Bulgarian forces fought in Hungary alongside Soviet troops in 1944.

On this day in Bulgarian history: the Pleven siege ground on through October 1877, and a ceasefire ended combat in the First Balkan War in 1912.