The 1920s in the Kingdom of Bulgaria.
Incumbents
edit- Tsar of Bulgaria: Boris III (1918–1943)
- Prime Minister of Bulgaria:
- Aleksandar Stamboliyski (1919–1923)
- Aleksandar Tsankov (1923–1926)
- Andrey Lyapchev (1926–1931)
Events
edit1920
edit- 28 March – The Bulgarian Agrarian National Union won 110 of the 229 seats in the parliament following parliamentary elections. Voter turnout was 77.3%.[1][2]
1921
edit- The Macedonian Federative Organization (MFO) was established in Sofia by former Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO) left wing's activists.[3][4]
- The first organized football championship is held in Sophia.[5]
1922
edit- 19 November – A referendum on the prosecution of war criminals was held and approved by 74.33% of voters.[6]
- 23 February 1922 Lord Newton had given Notice to ask if the Supreme Council are still insisting upon the formation of voluntary Armies in Bulgaria and Hungary in spite of the excessive additional expenditure involved and the difficulty of obtaining recruits.
1923
edit- 22 April – The Bulgarian Agrarian National Union won 212 of the 245 seats in the parliament following parliamentary elections. Voter turnout was 86.5%.[7][8]
1924
edit- 27 July – A Greek officer killed 17 Bulgarian peasants at Tarlis (present-day Vathytopos), a mountainous village in the Kato Nevrokopi region near the Greco-Bulgarian border.[9][10][11]
1925
edit- 14 April – King Boris III of Bulgaria escapes an assassination attempt by armed anarchists while being driven through the Arabakonak Pass.[12]
- 16 April – St Nedelya Church assault: A church in Sofia is damaged by an explosion set by Bulgarian Communists during the funeral of General Konstantin Georgiev. Two hundred people are killed.[13]
- 30 August – The 1925 Bulgarian State Football Championship is won by SC Vladislav Varna.[14]
- 19 October – Incident at Petrich: Near the Bulgarian town of Petrich on the border with Greece, a Greek soldier is shot. One theory is that a Greek soldier was running across the border after his dog, thus the incident is sometimes called "The War of the Stray Dog".[15][16][17]
1926
edit- The first men's event of the Bulgarian Athletics Championships was held.[18][19]
1927
edit- 29 May – Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria.[20]
1928
edit- The 1928 Chirpan–Plovdiv earthquakes kills at least 114 people.[21]
- The Sofia Philharmonic was founded.[22]
- August 20 – The Yunak Stadium was opened.[citation needed]
1929
edit- FC Balkan Botevgrad, a Bulgarian football club, was established under the name "Stamen Panchev".[23]
Births
edit- 1920
- Robert Lynn (businessman), Bulgarian born American businessman and cofounder of DHL
- 1925
- 15 January – Georgi Kaloyanchev, actor (died 2012)[24]
- 3 April – Duke Ferdinand Eugen of Württemberg, first child of Princess Nadezhda of Bulgaria and her husband Duke Albrecht Eugen of Württemberg[25]
- 10 April – Dobromir Tashkov, footballer (died 2017)
- 1929
- 1 March - Georgi Markov, writer (died 1978)[26]
Deaths
edit- 1925
- 16 April – Stefan Nerezov, military leader, 57 (killed in the St Nedelya Church assault)
- 1929
- 21 October – Vasil Radoslavov, Bulgarian liberal politician (b. 1854)[27]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p368 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p379
- ^ "Д. Тюлеков - ВМРО в Пиринско, 1919-1934 г. - 1.1". www.promacedonia.org. Retrieved 2020-08-15.
- ^ p. Das makedonische Jahrhundert: von den Anfängen der nationalrevolutionären Bewegung zum Abkommen von Ohrid 1893-2001; Stefan Troebst, Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, 2007, ISBN 3-486-58050-7, p. 420.
- ^ The Danubian town of Vidin inaugurated its city championship the same year, while those of Ruse, Pleven and Rila (Southwestern Bulgaria) were created a year later. Most other regions followed suit in 1923.
- ^ Bulgarien, 19. November 1922: Anklage gegen Kriegsverbrecher Direct Democracy
- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p368 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ Nohlen & Stöver, p379
- ^ "Pomashkija vyrpos". www.promacedonia.org. Retrieved 2020-08-15.
- ^ Review of Chairs of History at Law and History Faculty of South-West University - Blagoevgrad, vol. 1/2003, p. 8.
- ^ Greco-Bulgarian Communities, Advisory Opinion, 1930 P.C.I.J. (ser. B) No. 17 (July 31) p. 37 Archived 2012-09-19 at archive.today
- ^ Murray Clark Havens; Carl Leiden; Karl Michael Schmitt (1970). The politics of assassination. Prentice-Hall. p. 161. ISBN 9780136862796.
- ^ "Sofia Church Terror Attack Vie for Bulgaria Top Event". The Free Library. 2010. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
- ^ "Bulgaria Championship History 1924-2009". RSSSF. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
- ^ Barrett, Erin; Mingo, Jack (2010). Just Curious About History, Jeeves. Simon and Schuster. p. 78. ISBN 978-0-7434-6295-2.
- ^ Boinodiris, Stavros (2009). Andros Odyssey: Liberation: (1900–1940). Bloomington, Indiana. p. 177. ISBN 978-1-4401-9385-9.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Bulgaria Explains". The Barrier Miner. Broken Hill: 1. October 22, 1925.
- ^ Bulgarian Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2019-07-14.
- ^ Bulgarian Indoor Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2019-07-14.
- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p368 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ^ "Великден преди 83 години срути Пловдив и Чирпан". marica.bg. Marica. 14 April 2011. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
- ^ "Софийска филхармония – СФ" (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 2020-07-08.
- ^ ЕООД, Български футбол. "Балкан 1929 (Ботевград)". bgclubs.eu (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 2020-07-08.
- ^ "Почина Георги Калоянчев". Vesti.bg. Archived from the original on 2012-12-31. Retrieved 2012-12-18.
- ^ Pashanko Dimitroff (1 September 1993). King of mercy: Boris III of Bulgaria, 1894-1943. Wexford and Barrow. p. 267. ISBN 978-1-879593-69-5.
- ^ "Georgi Markov - Death in a Pellet, a report to the Medico-Legal Society" (PDF).
- ^ Saturday, 22 August, 2009 Michael Duffy (2009-08-22). "Who's Who - Vasil Radoslavov". First World War.com. Retrieved 2023-03-22.
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