{"id":901,"date":"2010-01-01T07:19:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-01T05:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bronicable.com\/en\/uncategorized\/on-this-day-in-bulgaria-july-19\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T13:21:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T11:21:13","slug":"on-this-day-in-bulgaria-july-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bronicable.com\/en\/on-this-day-in-bulgaria\/on-this-day-in-bulgaria-july-19\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day in Bulgaria: July 19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Honours and instruments of justice: on July 19, Bulgaria&#8217;s history records two acts of institutional building a generation apart, each shaping a different facet of the young state.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>July 19, 1880 &#8212; Honoring the Liberation<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>By order of the War Ministry, Bulgaria instituted its first commemorative medal, &#8220;For the Liberation of 1877&#8211;1878,&#8221; marking the third anniversary of the fighting waged by the Bulgarian Volunteer Corps at Stara Zagora, Shipka, and Sheinovo during the Russo-Turkish War. The round medal, worn on a red ribbon edged in white, bore the crowned monogram of Prince Alexander I on its face.<\/p>\n<p>It was later awarded to every surviving volunteer who had fought in those decisive battles. July 19 is also marked in Bulgaria today as Diplomatic Service Day.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>July 19, 1907 &#8212; Founding Forensic Science in Bulgaria<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Twenty-seven years later, Bulgaria&#8217;s first forensic science laboratory was established, giving investigators access to systematic scientific methods &#8212; fingerprinting, ballistics, and trace evidence analysis &#8212; for the first time in the country&#8217;s judicial history. The laboratory laid the institutional groundwork for what would later become the Research Institute of Forensic Science and Criminology under the Ministry of Interior, formally established in 1968.<\/p>\n<p>It placed Bulgaria among the early adopters of modern criminal investigation techniques in southeastern Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Read neighbouring entries: <a href=\"https:\/\/bronicable.com\/en\/on-this-day-in-bulgaria\/on-this-day-in-bulgaria-july-18\/\">July 18<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/bronicable.com\/en\/on-this-day-in-bulgaria\/on-this-day-in-bulgaria-july-20\/\">July 20<\/a>. 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