Timeline of Plovdiv

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}} The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Plovdiv, Bulgaria. {{Dynamic list}} {{TOC right}}

==Prior to 20th century== {{History of Bulgaria}}

* 342 BCE – Philip II of Macedon conquered the Thracian settlement Pulpudeva and renamed it "Philippopolis."{{sfn|Mihailov|1986}} * 2nd C. CE – Roman theatre built by Emperor Trajan.{{sfn|Mihailov|1986}} * 250/251 CE – Battle of Philippopolis; town sacked by Goths.{{sfn|Mihailov|1986}} * 340's – Christian church council held in Philippopolis. * 836 – Town becomes part of the First Bulgarian Empire under Khan Malamir.{{sfn|Mihailov|1986}} * 971 – John I Tzimiskes captures Philippopolis in his campaign against Sviatoslav I. * 1205 –Philippopolis surrenders to Kaloyan of Bulgaria.<ref name="fine1994">{{cite book |author = John Van Antwerp Fine Jr. |author-link = John Van Antwerp Fine Jr. | title = The Late Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century to the Ottoman Conquest | publisher = University of Michigan Press | year = 1994 | isbn = 978-0-472-08260-5 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hh0Bu8C66TsC }}</ref>{{sfn|Britannica|1910}} * 1208 – June: Battle of Philippopolis (1208). * 1262 – Byzantines under Michael VIII retook the city. * 1323 – Tatar forces attempted unsuccessful siege.<ref name="Vásáry2005">{{cite book|author= István Vásáry |title=Cumans and Tatars: Oriental Military in the Pre-Ottoman Balkans, 1185–1365|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7DJWyg97IggC|year= 2005|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-139-44408-8}}</ref>{{sfn|Britannica|1910}} * 1344 – Anna of Savoy ceded the city to Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria. * 1363 – City taken by Turkish forces under Lala Şahin Pasha.<ref name="Nicol1993">{{cite book|author= Donald M. Nicol|author-link= Donald M. Nicol|title=The Last Centuries of Byzantium, 1261-1453|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y2d6OHLqwEsC|year= 1993|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-43991-6}}</ref> * 1364 – Ottomans in power; town renamed "Filibe".{{sfn|Mihailov|1986}} * 1420's – Great Mosque built.<ref name="Petersen1996">{{cite book|author=Andrew Petersen|title=Dictionary of Islamic Architecture|year= 1996|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-61366-3 |chapter=Bulgaria |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eIaEAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA336 }}</ref> * 1440's – {{Interlanguage link multi|Imaret Mosque|bg|3=Шахбединова Имарет джамия}} built.<ref name="Petersen1996" /> * 1818 – Earthquake.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}} * 1832 – Sts. Constantine and Helena Church rebuilt.{{sfn|Mihailov|1986}} * 1835 – {{Interlanguage link multi|St. Nicholas church, Plovdiv|bg|3=Свети Николай (Пловдив)}} rebuilt. * 1836 – St. Petka Church school established.{{sfn|Mihailov|1986}} * 1844 – Church of the Holy Mother of God, Plovdiv rebuilt. * 1846 – Fire.