{"id":1059,"date":"2010-01-01T09:13:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-01T07:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bronicable.com\/en\/uncategorized\/on-this-day-in-bulgaria-september-13\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T19:38:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T17:38:51","slug":"on-this-day-in-bulgaria-september-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bronicable.com\/en\/on-this-day-in-bulgaria\/on-this-day-in-bulgaria-september-13\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day in Bulgaria: September 13"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every day in Bulgarian history holds a story worth remembering. In this recurring series, <strong>On This Day in Bulgaria<\/strong>, we look back at notable events, decisions, and milestones that happened on this date across the country&#8217;s history.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>September 13, 1923 \u2014 September Uprising Starts Prematurely in M\u0103gli\u017e<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Provoked by government arrests, local communist insurgents in the town of M\u0103gli\u017e (near Kazanlak) launched an armed attack on the local police station, declaring the start of the uprising. Although the main party leadership had scheduled the rebellion for later, this premature spark forced surrounding regions to join the conflict sooner than planned.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>September 13, 1903 \u2014 Battle of Sliva in Macedonia<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>During the Ilinden-Preobrazhenie Uprising, a detachment of Bulgarian revolutionaries from the Internal Macedonian Adrianople Revolutionary Organization (IMRO) fought a heroic rearguard action against Ottoman forces at Sliva, near Krushevo. Their sacrifice allowed hundreds of civilians to escape the advancing Ottoman military, cementing their place in the national pantheon of heroes.<\/p>\n<p>Explore more of Bulgaria&#8217;s story on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bronicable.com\/en\/\">Bronicable<\/a><\/strong>, including our <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bronicable.com\/en\/category\/from-above\/\">Bulgaria From Above<\/a><\/strong> series and our guides to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bronicable.com\/en\/category\/bulgaria\/\">the best of Bulgaria<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On this day in Bulgarian history: the September Uprising began prematurely in M\u0103gli\u017e in 1923, and the Battle of Sliva was fought in 1903.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":970,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-on-this-day-in-bulgaria","latest_post"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - 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