On this day in Bulgarian history: Bulgaria’s first permanent weather station opened in Sofia in 1887, and the People’s Court issued major sentences in 1945.
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On This Day in Bulgaria: February 2
On this day in Bulgarian history: the Bulgarian Board of Trustees was set up in Odessa in 1854, and the Bulgarian Agrarian Union was founded in 1896.
On This Day in Bulgaria: February 3
On this day in Bulgarian history: the Posts, Telegraph and Telephone Act was gazetted in 1906, and the Bulgarian flag first flew in Antarctica in 1967.
On This Day in Bulgaria: February 4
On this day in Bulgarian history: an assassination attempt targeted Alexander Stamboliiski in 1923, and Allied aircraft bombed Dupnitsa in 1944.
On This Day in Bulgaria: February 5
On this day in Bulgarian history: the first post-Liberation government was appointed in 1879, and the Paris Peace Treaty with Bulgaria was signed in 1947.
On This Day in Bulgaria: February 6
On this day in Bulgarian history: Burgas was liberated from Ottoman rule in 1878, and Bulgaria moved toward a caretaker government during the winter crisis in 1997.
On This Day in Bulgaria: February 7
On this day in Bulgarian history: Pomorie was liberated from Ottoman rule in 1878, and the BBC aired its first Bulgarian-language broadcast in 1940.
On This Day in Bulgaria: February 8
On this day in Bulgarian history: the Battle of Bulair began in 1913, and the Podkrepa Independent Trade Union was founded in 1989.
On This Day in Bulgaria: February 9
On this day in Bulgarian history: Bulgaria became a member of UNICEF in 1949, and Ekaterina Dafovska won the country’s first Winter Olympic gold in 1998.
On This Day in Bulgaria: February 10
On this day in Bulgarian history: the Constituent Assembly opened in Tarnovo in 1879, and Ruse held a mass environmental protest in 1988.
On This Day in Bulgaria: February 11
On this day in Bulgarian history: the first Bulgarian chitalishte was established in Svishtov in 1856, and parties agreed on anti-crisis measures in 1997.
On This Day in Bulgaria: February 12
On this day in Bulgarian history: Den magazine published its first issue in 1875, and Stefan Sofiyanski’s caretaker cabinet took office in 1997.
On This Day in Bulgaria: February 13
On this day in Bulgarian history: Bulgaria designated March 10 as Holocaust Day in 2003, and the ship Hera sank in the Sea of Marmara in 2004.
On This Day in Bulgaria: February 14
On this day in Bulgarian history: Sofia launched its first trolleybus service in 1941, and Bulgaria joined NATO’s Partnership for Peace in 1994.
On This Day in Bulgaria: February 15
On this day in Bulgarian history: Bulgaria’s first foreign-language secondary school opened in Lovech in 1950, and EU accession negotiations opened in 2000.
On This Day in Bulgaria: February 16
On this day in Bulgarian history: Antim of Vidin was elected first Bulgarian Exarch in 1872, and BTA released its first news bulletin in 1898.
On This Day in Bulgaria: February 17
On this day in Bulgarian history: Bulgaria and Turkiye signed a non-aggression declaration in 1941, and Bulgaria decided to seek full NATO membership in 1997.
On This Day in Bulgaria: February 18
On this day in Bulgarian history: Vasil Levski was executed near Sofia in 1873, and Boyko Borissov announced his government’s resignation in 2013.
On This Day in Bulgaria: February 19
On this day in Bulgarian history: Bulgaria commemorates Vasil Levski, and Parliament passed the Act on re-denomination of the lev in 1999.
On This Day in Bulgaria: February 20
On this day in Bulgarian history: the first post-Liberation Holy Synod was elected in 1881, and the United States broke diplomatic relations with Bulgaria in 1950.
On This Day in Bulgaria: February 21
On this day in Bulgarian history: the Patriarchate called a gathering on Bulgarian Church autonomy in 1864, and Parliament adopted a restitution act in 1992.
On This Day in Bulgaria: February 22
On this day in Bulgarian history: professional ballet began with Coppelia in 1928, and the schism over the Bulgarian Church was lifted in 1945.
On This Day in Bulgaria: February 23
On this day in Bulgarian history: the first Convention of Bulgarian Clergy and Laity opened in 1871, and Ellen Stone and Katerina Tsilka were released in 1902.
On This Day in Bulgaria: February 24
On this day in Bulgarian history: the ship Struma was sunk near the Bosphorus in 1942, and Neophyte was elected Bulgarian Patriarch in 2013.
On This Day in Bulgaria: February 25
On this day in Bulgarian history: Bulgaria moved toward a state tobacco monopoly in 1947, and Todor Zhivkov went on trial in 1991.
On This Day in Bulgaria: February 26
On this day in Bulgarian history: the Bulgarian Geology Association was established in 1925, and NATO included Bulgaria’s membership bid among applicant countries in 1997.
On This Day in Bulgaria: February 27
On this day in Bulgarian history: Sultan Abdulaziz restored the Bulgarian Church as an Exarchate in 1870, and Bulgaria’s first public film show took place in Ruse in 1897.
On This Day in Bulgaria: February 28
On this day in Bulgarian history: an Aviation Department was created for the Bulgarian Army in 1906, and Salza i Smyah New Drama Theatre was inaugurated in 1967.
On This Day in Bulgaria: February 29
On this day in Bulgarian history: Bulgarian police computers were hit by a leap-year bug in 2000, and the Constitutional Court banned OMO Ilinden-Pirin the same day.