The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
Prior to 20th century
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- 342 BCE – Philip II of Macedon conquered the Thracian settlement Pulpudeva and renamed it "Philippopolis." [1]
- 2nd C. CE – Roman theatre built by Emperor Trajan. [1]
- 250/251 CE – Battle of Philippopolis; town sacked by Goths. [1]
- 340's – Christian church council held in Philippopolis.
- 836 – Town becomes part of the First Bulgarian Empire under Khan Malamir. [1]
- 971 – John I Tzimiskes captures Philippopolis in his campaign against Sviatoslav I.
- 1205 –Philippopolis surrenders to Kaloyan of Bulgaria. [2] [3]
- 1208 – June: Battle of Philippopolis (1208).
- 1262 – Byzantines under Michael VIII retook the city.
- 1323 – Tatar forces attempted unsuccessful siege. [4] [3]
- 1344 – Anna of Savoy ceded the city to Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria.
- 1363 – City taken by Turkish forces under Lala Şahin Pasha. [5]
- 1364 – Ottomans in power; town renamed "Filibe". [1]
- 1420's – Great Mosque built. [6]
- 1440's – Imaret Mosque built. [6]
- 1818 – Earthquake. [3]
- 1832 – Church of St Constantine and Helena rebuilt. [1]
- 1835 – St. Nicholas church, Plovdiv rebuilt.
- 1836 – St. Petka Church school established. [1]
- 1844 – Church of the Holy Mother of God, Plovdiv rebuilt.
- 1846 – Fire. [3]
- 1847 – Textile factory in operation. [7]
- 1856 – St. Marina church rebuilt.
- 1861 – Cathedral of St Louis built.
- 1870 - Plovdiv Central railway station opened.
- 1875 – Greek Zariphios School established. [8]
- 1878
- Battle of Philippopolis (1878). [3]
- City becomes capital of Eastern Roumelia per the Congress of Berlin. [1]
- Danov publisher in business.
- Tomasian tobacco manufacturer in business (approximate date). [9]
- 1879 – Naroden Glas newspaper in publication.( bg)[ citation needed]
- 1881 – International Theatre Luxembourg opens. [8]
- 1882 – Plovdiv Regional Archaeological Museum opens. [10]
- 1885
- "Bloodless revolution at Philippopolis." [11]
- Еко де Балкан (1885) newspaper published.
- 1886 – November: "State of siege at Philippopolis on account of brigandage and Russian agency." [11]
- 1891 – City master plan approved. [8]
- 1892
- August: "First Bulgarian exhibition" opens. [11]
- Exhibition Park laid out. [3]
- Plovdiv Synagogue built. [12]
- 1893
20th century
- 1906
- 1908 – Plovdiv Central railway station built.
- 1909 – Pathé cinema opens. [8]
- 1910 – Population: 47,981. [14]
- 1912 – Amer Gaazi Dzami (mosque) demolished. [8]
- 1917 – Plovdiv Regional Ethnographic Museum established.
- 1921 – FC Maritsa Plovdiv (football club) formed.
- 1926 – Todor Diev Stadium opens.
- 1928 – April: 1928 Chirpan–Plovdiv earthquakes. [8]
- 1932 – Тодор Александров (1932) newspaper begins publication.
- 1934
- Annual Plovdiv Fair begins. [1]
- Population: 99,883.
- 1938 - Plovdiv Regional Ethnographic Museum new location.
- 1940 – 1940 Bulgaria tobacco strike.
- 1945
- Plovdiv Medical University founded.
- Plovdiv Philharmonic Orchestra established.
- 1947 – FC Spartak Plovdiv (football club) and Detska Kitka Choir [1] formed.
- 1950 – Plovdiv Stadium built.
- 1951 – Plovdiv Regional Historical Museum established.
- 1953
- 1953 Plovdiv strike.
- Opera house established. [15]
- 1955 – Trolleybus begins operating.
