On this day in Bulgarian history: Russian General Radetsky took command of the Shipka Pass defenses in 1877, and Bulgaria’s freely elected Grand National Assembly convened for the first time in 1990.
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On This Day in Bulgaria: August 2
On this day in Bulgarian history: the Ilinden Uprising began in Macedonia in 1903, and Bulgaria faced growing Allied pressure to exit the Second World War in 1944.
On This Day in Bulgaria: August 3
On this day in Bulgarian history: Ottoman forces under Suleiman Pasha advanced on the Shipka Pass in 1877, and Bulgaria concluded a friendship treaty with the Soviet Union in 1948.
On This Day in Bulgaria: August 4
On this day in Bulgarian history: the first Ottoman assault on the Shipka Pass began in 1877, and the Bulgarian State Circus was founded in 1946.
On This Day in Bulgaria: August 5
On this day in Bulgarian history: Bulgarian volunteers used stones to hold the Shipka Pass in 1877, and Bulgaria joined the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization in 1956.
On This Day in Bulgaria: August 6
On this day in Bulgarian history: the Ottoman assault on Shipka Pass faltered in 1877, and Bulgaria signed the Treaty of Neuilly-sur-Seine in 1919.
On This Day in Bulgaria: August 7
On this day in Bulgarian history: General Radetsky launched a counterattack at Shipka in 1877, and Bulgaria’s first feature film was screened in 1915.
On This Day in Bulgaria: August 8
On this day in Bulgarian history: Bulgarian Opulchenie volunteers were decorated for bravery at Shipka in 1877, and the Varna–Ruse railway line opened in 1866.
On This Day in Bulgaria: August 9
On this day in Bulgarian history: the Shipka Pass was secured in 1877, and the Fatherland Front presented its anti-fascist programme in 1944.
On This Day in Bulgaria: August 10
On this day in Bulgarian history: the Treaty of Bucharest ended the Second Balkan War in 1913, and Bulgaria’s first television broadcast was made in 1959.
On This Day in Bulgaria: August 11
On this day in Bulgarian history: Russian forces commended Bulgarian volunteers after the Shipka battle in 1877, and Bulgaria’s post-communist banking law took effect in 1992.
On This Day in Bulgaria: August 12
On this day in Bulgarian history: Ottoman forces regrouped after the Shipka defeat in 1877, and Bulgaria’s national football team played its first FIFA World Cup match in 1962.
On This Day in Bulgaria: August 13
On this day in Bulgarian history: Russian and Bulgarian forces tightened the encirclement of Pleven in 1877, and the Euxinograd palace near Varna was completed in 1892.
On This Day in Bulgaria: August 14
On this day in Bulgarian history: Bulgarian volunteers fought near Pleven in 1877, and the town of Pernik held its first international mime festival in 1988.
On This Day in Bulgaria: August 15
On this day in Bulgarian history: Bulgarian and Russian forces observed the Feast of the Assumption during the liberation campaign of 1877, and the Fatherland Front published its wartime manifesto in 1944.
On This Day in Bulgaria: August 16
On this day in Bulgarian history: Russian and Bulgarian forces tightened the siege of Pleven in 1877, and Germany’s Balkan position collapsed in 1944.
On This Day in Bulgaria: August 17
On this day in Bulgarian history: Bulgarian civilians supported the liberation campaign near Pleven in 1877, and Bulgaria celebrated 1300 years of statehood in 1981.
On This Day in Bulgaria: August 18
On this day in Bulgarian history: the Preobrazhenie Uprising broke out in 1903, and Bulgaria signed a cultural cooperation agreement with France in 1966.
On This Day in Bulgaria: August 19
On this day in Bulgarian history: the Preobrazhenie Uprising spread across the Adrianople vilayet in 1903, and Bulgaria’s government sought armistice contacts in 1944.
On This Day in Bulgaria: August 20
On this day in Bulgarian history: Bulgarian militia fought near Elena in 1877, and Bulgaria participated in the Warsaw Pact intervention in Czechoslovakia in 1968.
On This Day in Bulgaria: August 21
On this day in Bulgarian history: the climactic Battle of Shipka Pass raged in 1877, and Bulgaria welcomed the failure of the Moscow coup attempt in 1991.
On This Day in Bulgaria: August 22
On this day in Bulgarian history: the second day of the Battle of Shipka Pass in 1877, and European commissioners shaped the statute for Eastern Rumelia in 1878.
On This Day in Bulgaria: August 23
On this day in Bulgarian history: the Shipka Pass held after three days of fighting in 1877, and the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact reshaped Europe’s fate in 1939.
On This Day in Bulgaria: August 24
On this day in Bulgarian history: Bulgaria counted the cost of the Shipka battle in 1877, and Romania’s coup left Bulgaria strategically exposed in 1944.
On This Day in Bulgaria: August 25
On this day in Bulgarian history: General Radetsky commended the Bulgarian Shipka volunteers in 1877, and Bulgaria declared neutrality in the German-Soviet war in 1944.
On This Day in Bulgaria: August 26
On this day in Bulgarian history: Bulgarian civilians sustained the siege of Pleven in 1877, and Bulgaria hosted Friendship Games athletics events in 1984.
On This Day in Bulgaria: August 27
On this day in Bulgarian history: new siege lines were constructed around Pleven in 1877, and American aircraft bombed Bulgarian rail targets in 1944.
On This Day in Bulgaria: August 28
On this day in Bulgarian history: the siege of Pleven tightened in 1877, and Tsar Boris III died suddenly in Sofia in 1943.
On This Day in Bulgaria: August 29
On this day in Bulgarian history: Bulgarian militia held the perimeter around Pleven in 1877, and Bulgaria’s parliament adopted a landmark restitution law in 1991.
On This Day in Bulgaria: August 30
On this day in Bulgarian history: the siege of Pleven entered its third month in 1877, and Bulgaria missed the Los Angeles Olympics due to the Soviet-led boycott in 1984.
On This Day in Bulgaria: August 31
On this day in Bulgarian history: the Preobrazhenie Uprising was suppressed in 1903, and Bulgaria stood on the eve of its wartime transformation in 1944.