Timeline of Varna

{{Dynamic list}} The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Varna, Bulgaria.

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

* 6th century BCE – Odessus founded by Greeks.<ref name=seltzer1952 /> * 1st century CE – Romans in power.<ref name=seltzer1952 /> * 1201 – Siege of Varna (1201) by forces of Kaloyan of Bulgaria. * 1389 – Ottoman Turks in power.<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> [[File:Battle of Varna 1444.PNG|thumb|right|Battle of Varna, 19th-century painting by Jan Matejko]] * 1444 – 10 November: Battle of Varna.{{sfn|Haydn|1910}} * 1606 – Varna sacked by Cossacks.<ref>{{cite journal |author= Victor Ostapchuk |title= Human Landscape of the Ottoman Black Sea in the Face of the Cossack Naval Raids |journal= Oriente Moderno |volume= 20 |year=2001 |issue= 1 |pages= 23–95 |jstor=25817745 }}</ref> * 1828 – Siege of Varna.{{sfn|Haydn|1910}} * 1854 – During Crimean War, allied forces based temporarily at Varna.{{sfn|Haydn|1910}} * 1867 – Rustchuk–Varna railway begins operating.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}} * 1870 – Seat of a Bulgarian Bishop.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}} * 1871 – Slavic Orthodox Christian {{Interlanguage link multi|Eparchy of Varna and Veliki|it|3=Eparchia di Varna e Veliki}} established.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mitropolia-varna.org//index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=16&Itemid=38 |language=bg |title=история |trans-title=History |publisher=Варненска и Великопреславска света митрополия (Eparchy of Varna and Veliki) |access-date=30 March 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141228042741/http://mitropolia-varna.org//index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=16&Itemid=38 |archive-date=28 December 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> * 1878 – Varna becomes part of newly restored independent Bulgaria per Treaty of Berlin (1878){{sfn|Haydn|1910}}{{sfn|Britannica|1910}} * 1883 – Orient Express railway begins operating.{{citation needed|date=March 2015}} * 1885 – Euxinograd palace built near Varna. * 1886 – Dormition of the Mother of God Cathedral, Varna built. * 1888 ** Varna Archaeological Museum founded. ** Population: 25,256.{{sfn|Haydn|1910}} * 1892 – Bulgarian Steamship Company in business.[http://www.navbul.com/en/company/history/index.php] * 1900 – Machine School for the Navy relocated to Varna.