- 1956 – Population: 161,836.
- 1957 – Alyosha Monument, Plovdiv erected.
- 1960 – Plovdiv Regional Museum of Natural History founded.
- 1961 – Hristo Botev Stadium (Plovdiv) opens.
- 1964
- Academy of Music, Dance and Fine Arts (Plovdiv) established.
- Population: 203,800. [16]
- 1965 – Plovdiv Airport new terminal opens.
- 1972 – Plovdiv University "Paisii Hilendarski" active. [17]
- 1981 – Expo 81 held in city.
- 1985 – Population: 342,131.
- 1987 – Administrative Plovdiv okrug (province) created. [18]
- 1991
- Maritsa newspaper begins publication. [19]
- Museum of Aviation, Plovdiv founded.
- 1993 – Population: 345,205 (estimate). [20]
- 1999 – Ivan Chomakov becomes mayor.
21st century
- 2005 – " Night of museums" begins.
- 2007 – Slavcho Atanasov becomes mayor.
- 2011 – Ivan Totev becomes mayor.
- 2013 – Population: 341,041.
- 2014 – February: Anti-Muslim unrest. [21]
- 2019 – European Capital of Culture
See also
- History of Plovdiv
- Other names of Plovdiv e.g. Felibe, Filibe, Filippopoli, Paldin, Philippopolis, Philippoupolis, Puldin, Trimontium
- List of mayors of Plovdiv
- Timelines of other cities in Bulgaria: Sofia, Varna
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Mihailov 1986.
- ^ John Van Antwerp Fine Jr. (1994). The Late Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century to the Ottoman Conquest. University of Michigan Press. ISBN 978-0-472-08260-5.
- ^ a b c d e f g Britannica 1910.
- ^ István Vásáry (2005). Cumans and Tatars: Oriental Military in the Pre-Ottoman Balkans, 1185–1365. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-139-44408-8.
- ^ Donald M. Nicol (1993). The Last Centuries of Byzantium, 1261-1453. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-43991-6.
- ^ a b Andrew Petersen (1996). "Bulgaria". Dictionary of Islamic Architecture. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-61366-3.
- ^ Bloom 2009.
- ^ a b c d e f g Kiossev 2006.
- ^ Mary C. Neuburger (2012). Balkan Smoke: Tobacco and the Making of Modern Bulgaria. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-6550-5.
- ^ "Музеи" [Museums]. Plovdiv.bg (in Bulgarian). Plovdiv Municipality. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
- ^ a b c Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Roumelia, Turkey", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co., hdl: 2027/loc.ark:/13960/t89g6g776
- ^ Jewish Encyclopedia 1907.
- ^ Hunter, Brian; Paxton, John; Steinberg, S. H.; Epstein, Mortimer; Renwick, Isaac Parker Anderson; Keltie, John Scott; Martin, Frederick (1899). "Turkey: Tributary States: Bulgaria". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. hdl: 2027/nyp.33433081590550.
- ^ "Bulgaria". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl: 2027/njp.32101072368440 – via HathiTrust.
- ^ Jim Samson (2013). Music in the Balkans. Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-25038-3.
- ^ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1965. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations. 1966.
- ^ Walter Rüegg, ed. (2011). "Universities founded in Europe between 1945 and 1995". Universities Since 1945. History of the University in Europe. Vol. 4. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-139-49425-0.
- ^ Raymond Detrez (2015). Historical Dictionary of Bulgaria (3rd ed.). Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-4422-4180-0.
- ^ "Bulgaria". Europa World Year Book 2003. Europa Publications. 10 July 2003. ISBN 978-1-85743-227-5.
- ^ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". 1995 Demographic Yearbook. New York: United Nations Department for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis, Statistics Division. 1997. pp. 262–321.
- ^ Bulgarian police detain 120 after mosque attack, Reuters, 14 February 2014
This article incorporates information from the Bulgarian Wikipedia and German Wikipedia.
