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Timeline of Plovdiv

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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Plovdiv, Bulgaria.

Contents

Prior to 20th century

  • 342 BCE - Philip II of Macedon in power; settlement renamed "Philippopolis."
  • 2nd century CE - Roman theatre built.
  • 250/251 CE - Battle of Philippopolis; town sacked by Goths.
  • 340s - Christian church council held in Philippopolis.
  • 815 - Town becomes part of the First Bulgarian Empire (approximate date).
  • 1205 - Bulgarians in power.
  • 1208 - June: Battle of Philippopolis (1208).
  • 1262 - Byzantines in power.
  • 1323 - Tatar forces attempt siege.
  • 1363 - City taken by Turkish forces under Lala Şahin Pasha.
  • 1364 - Ottomans in power; town renamed "Filibe".
  • 1420s - Great Mosque built.
  • 1440s - Imaret Mosque built.
  • 1818 - Earthquake.
  • 1832 - Church of St Constantine and Helena rebuilt.
  • 1835 - St. Nicholas church, Plovdiv rebuilt.
  • 1836 - St. Petka Church school established.
  • 1844 - Church of the Holy Mother of God, Plovdiv rebuilt.
  • 1846 - Fire.
  • 1847 - Textile factory in operation.
  • 1856 - St. Marina church rebuilt.
  • 1861 - Cathedral of St Louis (Plovdiv) built.
  • 1875 - Greek Zariphios School established.
  • 1878
  • Battle of Philippopolis (1878).
  • City becomes capital of Eastern Roumelia per the Congress of Berlin.
  • Danov publisher in business.
  • Tomasian tobacco manufacturer in business (approximate date).
  • 1879 - Naroden Glas newspaper in publication.(bg)
  • 1881 - International Theatre Luxembourg opens.
  • 1882 - Plovdiv Regional Archaeological Museum opens.
  • 1885
  • "Bloodless revolution at Philippopolis."
  • Еко де Балкан (1885) newspaper published.
  • 1886 - November: "State of siege at Philippopolis on account of brigandage and Russian agency."
  • 1891 - City master plan approved.
  • 1892
  • August: "First Bulgarian exhibition" opens.
  • Zion Synagogue built.
  • 1893
  • "Socialist organization" founded by Dimiter Blagoev.
  • Population: 41,068.

    • 20th century

  • 1906 - Anti-Greek unrest.
  • 1908 - Plovdiv Central railway station built.
  • 1909 - Pathé cinema opens.
  • 1910 - Population: 47,981.
  • 1912 - Amer Gaazi Dzami (mosque) demolished.
  • 1917 - Plovdiv Regional Ethnographic Museum established.
  • 1921 - FC Maritsa Plovdiv (football club) formed.
  • 1926 - Todor Diev Stadium opens.
  • 1928 - April: Earthquake.
  • 1932 - Тодор Александров (1932) newspaper begins publication.
  • 1934
  • Annual Plovdiv Fair begins.
  • Population: 99,883.
  • 1940 - 1940 Bulgaria tobacco strike.
  • 1945 - 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.
  • 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.
  • 1981 - Expo 81 held in city.
  • 1985 - Population: 342,131.
  • 1987 - Administrative Plovdiv okrug (province) created.
  • 1991
  • Maritsa newspaper begins publication.
  • 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.

    • References

    Timeline of Plovdiv Wikipedia
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