Timeline of Sofia
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Sofia, Bulgaria.
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Prior to 14th century
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- 2nd century CE - Serdica founded by Trajan.[1]
- 268 - Serdica raided by Goths.
- 343 CE - Council of Serdica convenes (approximate date).[2]
- 4th century - Church of St. George and Amphitheatre of Serdica built (approximate date).
- 447 - Town burned by Huns.[1]
- 6th century CE - Saint Sofia Church built.
- 809
- Town becomes part of Bulgarian Empire.[3]
- Town renamed "Sredetz."[4]
- 11th century - Boyana Church built near town (approximate date).
- 1194
14th-18th centuries
- 13th century - Church of St. Nicholas built.
- 1329 - Town renamed "Sofia."[3]
- 1382 - Ottomans take Sofia.[5]
- 1443 - Town occupied by Hungarian forces.[6]
- 1493 - Kremikovtsi Monastery reestablished near Sofia.
- 1494 - Buyuk Mosque built.
- 1528 - Black Mosque built.
- 1576 - Banya Bashi Mosque built.
- 1610 - Catholic See of Sophia established.[4]
19th century
- 1818 - Earthquake.[7]
- 1829 - Town occupied by Russian forces.[8]
- 1858 - Earthquake.[7]
- 1863 - St Nedelya Church rebuilt.
- 1872 - City Garden established.
- 1874 - Istanbul-Sofia railway begins operating.[9]
- 1878 - Town occupied by Russian forces.[1]
- 1879
- Capital of Bulgaria relocated to Sofia from Veliko Tarnovo.[1]
- Area of city: 3 square kilometers.[10]
- 1881 - Population: 20,501.[6]
- 1882 - Royal palace built.[6]
- 1884 - Boris' Garden (park) laid out.
- 1886 - National Assembly building constructed.
- 1888
- Sofia University founded.
- Sofia Central Station and Sofia Zoo[11] open.
- Dimitar Petkov becomes mayor.
- 1890 - 31 May: "Destructive thunderstorm."[12]
- 1891 - Eagles' Bridge and Lions' Bridge built.
- 1893
- Bulgarian Literary Society relocates to Sofia.
- Population: 46,593.[6]
- 1897 - Battenberg Mausoleum erected.
- 1898 - Central Hunters' Society headquartered in Sofia.[13]
20th century
- 1903
- Bulgarian Social Democratic Workers' Party (Narrow Socialists) headquartered in Sofia.
- Sveti Sedmochislenitsi Church inaugurated.
- 1904 - National Theatre founded.
- 1905 - National Archaeological Museum opens.
- 1907
- Central Military Club built.
- Population: 82,187.[6]
- 1908
- Bulgarian Opera Society established.
- City becomes capital of the Kingdom of Bulgaria.[4]
- 1909 - Sofia Synagogue built.
- 1910 - Population: 102,812.[7]
- 1911
- Central Sofia Market Hall opens.
- Union of Bulgarian Chitalishta headquartered in Sofia.[13]
- 1912 - Alexander Nevsky Cathedral built.[11]
- 1913 - L'écho de Bulgarie newspaper begins publication.[14]
- 1914
- Levski Sofia (sports club) founded.
- Russian Church consecrated.
- Vrana Palace built near Sofia.
- 1919 - Simplon Orient Express (Paris-Sofia) begins operating.
- 1922 - National Opera established.
- 1925
- 16 April: St Nedelya Church assault.
- Thracian student society founded.[13]
- 1926 - Vladimir Vazov becomes mayor.
- 1927 - Kino Vlaikova (cinema) established (approximate date).[15]
- 1929 - Ivan Vazov National Theatre rebuilt.[11]
- 1930 - Church of St Paraskeva built.
- 1934
- City becomes seat of Sofia Oblast.[3]
- Population: 287,095; department 1,152,053.[1]
- French Institute built on Slaveykov Square.
- 1939
- 1940 - Sofia Court House built on Vitosha Boulevard.
- 1943 - Bombing of Sofia in World War II by Allied forces.
- 1944 - Bombing of Sofia in World War II by Allied forces.
- 1946 - City becomes capital of the People's Republic of Bulgaria.
- 1949 - Sofia Power Plant commissioned.
- 1951 - Vecherni Novini newspaper begins publication.[16]
- 1953 - Vasil Levski National Stadium and National Opera and Ballet building open.
- 1955 - Communist Party Centre built.[11]
- 1956 - Park Hotel Moskva built.
- 1959 - Borisova Gradina TV Tower erected.
- 1962 - Boyana Film studio established.
- 1963 - Georgi Asparuhov Stadium opens.
- 1965 - Theatre 199 founded.
- 1968 - City hosts World Festival of Youth and Students.[17]
- 1974 - Sofia Central Station rebuilt.
- 1976 - Hemus Hotel built.
- 1977 - Princess Hotel Sofia built.
- 1978 - CITUB Administrative Building built.
- 1979 - Hotel Rodina and Vitosha New Otani (hotel) built.
- 1981 - National Palace of Culture opens.
- 1991
- New Bulgarian University and Higher Islamic Institute[18] established.
- Aleksandar Yanchulev becomes mayor.
- Odeon Cinema active.
- 1993 - June: Union of Democratic Forces demonstration.[16]
- 1995 - Stefan Sofiyanski becomes mayor.
