Timeline of Plovdiv
      The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
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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.[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".
-  1420s - Great Mosque built.[5]
-  1440s - Imaret Mosque built.[5]
-  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
-  1879 - Naroden Glas newspaper in publication.(bg)
-  1881 - International Theatre Luxembourg opens.
-  1882 - Plovdiv Regional Archaeological Museum opens.[10]
-  1885
-  "Bloodless revolution at Philippopolis."[11]
-  Еко де Балкан (1885) newspaper published.
 
-  1886 - November: "State of siege at Philippopolis on account of brigandage and Russian agency."[11]
-  1891 - City master plan approved.
-  1892
-  1893
-  "Socialist organization" founded by Dimiter Blagoev.
-  Population: 41,068.[13]
 
20th century
21st century
See also
- Other cities in Bulgaria
References
- ↑  John Van Antwerp Fine, Jr. (1994). The Late Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century to the Ottoman Conquest. University of Michigan Press. ISBN 978-0-472-08260-5. 
- ↑  István Vásáry (2005). Cumans and Tatars: Oriental Military in the Pre-Ottoman Balkans, 1185–1365. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-139-44408-8. 
- ↑  Donald M. Nicol (1993). The Last Centuries of Byzantium, 1261-1453. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-43991-6. 
- 1 2  Andrew Petersen (1996). "Bulgaria". Dictionary of Islamic Architecture. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-61366-3. 
- ↑  Mary C. Neuburger (2012). Balkan Smoke: Tobacco and the Making of Modern Bulgaria. Cornell University Press. ISBN 0-8014-6550-8. 
- ↑  "Музеи" [Museums]. Plovdiv.bg (in Bulgarian). Plovdiv Municipality. Retrieved November 2015. 
- 1 2 3  Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Roumelia, Turkey", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co. 
- ↑  "Turkey: Tributary States: Bulgaria". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1899. 
- ↑  "Bulgaria". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921  – via HathiTrust. 
- ↑  Jim Samson (2013). Music in the Balkans. Brill. ISBN 90-04-25038-7. 
- ↑  Walter Rüegg, ed. (2011). "Universities founded in Europe between 1945 and 1995". Universities Since 1945. History of the University in Europe 4. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-139-49425-0. 
- ↑  Raymond Detrez (2015). Historical Dictionary of Bulgaria (3rd ed.). Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-4422-4180-0. 
- ↑  "Bulgaria". Europa World Year Book 2003. Europa Publications. ISBN 978-1-85743-227-5. 
- ↑  Bulgarian police detain 120 after mosque attack, Reuters, 14 February 2014 
 
This article incorporates information from the Bulgarian Wikipedia and German Wikipedia.
Bibliography
-  "Philippopolis", Handbook for Travellers in Turkey (3rd ed.), London: J. Murray, 1854, OCLC 2145740 
-  "Filibe", Bradshaw's Hand-Book to the Turkish Empire, 1: Turkey in Europe, London: W.J. Adams, c. 1872 
-  "Philippopel", Türkei, Rumänien, Serbien, Bulgarien [Turkey, Romania, Serbia, Bulgaria], Meyers Reisebücher (in German) (6th ed.), Leipzig: Bibliographisches Institut, 1902 
-  "Philippopolis", Jewish Encyclopedia 9, New York, 1907 
-  "Philippopolis", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424  – via Internet Archive 
-  British Admiralty, Naval Intelligence Division (1920), "Gazetteer of Towns: Philippopolis", Handbook of Bulgaria, London: His Majesty's Stationery Office 
-  Dimiter Mihailov and Pancho Smolenov (1986). "Plovdiv". Bulgaria: a Guide. translated by E. Yanev and R. Yossifova. Sofia: Collet's, Sofia Press  – via Internet Archive.  (fulltext)
-  Alexander Kiossev (2006). "Plovdiv".  In Marcel Cornis-Pope and John Neubauer. History of the Literary Cultures of East-Central Europe. John Benjamins. pp. 124–144. ISBN 978-90-272-9340-4. 
-  Jonathan Bloom and Sheila Blair, ed. (2009). "Plovdiv". Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art & Architecture. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-530991-1. 
 
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