Timeline of Plovdiv
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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
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Prior to 20th century
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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 - bg built.[5]
- 1818 - Earthquake.[6]
- 1832 - Church of St Constantine and Helena rebuilt.[1]
- 1835 - bg 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 - bg 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)[citation needed]
- 1881 - International Theatre Luxembourg opens.[8]
- 1882 - bg opens.[10]
- 1885
- 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
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- 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 - bg newspaper begins publication.
- 1934
- Annual Plovdiv Fair begins.[1]
- Population: 99,883.
- 1940 - bg.
- 1945 - Plovdiv Philharmonic Orchestra established.[citation needed]
- 1947 - FC Spartak Plovdiv (football club) and bg[1] formed.
- 1950 - Plovdiv Stadium built.
- 1951 - Plovdiv Regional Historical Museum established.
- 1953
- 1955 - Trolleybus begins operating.
- 1956 - Population: 161,836.
- 1957 - Alyosha Monument, Plovdiv erected.
- 1960 - bg founded.
- 1961 - Hristo Botev Stadium (Plovdiv) opens.
- 1964 - bg 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
- 1999 - Ivan Chomakov becomes mayor.
21st century
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- 2005 - "Night of museums" begins.
- 2007 - Slavcho Atanasov becomes mayor.
- 2011 - bg 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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 Mihailov 1986.
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- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Britannica 1910.
- ↑ Bloom 2009.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 Kiossev 2006.
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- ↑ Jewish Encyclopedia 1907.
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This article incorporates information from the Bulgarian Wikipedia and German Wikipedia.
Bibliography
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