# Timeline of Bulgarian history

This is a timeline of Bulgarian history.

## Prior to 1st century

| Year | Event |
| 6000 BC | The Karanovo culture appeared. |
| 5000 BC | The Thracian village of Nebet Tepe is established on the site of modern Plovdiv. |
| 4600 BC | Oldest gold artifacts were created. |
| 4000 BC | Proto-Thracians settled near the Black Sea. |
| 2100 BC | Dabene Treasure of 15,000 small Thracian gold rings created (approximate date). |
| 512 BC | Macedonian king Amyntas I surrendered to the Thracians. |
| 429 BC | Sitalces invaded Macedon. |
| 342 BC | Thracian settlement of modern Plovdiv renamed to "Philippopolis". |
| 298 BC | Arrival of the Celtic tribes. |
| 212 BC | Abandonment of Tylis. |
| 188 BC | Thrace invaded by the Romans |

## 1st–6th centuries

| Year | Event |
| 46 | Thrace was conquered by Rome. |
| 117 | The Trimontium amphitheater was created. |
| 268 | The Goths raided Serdica. |
| 343 | The Council of Serdica takes place. |
| 447 | Huns start a fire in Sofia. |

## 7th century

| Year | Event |
| 632 | Great Bulgaria was formed after the unification of the tribes of Kutrigurs, Utigurs, and Onogurs (Onodonduri). |
| 635 | A peace treaty was signed by Kubrat with the Byzantine Empire. |
| 668 | Khazar's pressure caused Great Bulgaria to decline. Volga Bulgaria (7th century–1240s) is formed. |
| 680/681 | First Bulgarian Empire (Danubian Bulgaria) was formed. |

## 8th century

| Year | Event |
| 701 | Asparukh died in a battle. He was succeeded by Tervel. |
| 705 | Tervel received title as Caesar in 705 after recovering the throne of Justinian II. |
| 721 | Tervel died. He was succeeded by Kormesiy. |
| 738 | Kormesiy ended his rule. He was succeeded by Sevar. |
| 753 | Sevar died. He was succeeded by Kormisosh. |
| 756 | Kormisosh was disposed. He was succeeded by Vinekh. |
| 762 | Vinekh was assassinated. He was succeeded by Telets. |
| 765 | Telets was assassinated. He was succeeded by Sabin. |
| 766 | Sabin was disposed. He was succeeded by Umor. |
| 766 | Umor was disposed after a 40-day rule. He was succeeded by Toktu. |
| 767 | Toktu was killed. He was succeeded by Pagan. |
| 768 | Pagan was killed by their servants. He was succeeded by Telerig. |
| 777 | Telerig was baptized after flying to Constantinople. He was succeeded by Kardam. |

## 9th century

| Year | Date | Event |
| 803 | | Kardam was baptized after fleeing to Constantinople. He was succeeded by Krum. |
| 809 | | Sofia was renamed to "Sredetz" after becoming part of the Bulgarian Empire. |
| 811 | 26 July | Byzantine Emperor Nicephorus I was killed after being involved in the Battle of Pliska. |
| 814 | 13 April | Krum died. He was succeeded by Omurtag. |
| 831 | | Omurtag died. He was succeeded by Malamir. |
| 836 | | Malamir died. He was succeeded by Presian I. |
| 852 | | Presian died. He was succeeded by Boris I. |
| 883 | | Boris I abdicated. |
| 886 | | The Glagolitic alphabet was adopted. |
| 889 | | Boris I ended his rule. He was succeeded by Vladimir. |
| 893 | | Vladimir was disposed and blinded. He was succeeded by Simeon I. |

## 10th century

| Year | Date | Event |
| 902 | | Boris I died. |
| 927 | 27 May | Simeon I died. He was succeeded by Peter I. |
| 969 | | Peter I abdicated. |
| 970 | 30 January | Peter I died. He was succeeded by Boris II. |
| 971 | | The Byzantine Empire dethroned Boris II. |
| 977 | | Boris II was killed by Bulgarian border guards after returning to Bulgaria. He was succeeded by Samuel. |
| 991 | | The Byzantine Empire captured Roman. |
| 997 | | Roman died in a Constantinople prison. He was succeeded by Boris II. |

