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| Year | Event |
| app. 190 |
Several Bulgarian tribes came down from the highland regions of Altai in Siberia to the European continent, settling in the plains between the Caspian and the Black seas |
| 354 |
In the so-called Anonymous Roman Chronograph, Bulgaria's tribes border in the south was marked along the Caucasian ridge |
| 377-453 |
The alliance between Bulgarians and Huns backing the Huns hegemony in Central Europe for nearly one century |
| 502 |
Bulgarians invade and conquer all of Thrace installing their supremacy in Balkans |
| 632 | In the capital city of Phanagoria, khan Kubrat declared the ruler of all Bulgarian tribes living in the region of the Black Sea, the Azov Sea and Caspian Sea (Bulgarian art) |
| 642 | Khan Kubrat support the widow of his personal friend - the Byzantium emperor Heraclius, Martina and their children, in their battle for the emperor's throne |
| 651 | After Kubrat's death, khan Asparukh sought territorial expansion and a city for a new Bulgarian capital somewhere to the south of the Danube |
| 681 | First Bulgarian Kingdom founded by Khan Asparouh (see the map) |
| 700-718 | Under the reign of Khan Tervel (700-718) Bulgaria expanded in territory (adding Zagore region, 706) and rose to a higher political standing (see the map) |
| 718 | Arab cavalry treads over Byzantium Empire and threatens Bulgaria. Khan Tervel defeats Arabs ending their attempts to penetrate into Europe via Balkans. |
| 803-814 | Khan Krum continued the deliverance of Slav population in Balkans from Byzantium repression; Bulgaria bordered on the west with the empire of Charlemagne and on the east the Bulgarian troops besieged Constantinople (see the map) |
| 864 | Prince Boris I Mihail (852-889) overcame the internal rejection and adopted Christianity as official state religion (see the map) |
| 893 - 927 | Golden Age of Bulgaria: Simeon the Great (b.864; 893-927) achieves the greatest cultural achievements and territorial power with an outlet to the three seas - the Aegean, Black and Adriatic; and is titled 'Tsar of all Bulgarians and Byzantines' |
| 976-1014 | Tsar Samuil, pushes Bulgaria's borders further to the South and to the West, and made Ohrid the new capital (the third Bulgarian capital after Pliska and Preslav) |
| 1018 | After long-lasting wars Bulgaria was conquered by Byzantium Empire |
| 1054 | Break of relations between the two main centres of the Christianity: Constantinople and Rome: Bulgaria increasingly isolated in the acute rivalry between East and West |
| 1185 | The brothers Asen and Petar declare the establishment of Second Bulgarian Kingdom with Turnovo as a capital city thus ending Byzantium rule |
| 1197-1207 | Tsar Kaloyan restored the mighty power of Bulgaria and again stands out as a major power in the south-east Europe; the army of the Latin emperor Baudouin of Flanders defeated near Adrianople (1204) and he was took as prisoner |
| 1218-1241 | Under tsar Ivan Assen II Bulgaria reached its highest efflorescence establishing political supremacy in South-East Europe, expanding its borders, pushing forward economical and cultural development (see the map) |
| 1277 | Suffering at the hands of 'the Tartars Golden Horde' Bulgarian peasants rose in first massive mediaeval peasant war - beating off the Tartars and imposing their leader, the swineherd Ivailo, on the throne, albeit for a three years period (see the map) |
| 1396 | Bulgaria tumbles down under oppressive Ottoman domination for almost 5 centuries |
| 1408-1799 | Numerous significant uprisings of Bulgarian people, proclaiming the independence of Bulgaria, are suppressed with inhuman atrocities |
| 1860s-70s | Vassil Levski establishes a strong network of local committees in hundreds of Bulgarian towns and villages thus organizing a national liberation revolution |
| 1876 | Bulgarian revolutionaries launch the April uprising indirectly leading to the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 |
| 1908 | Tsar Ferdinand Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (elected to the throne in 1887) declares the Independence of Bulgaria |
| 1912 | Bulgaria, along with its allies, forces Turkey to hand back its remaining Balkan territories in First Balkan War |
| 1913 | Bulgaria is attacked by Serbia, Romania, Montenegro, Turkey and Greece and loses its possessions in the Second Balkan War |
| 1914 | Bulgaria allies with Central Powers during the First World War (1914-1918) |
| 1939-1944 | Bulgaria collaborates with Germany during the Second World War; in spite of German coercions save all Jewish population and refuse military assistance |
| 1944 | The Soviet Union declares war on Bulgaria while at the same time a Communist-led coalition, called the Fatherland Front, seizes power in Sofia |
| 1947 | Bulgaria becomes a "People's Republic" and all opposition to communist rule is eliminated |
| 1954 | Todor Zhivkov takes control of the Communist Party leadership |
| 1955 | On 14 December Bulgaria becomes a member of the United Nations with population of 8.4 millions. |
| 1989 | Zhivkov is removed from power; the era of political and economic transition begins |
| 1990 | The Bulgarian Socialist Party (the BSP) wins the first free post-war elections |
| 1991 | The coalition Union of Democratic Forces (UDF) and the Movement for Democratic Freedom wins elections, thus replacing the communists for the first time since 1944 |
| 1992 | UDF government is removed following a fallout within the coalition, and replaced by a government of 'independent experts' led by Mr. Lyuben Berov |
| 1994 | Berov replaced by a caretaker government; in December elections the Democratic Left was voted back into power headed by the BSP leader Z.Videnov |
| 1994 | Bulgaria beat Germany to reach the semi-finals of the World Cup |
| 1996 | Mr Videnov and his government resign in the face of growing macroeconomic instability, financial crisis and popular protests |
| 1996 | Petar Stoyanov, UDF's candidate, won in triumph the presidential election on 27 October 1996 |
| 1997 | The Union of Democratic Forces coalition comes to power following early elections and embarks upon a series of far-reaching reforms, with the support from parliament |
| 2001 | In June Parliamentary elections Simeon II (ex-King of Bulgarians, expelled by Soviet Army in 1946) became Prime Minister approved by its National Movement SimeonII |
| 2001 | Presidential elections: Bulgarian voters, frustrated over poverty and corruption, elect 44-year old Georgi Parvanov (BSP leader) to be the president (see elections' results) |
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