On This Day in Bulgaria

On this day in Bulgarian history: Bulgaria established National Awakeners Day in 1923, and Revival-era intellectual Ivan Bogorov died in 1892.

On this day in Bulgarian history: Serbia declared war on Bulgaria in 1885, and Sofia University established its Department of Law in 1892.

On this day in Bulgarian history: Bulgaria mobilized to defend the Unification in 1885, and Ecoglasnost staged a landmark civic protest in Sofia in 1989.

On this day in Bulgarian history: the Battle of Chatalja began in 1912, and communist leader Georgi Dimitrov returned to Bulgaria in 1945.

On this day in Bulgarian history: the Battle of Slivnitsa began in 1885, and Sofia’s National Gallery for Foreign Art opened in 1985.

On this day in Bulgarian history: Serbian forces occupied Bulgaria’s Western Outlands in 1920, and Bulgaria joined the UN FAO in 1967.

On this day in Bulgarian history: the Rousse-Varna railway was inaugurated in 1866, and Bulgaria’s Sixth Grand National Assembly convened in 1946.

On this day in Bulgarian history: Tsar Kaloyan acceded to the throne in 1204, and the Higher School of Commerce opened in Svishtov in 1936.

On this day in Bulgarian history: the Bulgarian Historical Society was founded in 1901, and the country’s first nuclear research reactor began operating in 1961.

On this day in Bulgarian history: the Battle of Varna ended in Ottoman victory in 1444, and Todor Zhivkov was removed from power in 1989.

On this day in Bulgarian history: the Giurgiu Revolutionary Committee planned a new uprising in 1875, and four Catholic clergymen were executed in Sofia in 1952.

On this day in Bulgarian history: a naval force was established in Varna in 1897, and the Higher School of Technology was set up in Ruse in 1945.

On this day in Bulgarian history: regular classes began at the State Militia School in Sofia in 1944, and Bulgarian troops entered Skopje during the anti-German offensive.

On this day in Bulgarian history: Hristo Botev arrived in Odesa in 1863, and Sofia suffered its first massive Allied bombing in 1943.

On this day in Bulgarian history: the first aircraft flights in Bulgaria took place in 1910, and the country became the Republic of Bulgaria in 1990.

On this day in Bulgarian history: the Great Powers demanded an end to the Serbo-Bulgarian War in 1885, and the Bulgarian Charities Aid Foundation was established in 1995.

On this day in Bulgarian history: Bulgaria attempted aerial photography in the First Balkan War in 1912, and Parliament removed Todor Zhivkov from state office in 1989.

On this day in Bulgarian history: Bulgaria established diplomatic relations with Burma in 1955, and informal movements held Sofia’s first major free rally in 1989.

On this day in Bulgarian history: the first issue of Svoboda was published in 1869, and Todor Zhivkov became Prime Minister in 1962.

On this day in Bulgarian history: the Red Cross Hospital opened in Sofia in 1900, and Parliament rejected Filip Dimitrov’s proposed government in 1992.

On this day in Bulgarian history: Drazki torpedoed the Ottoman cruiser Hamidiye in 1912, and NATO invited Bulgaria to accession talks in 2002.

On this day in Bulgarian history: Parliament passed Bulgaria’s first Bar Act in 1888, and the coat of arms was removed from the national flag in 1990.

On this day in Bulgarian history: Kozloduy was liberated from Ottoman rule in 1877, and Bulgaria signed its first treaty with the United States in 1923.

On this day in Bulgarian history: Todor Burmov’s first Bulgarian government left office in 1879, and cinema pioneer Vasil Gendov was born in 1891.

On this day in Bulgarian history: a Supreme Court was established in 1878, and Sofia’s last conscripts were ceremonially seen off in 2007.

On this day in Bulgarian history: Bulgaria’s first Military School opened in Sofia in 1878, and Podkrepa called a nationwide general strike in 1990.

On this day in Bulgarian history: Bulgaria signed the Treaty of Neuilly in 1919, and the Opera and Ballet House in Ruse opened in 1949.

On this day in Bulgarian history: Bulgaria’s first large industrial enterprise opened in Sofia in 1898, and Nikola Stanchev became the country’s first Olympic champion in 1956.

On this day in Bulgarian history: Kozloduy NPP Unit 5 began to be brought on stream in 1988, and Bulgaria signed a customs reform agreement with Crown Agents in 2001.

On this day in Bulgarian history: the Constantinople Conference began discussing Bulgarian autonomy in 1876, and Parliament accepted Andrei Lukanov’s resignation in 1990.