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Events relating to bulgaria
The Bulgarian king Boris I is baptized in the Greek Orthodox faith, bringing his people within the Byzantine fold
The Ottoman sultan Bayazid I brings the Slav kingdom of Bulgaria under his control
The Hungarian general Janos Hunyadi takes Sofia from the Turks and in the next few months liberates most of Bulgaria, Serbia and Albania
The Turkish sultan finally allows the Christians of Bulgaria to have their own Orthodox patriarch
Turkish irregular soldiers, the ferocious bashibazouks, massacre some 15,000 Bulgarian civilians
William Gladstone's pamphlet Bulgarian Horrors, protesting at massacre by the Turks, sells 200,000 copies within a month
Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria declares his country's independence from Ottoman rule and calls himself Tsar Ferdinand I
By a prearranged plan Greece, Bulgaria and Serbia together launch the First Balkan War against Turkey
The Treaty of London, ending the First Balkan War, allows Albania, Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia to divide up much of European Turkey
Bulgaria launches the Second Balkan War, in the end to the great detriment of Bulgarian interests
Bulgaria, hoping to gain territory in disputed Macedonia, declares war on Serbia
The Serbian army flees, abandoning Serbia to Austrian and Bulgarian invaders
Greece joins the Allies by declaring war on Bulgaria
Bucharest, the capital of Romania, is captured by Austrian and Bulgarian forces
The Bulgarians, driven from Serbia, sign an armistice with the Allies
Bulgaria signs the Anti-Comintern Pact and joins the war on Germany's side
Bulgaria changes to the Allied side and Communists take control in Sofia
Bulgarian bass Boris Christoff makes his debut in Puccini's La Bohème in Reggio Calabria
Bulgarian-born US artist Christo (Christo Javacheff) constructs a 24-mile Running Fence in California
Bulgaria and Romania join the European Union, bringing the number of member states to twenty-seven