## 11th century

| Year | Date | Event |
| 1014 | 6 October | Samuel died. He was succeeded by Gavril Radomir. |
| 1015 | | Gavril Radomir died. He was succeeded by Ivan Vladislav. |
| 1018 | | The Byzantine Emperor Basil II annexed Bulgaria after the death of Ivan Vladislav. |
| 1040 | | Peter Delyan organized a rebellion, but he failed to recreate the Bulgarian empire. |
| 1041 | | Peter Delyan died. |
| 1072 | | Constantine Bodin ruled the annexed Bulgaria under Byzantine rule. |

## 12th century

| Year | Event |
| 1185 | Second Bulgarian Empire was formed. |
| 1190 | Peter II donated his throne to his brother Ivan Asen I. |
| 1196 | The Byzantine Empire created a large force after merging the eastern and western armies, but the large army was defeated at the Battle of Arcadiopolis. |
| 1196 | Ivan Asen I was murdered. Peter II returned to the throne. |
| 1197 | Peter II was murdered. He was succeeded by Kaloyan. |

## 13th century

| Year | Date | Event |
| 1201 | 21 March | Siege of Varna (1201): The Bulgarian Empire and the Byzantine Empire compete for the city of Varna. |
| 1201 | 24 March | Siege of Varna (1201): The Bulgarians claim victory to the battle and capture Varna. |
| 1205 | | Forces of the Latin empire were defeated by Kaloyan at the Battle of Adrianople. |
| 1207 | | Kaloyan was murdered. He was succeeded by Boril. |
| 1218 | | Boril was disposed. He was succeeded by Ivan Asen II. |
| 1235 | | Recreation of the Bulgarian Orthodox Patriarchate. |
| 1241 | 24 June | Boril died. He was succeeded by Kaliman Asen I. |
| 1246 | | Kaliman Asen I died. He was succeeded by Michael II Asen. |
| 1256 | | Michael II Asen was killed. He was succeeded by Kaliman Asen II. |
| 1256 | | Kaliman Asen II was killed. He was succeeded by Mitso Asen. |
| 1257 | | Mitso Asen ended his rule. He was succeeded by Constantine I. |
| 1277 | | Constantine I was killed in a battle. |
| 1280 | | Ivaylo was killed by the Mongols after arriving at the Golden Horde. |
| 1292 | | George I went to the Byzantine Empire. |

## 14th century

| Year | Date | Event |
| 1323 | | Michael Shishman Bolyar of Vidin. |
| 1330 | 28 July | Battle of Velbuzhd: the Serbians won the battle and the Serbians after the battle dominated Bulgaria. |
| 1331 | | Ivan Stephen was disposed and went to Serbia. |
| 1371 | 17 February | Ivan Alexander died. |
| 1393 | | The capital of the Second Bulgarian Empire, Tarnovo, was captured by the Ottoman Empire. |
| 1396 | | Bulgaria was invaded and conquered by the Turks. |

## 15th century

| Year | Event |
| 1422 | The Vidin Tsardom, the last Bulgarian state, collapsed. |
| 1443 | Sofia was occupied by the Hungarian forces. |
| 1493 | Kremikovtsi Monastery was reconstructed. |
| 1494 | Buyuk Mosque was constructed. |

## 16th century

| Year | Event |
| 1528 | The Sveti Sedmochislenitsi Church was constructed. |
| 1576 | Banya Bashi Mosque was constructed. |
| 1598 | The First Tarnovo uprising took place. |

## 17th century

| Year | Date | Event |
| 1606 | | Cossacks sacked Varna. |
| 1640 | | The first Bulgarian history was written by Petar Bogdan. |
| 1686 | | The Second Tarnovo uprising took place. |
| 1688 | | Chiprovtsi uprising against Ottoman rule. |
| 1689 | October | Karposh's rebellion against Ottoman rule: Strahil Vojvoda captured Kriva Palanka. |

## 18th century

| Year | Date | Event |
| 1737 | | Uprising against Ottoman rule in Sofia, Samokov and Western Bulgaria |
| 1738 | | Great Plague of 1738: The plague affected also Bulgaria. |
| 1739 | | The Treaty of Belgrade was signed and Habsburg monarchy/Austrian Empire was no longer active against the Ottoman Empire for around a century. |
| 1762 | | Istoriya Slavyanobolgarskaya, one of the first ones and the most important early book about Bulgarian History written by Saint Paisius of Hilendar. |
| 1768 | | Russo-Turkish War (1768-1774) |
| 1774 | 20 June | Battle of Kozludzha: The battle took place near Kozludzha, Bulgaria. |
| 1774 | | The Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca gave Russia the right to interfere in Ottoman affairs to protect the Sultan's Christian subjects, including the Bulgarians. |
| 1792 | | An important book was written about the history of Bulgaria (История во кратце о болгарском народе словенском) by Spiridon Gabrovski . |