Bibliography
- "Philippopolis", Handbook for Travellers in Turkey (3rd ed.), London: J. Murray, 1854, OCLC 2145740
- "Filibe", Bradshaw's Hand-Book to the Turkish Empire, vol. 1: Turkey in Europe, London: W.J. Adams, c. 1872
- "Philippopel", Türkei, Rumänien, Serbien, Bulgarien [Turkey, Romania, Serbia, Bulgaria], Meyers Reisebücher (in German) (6th ed.), Leipzig: Bibliographisches Institut, 1902, hdl: 2027/njp.32101064637836
-
"Philippopolis",
Jewish Encyclopedia, vol. 9, New York, 1907,
hdl:
2027/osu.32435029752862
{{ citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( link) - . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 21 (11th ed.). 1910. p. 400.
- British Admiralty, Naval Intelligence Division (1920), "Gazetteer of Towns: Philippopolis", Handbook of Bulgaria, London: His Majesty's Stationery Office
- Dimiter Mihailov & Pancho Smolenov (1986). "Plovdiv". Bulgaria: a Guide. Translated by E. Yanev & R. Yossifova. Sofia: Collet's, Sofia Press – via Internet Archive. (fulltext)
- Alexander Kiossev [in Bulgarian] (2006). "Plovdiv". In Marcel Cornis-Pope; John Neubauer (eds.). History of the Literary Cultures of East-Central Europe. John Benjamins. pp. 124–144. ISBN 978-90-272-9340-4.
- Jonathan Bloom; Sheila Blair, eds. (2009). "Plovdiv". Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art & Architecture. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-530991-1.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to
Plovdiv.
- Items related to Plovdiv, various dates, via Europeana.
- Items related to Plovdiv, various dates, via Digital Public Library of America.
 Years in
Bulgaria | |
|---|---|
| 19th century | |
| 20th century | |
| 21st century | |
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
Prior to 20th century
| History of Bulgaria |
|---|
|
|
|
|
Main category
Bulgaria portal |
- 342 BCE – Philip II of Macedon conquered the Thracian settlement Pulpudeva and renamed it "Philippopolis." [1]
- 2nd C. CE – Roman theatre built by Emperor Trajan. [1]
- 250/251 CE – Battle of Philippopolis; town sacked by Goths. [1]
- 340's – Christian church council held in Philippopolis.
- 836 – Town becomes part of the First Bulgarian Empire under Khan Malamir. [1]
- 971 – John I Tzimiskes captures Philippopolis in his campaign against Sviatoslav I.
- 1205 –Philippopolis surrenders to Kaloyan of Bulgaria. [2] [3]
- 1208 – June: Battle of Philippopolis (1208).
- 1262 – Byzantines under Michael VIII retook the city.
- 1323 – Tatar forces attempted unsuccessful siege. [4] [3]
- 1344 – Anna of Savoy ceded the city to Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria.
- 1363 – City taken by Turkish forces under Lala Şahin Pasha. [5]
- 1364 – Ottomans in power; town renamed "Filibe". [1]
- 1420's – Great Mosque built. [6]
- 1440's – Imaret Mosque built. [6]
- 1818 – Earthquake. [3]
- 1832 – Church of St Constantine and Helena rebuilt. [1]
- 1835 – St. Nicholas church, Plovdiv rebuilt.
- 1836 – St. Petka Church school established. [1]
- 1844 – Church of the Holy Mother of God, Plovdiv rebuilt.
- 1846 – Fire. [3]
- 1847 – Textile factory in operation. [7]
- 1856 – St. Marina church rebuilt.
- 1861 – Cathedral of St Louis built.
- 1870 - Plovdiv Central railway station opened.
- 1875 – Greek Zariphios School established. [8]
- 1878
- Battle of Philippopolis (1878). [3]
- City becomes capital of Eastern Roumelia per the Congress of Berlin. [1]
- Danov publisher in business.
