The History of Bulgaria in years
Historical Facts – What Happened When
| When/Year | What |
| 681 | Khan Asparuh established the First Bulgarian Kingdom |
| 863 | Brothers Cyril and Methodius invented the Slavic alphabet |
| 865 | Bulgarians got rid of paganism and converted to Christianity |
| 893 - 927 | The Golden Age of Bulgaria under the reign of Tsar Simeon the Great |
| 1018 – 1185 | Byzantine Rule |
| 1185 – 1396 | Second Bulgarian Kingdom |
| 1396 – 1878 | Ottoman Rule |
| 1760s | Beginning of the National Revival |
| 1876 | The April Uprising, organised by the national liberation movement, was brutally crushed |
| 1878 | Russo-Turkish War. Bulgaria was freed from the Ottomans |
| 1879 | Adoption of the First Bulgarian Constitution |
| 1908 | Independence of Bulgaria |
| 1912 – 1913 | Balkan Wars |
| 1941 | Bulgaria took the side of Germany in the Second World War |
| 1944 | The Soviet troops occupied the country |
| 1946 | Bulgaria became a People’s Republic |
| 1946 – 1989 | Communist regime in Bulgaria |
| 1989 | Fall of the communist regime |
| 1990 | First democratic elections in over 50 years |
| 2004 | Bulgaria became a member of NATO |
| 2007 | Bulgaria joined the European Union |