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}} * 1847 – Textile factory in operation.{{sfn|Bloom|2009}} * 1856 – {{Interlanguage link multi|St. Marina church|bg|3=Света Марина (Пловдив)}} rebuilt. * 1861 – Cathedral of St Louis built. * 1870 - Plovdiv Central railway station opened. * 1875 – Greek Zariphios School established.{{sfn|Kiossev|2006}} * 1878 ** Battle of Philippopolis (1878).{{sfn|Britannica|1910}} ** City becomes capital of Eastern Roumelia per the Congress of Berlin.{{sfn|Mihailov|1986}} ** Danov publisher in business. ** Tomasian tobacco manufacturer in business (approximate date).<ref name="Neuburger2012">{{cite book|author=Mary C. Neuburger|title=Balkan Smoke: Tobacco and the Making of Modern Bulgaria|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E7JDJzogCHMC|year= 2012|publisher=Cornell University Press|isbn=978-0-8014-6550-5}}</ref> * 1879 – ''Naroden Glas'' newspaper in publication.<sup>(bg)</sup> {{citation needed|date=November 2015}} * 1881 – International Theatre Luxembourg opens.{{sfn|Kiossev|2006}} * 1882 – {{Interlanguage link multi|Plovdiv Regional Archaeological Museum|bg|3=Регионален археологически музей, Пловдив}} opens.<ref name=museums>{{cite web |url=http://www.plovdiv.bg/туристи-2/забележителности/музеи/ |title= Музеи |trans-title=Museums |language=bg |work= Plovdiv.bg |publisher=Plovdiv Municipality |access-date=30 November 2015 }}</ref> * 1885 ** "Bloodless revolution at Philippopolis."<ref name=haydn1910>{{Citation |publisher = Ward, Lock & Co. |location = London |title = Haydn's Dictionary of Dates |author = Benjamin Vincent |title-link = Haydn's Dictionary of Dates |edition = 25th |date = 1910 |chapter= Roumelia, Turkey |hdl = 2027/loc.ark:/13960/t89g6g776?urlappend=%3Bseq=1197 |chapter-url = http://hdl.handle.net/2027/loc.ark:/13960/t89g6g776?urlappend=%3Bseq=1197 }}</ref> ** ''{{Interlanguage link multi|Еко де Балкан (1885)|bg}}'' newspaper published. * 1886 – November: "State of siege at Philippopolis on account of brigandage and Russian agency."<ref name=haydn1910 /> * 1891 – City master plan approved.{{sfn|Kiossev|2006}} * 1892 ** August: "First Bulgarian exhibition" opens.<ref name=haydn1910 /> ** Exhibition Park laid out.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}} ** Plovdiv Synagogue built.{{sfn|Jewish Encyclopedia|1907}} * 1893 ** "Socialist organization" founded by Dimiter Blagoev.{{sfn|Mihailov|1986}} ** Population: 41,068.<ref>{{cite book |title=Statesman's Year-Book |title-link=Statesman's Year-Book |year=1899 |location=London |publisher= Macmillan and Co.|chapter= Turkey: Tributary States: Bulgaria |hdl=2027/nyp.33433081590550?urlappend=%3Bseq=1452 |chapter-url=http://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433081590550?urlappend=%3Bseq=1452 |last1=Hunter |first1=Brian |last2=Paxton |first2=John |last3=Steinberg |first3=S. H. |last4=Epstein |first4=Mortimer |last5=Renwick |first5=Isaac Parker Anderson |last6=Keltie |first6=John Scott |last7=Martin |first7=Frederick }}</ref>