==20th century==

* 1906 ** Port of Varna built.{{sfn|Haydn|1910}} ** Population: 37,155.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}} * 1912 – {{Interlanguage link multi|Alexander Vasilev (mayor)|bg|3=Александър Василев (кмет)}} becomes mayor. * 1913 – Reka Ticha sport club formed. * 1915 – 27 October: Varna bombed by Russian forces.{{sfn|Bajraktarevic|1936}}<ref>{{cite web |url= https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9A07E4D8133EE733A25751C0A9679D946496D6CF |title= Varna riddled by shells |date= 2 November 1915 |work=New York Times }}</ref> * 1916 – 16 January: Varna bombed by Russian forces.{{sfn|Bajraktarevic|1936}} * 1918 – SC Sokol (football club) formed. * 1921 – Stoyan Bachvarov Dramatic Theatre founded. * 1923 – BC Cherno More basketball team founded. * 1925 – Varna railway station opens. * 1931 – ''Freedom'' begins publication.{{citation needed|date=March 2015}} * 1932 – Varna Aquarium opens.<ref name="Kisling2000">{{cite book|editor=Vernon N. Kisling|title=Zoo and Aquarium History|year= 2000|publisher=CRC Press |location=USA |isbn=978-1-4200-3924-5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dxTrR5nOE0UC }}</ref> * 1934 ** {{Interlanguage link multi|Radio Varna|bg|3=Радио Варна}} begins broadcasting. ** City becomes capital of Varna oblast.<ref name=seltzer1952 /> * 1935 ** Symbolic mausoleum of King Władysław III of Poland erected.<ref name=vm>{{cite web|url=https://varnenchikmuseum.com/en/about-us/|title=About us|website=Park-museum of military friendship "Vladislav Varnenchik"|access-date=31 July 2022}}</ref> ** {{illm|Yanko Mustakov|bg|3=Янко Мустаков (кмет)}} becomes mayor. * 1946 – Population: 77,792.<ref name=seltzer1952 /> * 1949 ** Varna renamed "Stalin."<ref name=seltzer1952 /> ** City becomes capital of the Stalin District.<ref name=seltzer1952>{{Citation |publisher = Columbia University Press |location = New York |editor = Leon E. Seltzer |title = Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World |ol=6112221M |date = 1952 |page=1818 |chapter=Stalin |chapter-url= https://archive.org/stream/columbialippinco00selt#page/1818/mode/1up }}</ref> * 1950 – Yuri Gagarin Stadium opens. * 1957 – In vicinity of Varna, Golden Sands resort development begins. * 1961 ** Institute of Medicine established.<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=PA575 }}</ref> ** Sea Garden (Varna) remodelled. * 1962 – 15th Chess Olympiad held in Varna. * 1964 ** Varna International Ballet Competition begins.<ref name=anzovin2000>{{cite book |title=Famous First Facts |title-link=Famous First Facts |year=2000 |publisher= H.W. Wilson Co. |editor=Steven Anzovin |editor2=Janet Podell |isbn= 0824209583 }}</ref> ** Population: 172,700.<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> ** John Hunyadi monument unveiled.<ref name=vm/> thumb|Varna in 1968 * 1968 – Ticha Stadium and Palace of Culture and Sports open. * 1970 – Varna co-hosts the 1970 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship. * 1972 – Varna Necropolis discovered. * 1974 – Varna hosts the 1974 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. * 1976 – Asparuhov Bridge opens. * 1979 – Varna hosts the 1979 European Weightlifting Championships. * 1981 – Varna co-hosts the 1981 Men's European Volleyball Championship. * 1985 ** Museum of Medicine History opened. ** BC Cherno More wins its first Bulgarian basketball championship. * 1986 – Trolleybuses begin operating. * 1991 – Hristo Borisov Hall (sport arena) opens.{{citation needed|date=March 2015}} * 1993 – Population: 307,200 city; 313,034 urban agglomeration (estimate).<ref>{{cite book |url= https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/1990_round.htm |title=1995 Demographic Yearbook |year=1997 |author=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> * 1994 – McDonald's in business.<ref name=MMA-eusb11>{{cite web |url= http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ht/?period=11&region=eusb#/Key-Events |title= Balkan Peninsula, 1900 A.D.–present: Key Events |work= Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History |publisher=Metropolitan Museum of Art |location=New York |access-date= 30 March 2015 }}</ref> * 1998 – Black Sea NGO Network headquartered in Varna.[http://www.bsnn.org/history.html]

==21st century==

* 2001 ** Varna co-hosts the 2001 Women's European Volleyball Championship. ** Population: 314,539.<ref name=europa2003>{{cite book|title=Europa World Year Book 2003|year= 2003|publisher=Europa Publications |isbn=978-1-85743-227-5 |chapter=Bulgaria |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XLvU9lroRuUC&pg=PA877 }}</ref> * 2008 ** Mall Varna (shopping centre) in business. ** New Varna Stadium construction begins. * 2011 – Population: 343,704 municipality. * 2013 ** 2013 Bulgarian protests against the first Borisov cabinet. ** 2013–14 Bulgarian protests against the Oresharski cabinet.<ref name="Detrez2015" /> ** Air pollution in Varna reaches annual mean of 36 PM2.5 and 51 PM10, more than recommended.<ref>{{citation |author=World Health Organization |author-link=World Health Organization |location=Geneva |title=Global Urban Ambient Air Pollution Database |year=2016 |url=https://www.who.int/phe/health_topics/outdoorair/databases/cities/en/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140328100014/http://www.who.int/phe/health_topics/outdoorair/databases/cities/en/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 March 2014 }}</ref> ** Ivan Portnih becomes mayor. * 2014 – June: 2014 Bulgarian floods.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27935436 |title= Bulgaria floods: At least 12 killed in Varna and Dobrich |date=20 June 2014 |work=BBC News }}</ref> * 2018 – Varna co-hosts the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship. * 2021 – Varna hosts the 2021 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships.

==See also== * Varna history * {{Interlanguage link multi|History of Varna|bg|3=История на Варна}} * List of mayors of Varna * List of oldest buildings in Varna * Timelines of other cities in Bulgaria: Plovdiv, Sofia

==References== {{Reflist|30em}} ''This article incorporates information from the Bulgarian Wikipedia.''

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