Timeline of Plovdiv
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
Prior to 20th century
- 342 BCE – Philip II of Macedon conquered the Thracian settlement Pulpudeva and renamed it "Philippopolis."
- 2nd C. CE – Roman theatre built by Emperor Trajan.
- 250/251 CE – Battle of Philippopolis; town sacked by Goths.
- 340's – Christian church council held in Philippopolis.
- 836 – Town becomes part of the First Bulgarian Empire under Khan Malamir.
- 971 – John I Tzimiskes captures Philippopolis in his campaign against Sviatoslav I.
- 1205 –Philippopolis surrenders to Kaloyan of Bulgaria.
- 1208 – June: Battle of Philippopolis (1208).
- 1262 – Byzantines under Michael VIII retook the city.
- 1323 – Tatar forces attempted unsuccessful siege.
- 1344 – Anna of Savoy ceded the city to Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria.
- 1363 – City taken by Turkish forces under Lala Şahin Pasha.
- 1364 – Ottomans in power; town renamed "Filibe".
- 1420's – Great Mosque built.
- 1440's – built.
- 1818 – Earthquake.
- 1832 – Sts. Constantine and Helena Church rebuilt.
- 1835 – 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 – rebuilt.
- 1861 – Cathedral of St Louis built.
- 1870 - Plovdiv Central railway station opened.
- 1875 – Greek Zariphios School established.
- 1878
- * Battle of Philippopolis (1878).
- * City becomes capital of Eastern Roumelia per the Congress of Berlin.
- * Danov publisher in business.
- * Tomasian tobacco manufacturer in business.
- 1879 – Naroden Glas newspaper in publication.
- 1881 – International Theatre Luxembourg opens.
- 1882 – opens.
- 1885
- * "Bloodless revolution at Philippopolis."
- * newspaper published.
- 1886 – November: "State of siege at Philippopolis on account of brigandage and Russian agency."
- 1891 – City master plan approved.
- 1892
- * August: "First Bulgarian exhibition" opens.
- * Exhibition Park laid out.
- * Plovdiv Synagogue built.
- 1893
- * "Socialist organization" founded by Dimiter Blagoev.
- * Population: 41,068.
20th century
- 1906
- * Anti-Greek unrest.
- * Population: 45,572.
- 1908 – Plovdiv Central railway station built.
- 1909 – Pathé cinema opens.
- 1910 – Population: 47,981.
- 1912 – Amer Gaazi Dzami demolished.
- 1917 – Plovdiv Regional Ethnographic Museum established.
- 1921 – FC Maritsa Plovdiv formed.
- 1926 – Todor Diev Stadium opens.
- 1928 – April: 1928 Chirpan–Plovdiv earthquakes.
- 1932 – newspaper begins publication.
- 1934
- * Annual Plovdiv Fair begins.
- * Population: 99,883.
- 1938 - Plovdiv Regional Ethnographic Museum new location.
- 1940 –.
- 1945
- * Plovdiv Medical University founded.
- * Plovdiv Philharmonic Orchestra established.
- 1947 – FC Spartak Plovdiv and Detska Kitka Choir formed.
- 1950 – Plovdiv Stadium built.
- 1951 – Plovdiv Regional Historical Museum established.
- 1953
- *.
- * Opera house established.
- 1955 – Trolleybus begins operating.
- 1956 – Population: 161,836.
- 1957 – Alyosha Monument, Plovdiv erected.
- 1960 – founded.
- 1961 – Hristo Botev Stadium (Plovdiv) opens.
- 1964
- * established.
- * Population: 203,800.
- 1965 – Plovdiv Airport new terminal opens.
- 1972 – Plovdiv University "Paisii Hilendarski" active.
- 1981 – Expo 81 held in city.
- 1985 – Population: 342,131.
- 1987 – Administrative Plovdiv okrug created.
- 1991
- * Maritsa newspaper begins publication.
- * founded.
- 1993 – Population: 345,205.
- 1999 – Ivan Chomakov becomes mayor.
21st century
- 2005 – "Night of museums" begins.
- 2007 – Slavcho Atanasov becomes mayor.
- 2011 – becomes mayor.
- 2013 – Population: 341,041.
- 2014 – February: Anti-Muslim unrest.
- 2019 – European Capital of Culture