==20th century==

* 1906 ** Anti-Greek unrest.{{sfn|Kiossev|2006}} ** Population: 45,572.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}} * 1908 – Plovdiv Central railway station built. * 1909 – Pathé cinema opens.{{sfn|Kiossev|2006}} * 1910 – Population: 47,981.<ref>{{cite book |title=Statesman's Year-Book |title-link=Statesman's Year-Book |year=1921 |location=London |publisher= Macmillan and Co.|chapter= Bulgaria |hdl=2027/njp.32101072368440?urlappend=%3Bseq=780 |chapter-url=http://hdl.handle.net/2027/njp.32101072368440?urlappend=%3Bseq=780 |via=HathiTrust }}</ref> * 1912 – Amer Gaazi Dzami (mosque) demolished.{{sfn|Kiossev|2006}} * 1917 – Plovdiv Regional Ethnographic Museum established. * 1921 – FC Maritsa Plovdiv (football club) formed. * 1926 – Todor Diev Stadium opens. * 1928 – April: 1928 Chirpan–Plovdiv earthquakes.{{sfn|Kiossev|2006}} * 1932 – {{Interlanguage link multi|Тодор Александров (1932)|bg}} newspaper begins publication. * 1934 ** Annual Plovdiv Fair begins.{{sfn|Mihailov|1986}} ** Population: 99,883. * 1938 - Plovdiv Regional Ethnographic Museum new location. * 1940 – {{Interlanguage link multi|1940 Bulgaria tobacco strike|bg|3=Тютюноработническа стачка (1940)}}. * 1945 ** Plovdiv Medical University founded. ** Plovdiv Philharmonic Orchestra established. * 1947 – FC Spartak Plovdiv (football club) and Detska Kitka Choir[https://www.detskakitka.org/] formed. * 1950 – Plovdiv Stadium built. * 1951 – Plovdiv Regional Historical Museum established. * 1953 ** {{Interlanguage link multi|1953 Plovdiv strike|bg|3=Пловдивска стачка и работнически бунт 1953 г.}}. ** Opera house established.<ref name="Samson2013">{{cite book|author=Jim Samson|title=Music in the Balkans|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yJ60SHL4R-0C|year= 2013|publisher=Brill |isbn=978-90-04-25038-3}}</ref> * 1955 – Trolleybus begins operating. * 1956 – Population: 161,836. * 1957 – Alyosha Monument, Plovdiv erected. * 1960 – {{Interlanguage link multi|Plovdiv Regional Museum of Natural History|bg|3=Регионален природонаучен музей (Пловдив)}} founded. * 1961 – Hristo Botev Stadium (Plovdiv) opens. * 1964 ** {{Interlanguage link multi|Academy of Music, Dance and Fine Arts (Plovdiv)|bg|3=Академия за музикално, танцово и изобразително изкуство}} established. ** Population: 203,800.<ref>{{cite book |url= https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/1960_round.htm |title=Demographic Yearbook 1965 |year=1966 |publisher=Statistical Office of the United Nations |location=New York |chapter=Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants }}</ref> * 1965 – Plovdiv Airport new terminal opens. * 1972 – Plovdiv University "Paisii Hilendarski" active.<ref name="Ruegg2011">{{cite book|editor=Walter Rüegg |editor-link=Walter Rüegg |series=History of the University in Europe |volume=4 |title= Universities Since 1945 |year=2011|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-139-49425-0 |chapter= Universities founded in Europe between 1945 and 1995 |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=VCKRv1GiFqEC&pg=PA577 }}</ref> * 1981 – Expo 81 held in city. * 1985 – Population: 342,131. * 1987 – Administrative Plovdiv okrug (province) created.<ref name="Detrez2015">{{cite book|author= Raymond Detrez|author-link= Raymond Detrez|title=Historical Dictionary of Bulgaria|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hywaBgAAQBAJ|year=2015 |edition=3rd |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-1-4422-4180-0 }}</ref> * 1991 ** ''Maritsa'' newspaper begins publication.<ref name=europa2003>{{cite book|title=Europa World Year Book 2003|publisher=Europa Publications |isbn=978-1-85743-227-5 |chapter=Bulgaria |date=10 July 2003 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XLvU9lroRuUC&pg=PA896 }}</ref> ** {{Interlanguage link multi|Museum of Aviation, Plovdiv|bg|3=Музей на авиацията (Пловдив)}} founded. * 1993 – Population: 345,205 (estimate).<ref>{{cite book |url= https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/1990_round.htm |title=1995 Demographic Yearbook |year=1997 |publisher=United Nations Department for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis, Statistics Division |location=New York |chapter=Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants |pages=262–321 }}</ref> * 1999 – Ivan Chomakov becomes mayor.

==21st century==

* 2005 – "Night of museums" begins. * 2007 – Slavcho Atanasov becomes mayor. * 2011 – {{Interlanguage link multi|Ivan Totev|bg|3=Иван Тотев}} becomes mayor. * 2013 – Population: 341,041. * 2014 – February: Anti-Muslim unrest.<ref>{{citation |publisher=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-bulgaria-mosque-attack-idUSBREA1D1O820140214 |title=Bulgarian police detain 120 after mosque attack |date=14 February 2014 }}</ref> * 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== {{Reflist|30em}} ''This article incorporates information from the Bulgarian Wikipedia and German Wikipedia.''

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