## 19th century

| Year | Date | Event |
| 1818 | | An earthquakes shakes up Sofia. |
| 1821 | | A revolt began with the Greeks against the Ottomans. |
| 1829 | | Forces owned by Russia occupy Sofia. |
| 1834 | | The first Bulgarian factory opened. |
| 1839-1876 | | Ottoman Tanzimat reforms |
| 1853 | | Crimean War: British and French troops arrive in Bulgaria. |
| 1870 | | A Bulgarian Exarchate is established. |
| 1876 | | The major April Uprising is brutally suppressed, resulting in a public outcry in Europe. |
| 1878 | March | Russia and Turkey signed the Treaty of San Stefano. |
| 1878 | July | Treaty of Berlin was signed and split Bulgaria in three parts with different destiny. |
| 1885-1886 | | The Principality of Bulgaria and Eastern Rumelia became united formalized with the Tophane Agreement. |
| 1888 | | The University of Sofia was established (bears that name from 1904). |

## 20th century

| Year | Date | Event |
| 1913 | June | Greece and Serbia established a relationship with each other against Bulgaria. |
| 1915 | 14 October | Bulgaria joined World War I and teamed up with (Germany). |
| 1918 | 30 September | Bulgaria surrendered in World War I. |
| 1919 | 27 November | Treaty of Neuilly-sur-Seine: After it was signed at Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, Bulgaria gave away some of their territories |
| 1920 | 28 March | An election took place. |
| 1923 | 9 June | A coup d'état took place and it resulted in the assassination of Aleksandar Stamboliyski. |
| 1925 | 18 October | War of the stray dog: The war began with Greece. |
| 1925 | 23 October | War of the stray dog: The war ended with Bulgarian victory. |
| 1939 | | Bulgaria declared war on Britain, Yugoslavia, Greece, and the USA. Bulgaria left the war after the Soviet Union declared war on Bulgaria. |
| 1944 | | Women earned the right to vote. |
| 1948 | 27 December | Georgi Dimitrov became the leader of the communist party. |
| 1947 | | Bulgaria and the Soviet Union signed a peace treaty. |
| 1949 | 2 July | Georgi Dimitrov died and Valko Chervenkov became the new leader of the communist party. |
| 1949 | 16 December | Death of Traicho Kostov. |
| 1954 | 4 March | Todor Zhivkov became the leader of the communist party. |
| 1955 | 14 May | The Warsaw Pact was signed. |
| 1962 | | Yugov retired from the communist party. |
| 1963 | | Pirin Macedonia was declared by Zhivkov as a part of Bulgaria. |
| 1968 | | Zhivkov's loyalty was demonstrated to the Soviet Union. |
| 1975 | 1 August | The Helsinki Accords was signed by Bulgaria, giving citizens more freedom. |
| 1989 | 10 November | Communists in the government are replaced by democracy supporters. |
| 1990 | 3 April | Bulgaria is no longer a communist state and was renamed to the Republic of Bulgaria. |
| 1995 | | Zhan Videnov took office after the angry reactions against a reform on the economy. |
| 1997 | | After the BSP government in Bulgaria fell, the UDF took its place. |

## 21st century

| Year | Date | Event |
| 2001 | 17 June | Simeon II won in parliamentary elections. |
| 2004 | 29 March | Bulgaria joins NATO. |
| 2007 | 1 January | Bulgaria joins in the European Union. |
| 2009 | | Recession of 2009 occurred. |
| 2010 | | Bulgaria started to export goods to nations that didn't join the European Union. |
| 2013 | 19 January | Oktay Enimehmedov attempted to launch a gas pistol at Ahmed Dogan who was the leader of the Turkish political party. After the gun wasn't successful at releasing a bullet, Enimehmedov was beaten up. |
| 2013 | 14 September | Protesters crowded the streets near the parliament in Sofia, requesting the Socialist-led government to be resigned. |
| 2014 | 1 January | Romanians and Bulgarians can work in the 28 European Union member states after the European Commission announced it. |