- Tomasian tobacco manufacturer in business (approximate date). [9]
- 1879 – Naroden Glas newspaper in publication.( bg)[ citation needed]
- 1881 – International Theatre Luxembourg opens. [8]
- 1882 – Plovdiv Regional Archaeological Museum opens. [10]
- 1885
- "Bloodless revolution at Philippopolis." [11]
- Еко де Балкан (1885) newspaper published.
- 1886 – November: "State of siege at Philippopolis on account of brigandage and Russian agency." [11]
- 1891 – City master plan approved. [8]
- 1892
- August: "First Bulgarian exhibition" opens. [11]
- Exhibition Park laid out. [3]
- Plovdiv Synagogue built. [12]
- 1893
20th century
- 1906
- 1908 – Plovdiv Central railway station built.
- 1909 – Pathé cinema opens. [8]
- 1910 – Population: 47,981. [14]
- 1912 – Amer Gaazi Dzami (mosque) demolished. [8]
- 1917 – Plovdiv Regional Ethnographic Museum established.
- 1921 – FC Maritsa Plovdiv (football club) formed.
- 1926 – Todor Diev Stadium opens.
- 1928 – April: 1928 Chirpan–Plovdiv earthquakes. [8]
- 1932 – Тодор Александров (1932) newspaper begins publication.
- 1934
- Annual Plovdiv Fair begins. [1]
- Population: 99,883.
- 1938 - Plovdiv Regional Ethnographic Museum new location.
- 1940 – 1940 Bulgaria tobacco strike.
- 1945
- Plovdiv Medical University founded.
- Plovdiv Philharmonic Orchestra established.
- 1947 – FC Spartak Plovdiv (football club) and Detska Kitka Choir [1] formed.
- 1950 – Plovdiv Stadium built.
- 1951 – Plovdiv Regional Historical Museum established.
- 1953
- 1953 Plovdiv strike.
- Opera house established. [15]
- 1955 – Trolleybus begins operating.
- 1956 – Population: 161,836.
- 1957 – Alyosha Monument, Plovdiv erected.
- 1960 – Plovdiv Regional Museum of Natural History founded.
- 1961 – Hristo Botev Stadium (Plovdiv) opens.
- 1964
- Academy of Music, Dance and Fine Arts (Plovdiv) established.
- Population: 203,800. [16]
- 1965 – Plovdiv Airport new terminal opens.
- 1972 – Plovdiv University "Paisii Hilendarski" active. [17]
- 1981 – Expo 81 held in city.
- 1985 – Population: 342,131.
- 1987 – Administrative Plovdiv okrug (province) created. [18]
- 1991
- Maritsa newspaper begins publication. [19]
- Museum of Aviation, Plovdiv founded.
- 1993 – Population: 345,205 (estimate). [20]
- 1999 – Ivan Chomakov becomes mayor.
21st century
- 2005 – " Night of museums" begins.
- 2007 – Slavcho Atanasov becomes mayor.
- 2011 – Ivan Totev becomes mayor.
- 2013 – Population: 341,041.
- 2014 – February: Anti-Muslim unrest. [21]
- 2019 – European Capital of Culture
See also
- History of Plovdiv
- Other names of Plovdiv e.g. Felibe, Filibe, Filippopoli, Paldin, Philippopolis, Philippoupolis, Puldin, Trimontium
- List of mayors of Plovdiv
- Timelines of other cities in Bulgaria: Sofia, Varna
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Mihailov 1986.
- ^ John Van Antwerp Fine Jr. (1994). The Late Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century to the Ottoman Conquest. University of Michigan Press. ISBN 978-0-472-08260-5.
- ^ a b c d e f g Britannica 1910.
- ^ István Vásáry (2005). Cumans and Tatars: Oriental Military in the Pre-Ottoman Balkans, 1185–1365. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-139-44408-8.
