Timeline of Plovdiv
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- 342 BCE - Philip II of Macedon in power; settlement renamed "Philippopolis."[1]
- 2nd century CE - Roman theatre built.[1]
- 250/251 CE - Battle of Philippopolis; town sacked by Goths.[1]
- 340s - Christian church council held in Philippopolis.
- 815 - Town becomes part of the First Bulgarian Empire (approximate date).[1]
- 1205 - Bulgarians in power.[2]
- 1208 - June: Battle of Philippopolis (1208).
- 1262 - Byzantines in power.
- 1323 - Tatar forces attempt siege.[3]
- 1363 - City taken by Turkish forces under Lala Şahin Pasha.[4]
- 1364 - Ottomans in power; town renamed "Filibe".[1]
- 1420s - Great Mosque built.[5]
- 1440s - Imaret Mosque built.[5]
- 1818 - Earthquake.[6]
- 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.[6]
- 1847 - Textile factory in operation.[7]
- 1856 - St. Marina church rebuilt.
- 1861 - Cathedral of St Louis (Plovdiv) built.
- 1875 - Greek Zariphios School established.[8]
- 1878
- Battle of Philippopolis (1878).[6]
- 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)
- 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]
- Zion Synagogue built.[12]
- 1893
20th century
- 1906 - Anti-Greek unrest.[8]
- 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: Earthquake.[8]
- 1932 - Тодор Александров (1932) newspaper begins publication.
- 1934
- Annual Plovdiv Fair begins.[1]
- Population: 99,883.
- 1940 - 1940 Bulgaria tobacco strike.
- 1945 - Plovdiv Philharmonic Orchestra established.
- 1947 - FC Spartak Plovdiv (football club) and Detska Kitka Choir 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.
- 1965
- Plovdiv Airport new terminal opens.
- Population: 225,508.
- 1972 - Plovdiv University "Paisii Hilendarski" active.[16]
- 1981 - Expo 81 held in city.
- 1985 - Population: 342,131.
- 1987 - Administrative Plovdiv okrug (province) created.[17]
- 1991
- Maritsa newspaper begins publication.[18]
- Museum of Aviation, Plovdiv founded.
- 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.[19]
See also
- History of Plovdiv
- Other names of Plovdiv e.g. Felibe, Filibe, Filippopoli, Paldin, Philippopolis, Philippoupolis, Puldin, Trimontium
- List of mayors of Plovdiv
- Other cities in Bulgaria
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 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.
- ↑ 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.
- 1 2 Andrew Petersen (1996). "Bulgaria". Dictionary of Islamic Architecture. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-61366-3.
- 1 2 3 Britannica 1910.
- ↑ Bloom 2009.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Kiossev 2006.
- ↑ Mary C. Neuburger (2012). Balkan Smoke: Tobacco and the Making of Modern Bulgaria. Cornell University Press. ISBN 0-8014-6550-8.
- ↑ "Музеи" [Museums]. Plovdiv.bg (in Bulgarian). Plovdiv Municipality. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
- 1 2 3 Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Roumelia, Turkey", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co.
- ↑ Jewish Encyclopedia 1907.
- ↑ "Turkey: Tributary States: Bulgaria". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1899.
- ↑ "Bulgaria". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921 – via HathiTrust.
- ↑ Jim Samson (2013). Music in the Balkans. Brill. ISBN 90-04-25038-7.
- ↑ Walter Rüegg, ed. (2011). "Universities founded in Europe between 1945 and 1995". Universities Since 1945. History of the University in Europe. 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. ISBN 978-1-85743-227-5.
- ↑ 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, 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
- "Philippopolis", Jewish Encyclopedia, 9, New York, 1907
- "Philippopolis", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
- 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 (2006). "Plovdiv". In Marcel Cornis-Pope; John Neubauer. 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.
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