On this day in Bulgarian history: the Bolgrad Bulgarian secondary school opened in 1859, and Aleksandrovska Hospital opened in Sofia in 1879.
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On This Day in Bulgaria: May 2
On this day in Bulgarian history: the April Uprising broke out in 1876, and Bulgaria adopted the Protection of Competition Act in 1991.
On This Day in Bulgaria: May 3
On this day in Bulgarian history: the April Uprising spread through the Sredna Gora region in 1876, and Bulgaria marked the transition-era rebuilding of civic life after 1989.
On This Day in Bulgaria: May 4
On this day in Bulgarian history: the April Uprising was suppressed in Batak in 1876, and the Administration and Police Act was promulgated in 1925.
On This Day in Bulgaria: May 5
On May 5, 1876, Hristo Botev published Nova Bulgaria, while CSKA Sofia was founded in 1948.
On This Day in Bulgaria: May 6
On this day in Bulgarian history: Abagar was published in Rome in 1651, and five Bulgarian nurses were sentenced to death in Libya in 2004.
On This Day in Bulgaria: May 7
On May 7, the Berkovitsa Uprising broke out in 1836, while Bulgaria signed the European Convention on Human Rights in 1992.
On This Day in Bulgaria: May 8
On May 8, Bulgaria established diplomatic relations with Spain in 1910, while four Bulgarian mountaineers reached Everest in 1984.
On This Day in Bulgaria: May 9
On May 9, the Bulgarian Telegraph Agency began its International Press Review in 1910, while Varna’s new airport opened in 1948.
On This Day in Bulgaria: May 10
On May 10, the Bulgarian Exarchate became a Patriarchate in 1953, while the Consumers’ Federation was founded in 1990.
On This Day in Bulgaria: May 11
On this day in Bulgarian history: St Cyril and St Methodius Day was first celebrated in Plovdiv in 1851, and Exarch Antim I proclaimed Bulgarian Church independence in 1872.
On This Day in Bulgaria: May 12
On May 12, Panagyurishte was destroyed during the April Uprising in 1876, while the first Thracian society was founded in Varna in 1896.
On This Day in Bulgaria: May 13
On May 13, Bulgaria’s first postage stamps entered circulation in 1879, while Sofia Zoo was founded in 1888.
On This Day in Bulgaria: May 14
On May 14, the Yambol–Burgas railway opened in 1890, while Bulgaria signed the Warsaw Pact in 1955.
On This Day in Bulgaria: May 15
On May 15, 1879, Alexander Bogoridi became governor of Eastern Rumelia, while Stoyan Mihaylovski wrote “Kirili Metodiy” in 1892.
On This Day in Bulgaria: May 16
On May 16, Bulgaria held a referendum on a new constitution in 1971, while 333 Bulgarian bagpipers entered the Guinness World Records in 2012.
On This Day in Bulgaria: May 17
On May 17, Bulgaria was divided into 12 provinces in 1901, while the Treaty of London ended the First Balkan War in 1913.
On This Day in Bulgaria: May 18
On May 18, the Samara Flag was presented to the Bulgarian Volunteer Corps in 1877, while Burgas Port opened for commercial shipping in 1903.
On This Day in Bulgaria: May 19
On May 19, Dryanovo Monastery fell after nine days of resistance in 1876, while the Zveno organization carried out a coup in 1934.
On This Day in Bulgaria: May 20
On May 20, Dondukov-Korsakov took office as Imperial Russian Commissioner in 1878, while Bulgaria’s Maritime Museum opened in Varna in 1923.
On This Day in Bulgaria: May 21
On May 21, construction of the Ruse–Varna railway began in 1864, while Bulgaria established diplomatic relations with Latvia in 1922.
On This Day in Bulgaria: May 22
On May 22, Bulgaria and Greece restored diplomatic relations in 1954, while a National Art Gallery branch opened in Alexander Nevsky Cathedral’s crypt in 1965.
On This Day in Bulgaria: May 23
On May 23, the Bulgarian National Bank officially opened in 1879, while Pope John Paul II began his visit to Bulgaria in 2002.
On This Day in Bulgaria: May 24
On this day in Bulgarian history: Bulgaria celebrates Cyril and Methodius, education and culture, and PFC Levski Sofia was established in 1914.
On This Day in Bulgaria: May 25
On May 25, Georgi Benkovski was killed near Ribaritsa in 1876, while Sofia hosted the First International Congress of Bulgarian Studies in 1981.
On This Day in Bulgaria: May 26
On May 26, Pope John Paul II celebrated Mass in Plovdiv and beatified three Bulgarian Catholic priests in 2002.
On This Day in Bulgaria: May 27
On May 27, Bulgaria’s oldest preserved trade agreement was signed in 1387, while the lev became the national currency in 1880.
On This Day in Bulgaria: May 28
On May 28, labour service was introduced in 1920, while the restored Radetsky steamer was launched in 1966.
On This Day in Bulgaria: May 29
On May 29, Hristo Botev’s band landed at Kozloduy in 1876, while Todor Zhivkov declared that ethnic Turks could emigrate in 1989.
On This Day in Bulgaria: May 30
On this day in Bulgarian history: the Treaty of London was signed in 1913, and Vasil Levski’s revolutionary proclamations were reported by Nayden Gerov in 1869.
On This Day in Bulgaria: May 31
On this day in Bulgarian history: the Russo-Bulgarian Military Convention was signed in 1902, and Bulgaria’s first private theatre was established in 1989.