- ^ Donald M. Nicol (1993). The Last Centuries of Byzantium, 1261-1453. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-43991-6.
- ^ a b Andrew Petersen (1996). "Bulgaria". Dictionary of Islamic Architecture. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-61366-3.
- ^ Bloom 2009.
- ^ a b c d e f g Kiossev 2006.
- ^ Mary C. Neuburger (2012). Balkan Smoke: Tobacco and the Making of Modern Bulgaria. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-6550-5.
- ^ "Музеи" [Museums]. Plovdiv.bg (in Bulgarian). Plovdiv Municipality. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
- ^ a b c Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Roumelia, Turkey", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co., hdl: 2027/loc.ark:/13960/t89g6g776
- ^ Jewish Encyclopedia 1907.
- ^ Hunter, Brian; Paxton, John; Steinberg, S. H.; Epstein, Mortimer; Renwick, Isaac Parker Anderson; Keltie, John Scott; Martin, Frederick (1899). "Turkey: Tributary States: Bulgaria". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. hdl: 2027/nyp.33433081590550.
- ^ "Bulgaria". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl: 2027/njp.32101072368440 – via HathiTrust.
- ^ Jim Samson (2013). Music in the Balkans. Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-25038-3.
- ^ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1965. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations. 1966.
- ^ Walter Rüegg, ed. (2011). "Universities founded in Europe between 1945 and 1995". Universities Since 1945. History of the University in Europe. Vol. 4. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-139-49425-0.
- ^ Raymond Detrez (2015). Historical Dictionary of Bulgaria (3rd ed.). Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-4422-4180-0.
- ^ "Bulgaria". Europa World Year Book 2003. Europa Publications. 10 July 2003. ISBN 978-1-85743-227-5.
- ^ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". 1995 Demographic Yearbook. New York: United Nations Department for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis, Statistics Division. 1997. pp. 262–321.
- ^ Bulgarian police detain 120 after mosque attack, Reuters, 14 February 2014
This article incorporates information from the Bulgarian Wikipedia and German Wikipedia.
Bibliography
- "Philippopolis", Handbook for Travellers in Turkey (3rd ed.), London: J. Murray, 1854, OCLC 2145740
- "Filibe", Bradshaw's Hand-Book to the Turkish Empire, vol. 1: Turkey in Europe, London: W.J. Adams, c. 1872
- "Philippopel", Türkei, Rumänien, Serbien, Bulgarien [Turkey, Romania, Serbia, Bulgaria], Meyers Reisebücher (in German) (6th ed.), Leipzig: Bibliographisches Institut, 1902, hdl: 2027/njp.32101064637836
-
"Philippopolis",
Jewish Encyclopedia, vol. 9, New York, 1907,
hdl:
2027/osu.32435029752862
{{ citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( link) - . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 21 (11th ed.). 1910. p. 400.
- British Admiralty, Naval Intelligence Division (1920), "Gazetteer of Towns: Philippopolis", Handbook of Bulgaria, London: His Majesty's Stationery Office
- Dimiter Mihailov & Pancho Smolenov (1986). "Plovdiv". Bulgaria: a Guide. Translated by E. Yanev & R. Yossifova. Sofia: Collet's, Sofia Press – via Internet Archive. (fulltext)
- Alexander Kiossev [in Bulgarian] (2006). "Plovdiv". In Marcel Cornis-Pope; John Neubauer (eds.). History of the Literary Cultures of East-Central Europe. John Benjamins. pp. 124–144. ISBN 978-90-272-9340-4.
- Jonathan Bloom; Sheila Blair, eds. (2009). "Plovdiv". Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art & Architecture. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-530991-1.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to
Plovdiv.
- Items related to Plovdiv, various dates, via Europeana.
- Items related to Plovdiv, various dates, via Digital Public Library of America.
| Years in
Bulgaria | |
|---|---|
| 19th century | |
| 20th century | |
| 21st century | |