- 1997
- January: 1997 Bulgarian protest .[19]
- Sofia Film Festival begins.
- 1998 - Sofia Metro begins operating.
21st century
- 2001
- November: Protest.[20]
- Iceberg Sofia hockey team formed.
- 2003
- Radio Nova begins broadcasting.
- City plan "Sofia 2020" adopted.[10]
- 2004 - Central Bus Station Sofia opens.
- 2005
- Boyko Borisov becomes mayor.
- Suhodol, Sofia landfill protest.[21]
- 2006
- Mall of Sofia in business.
- Kino Cineplex opens.[22]
- Cathedral of St Joseph rebuilt.
- 2007
- Olympia Sofia women's football club established.
- Bulgaria becomes part of the European Union.[23]
- 2008
- Sofia Pride begins.
- 3 July: 2008 Chelopechene explosions.
- 2009
- Sofia Middle East & North Africa Film Festival begins.[24]
- Yordanka Fandakova becomes mayor.
- Benchmark Tower built.
- 2011
- September: Anti-Roma demonstration.[20]
- Armeets Arena and Sofia Arsenal Museum of Contemporary Art opens.
- Sopharma Business Center towers built.
- 2012
- Knyaginya Maria Luiza Metro Station opens.
- Population: 1,241,396.
- 2013
- February: Protest against the Borisov cabinet.
- June: Protest against the Oresharski cabinet.[25]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Webster's Geographical Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA: G. & C. Merriam Co., 1960, p. 1057, OCLC 3832886
- ↑ Patrick J. Healy (1913). "Council of Sardica". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 1789, OL 6112221M
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 S. Vailhe (1913). "Sardica". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York.
- ↑ Dimiter Mihailov and Pancho Smolenov (1986). Bulgaria: a Guide. translated by E. Yanev and R. Yossifova. Sofia: Collet's, Sofia Press.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 James David Bourchier (1910), "Sofia", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York: Encyclopaedia Britannica Co., OCLC 14782424
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2
- ↑ "Sofia". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901.
- ↑ Selcuk Aksin Somel (2003). Historical Dictionary of the Ottoman Empire. USA: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6606-5.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Sonia Hirt (2011). "Integrating City and Nature: Urban Planning Debates in Sofia, Bulgaria". Greening the City: Urban Landscapes in the Twentieth Century. University of Virginia Press. ISBN 978-0-8139-3114-2.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 "Sofia". Bulgaria Guide Book. Bulgaria: Balkantourist. 1959.
- ↑ Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Sofia", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Nikolay Valkov (2009). "Associational Culture in Pre-Communist Bulgaria: Considerations for Civil Society and Social Capital". Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations 20. JSTOR 27928186.
- ↑ "Global Resources Network". Chicago, USA: Center for Research Libraries. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
- ↑ "36 Hours in Sofia, Bulgaria". New York Times. 30 August 2012. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 Europa World Year Book 2003. Taylor & Francis. 2003. ISBN 978-1-85743-227-5.
- ↑ Karin Taylor (2006). Let's Twist Again: Youth and Leisure in Socialist Bulgaria. LIT Verlag Münster. ISBN 978-3-8258-9505-1.
- ↑ Jørgen S. Nielsen, ed. (2010). Yearbook of Muslims in Europe. Brill. ISBN 90-04-18475-9.
- ↑ Viara Djoreva (2001). "Seeing Beyond the Crowd: A Case Study of the Political Protests in Sofia in the Beginning of 1997". Polish Sociological Review (133). JSTOR 41274789.
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 "Bulgaria Profile: Timeline". BBC News. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
- ↑ "Global Nonviolent Action Database". Pennsylvania, USA: Swarthmore College. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
- ↑ "Movie Theaters in Sofia, Bulgaria". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
- ↑ Andrew Higgins (24 December 2013). "Change Comes Slowly for Bulgaria, Even With E.U. Membership". New York Times. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
- ↑ "Festival". Sofia Middle East & North Africa Film Festival. Pozor Company. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
- ↑ Nikolay Staykov (ed.). "The Protest". Sofia: Noresharski.com. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
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Further reading
- "Sophia", Handbook for Travellers in Turkey (3rd ed.), London: J. Murray, 1854, OCLC 2145740
- "Sofia", Türkei, Rumänien, Serbien, Bulgarien [Turkey, Romania, Serbia, Bulgaria], Meyers Reisebücher (in German) (6th ed.), Leipzig: Bibliographisches Institut, 1902
- William Harman Black (1920). "Bulgaria: Sofia". The Real Europe Pocket Guide-Book. Black's Blue Books (10). New York: Brentano's.
- Philip Ward (1993). Sofia: portrait of a city. Cambridge, England: Oleander. ISBN 0906672651.
- "Bulgaria: Sofia", Eastern and Central Europe (17th ed.), Fodor's, 1996, OL 7697674M
- Trudy Ring, ed. (1996). "Sofia". Southern Europe. International Dictionary of Historic Places 3. Fitzroy Dearborn. OCLC 31045650.
- Irina Gigova (2011). "The City and the Nation: Sofia’s Trajectory from Glory to Rubble in WWII". Journal of Urban History 37.
- Roman A. Cybriwsky (2013). "Sofia". Capital Cities around the World: An Encyclopedia of Geography, History, and Culture. ABC-CLIO. p. 282+. ISBN 978-1-61069-248-9.
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