Timeline of Sofia

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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Sofia, Bulgaria.

Prior to 14th century[]

  • 2nd century CE - Serdica founded by Trajan.[1]
  • 268 - Serdica raided by Goths.[citation needed]
  • 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
    • Town becomes part of Byzantium.[3]
    • Town renamed "Triaditsa" (approximate date).[3]

14th-18th centuries[]

19th century[]

20th century[]

21st century[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Webster's Geographical Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA: G. & C. Merriam Co., 1960, p. 1057, OCLC 3832886, OL 5812502M
  2. ^ Patrick J. Healy (1913). "Council of Sardica". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 1789, OL 6112221M
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c Vailhe 1913.
  5. ^ Dimiter Mihailov and Pancho Smolenov (1986). Bulgaria: a Guide. translated by E. Yanev and R. Yossifova. Sofia: Collet's, Sofia Press.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Britannica 1910.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b c British Admiralty, Naval Intelligence Division (1920), Handbook of Bulgaria, London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, OL 13445326M
  8. ^ Chambers 1901.
  9. ^ Jump up to: a b c Hirt 2011.
  10. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Balkantourist 1959.
  11. ^ Haydn 1910.
  12. ^ Jump up to: a b c 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 (4): 424–447. doi:10.1007/s11266-009-9093-0. JSTOR 27928186.
  13. ^ "Global Resources Network". Chicago, USA: Center for Research Libraries. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
  14. ^ "36 Hours in Sofia, Bulgaria". New York Times. 30 August 2012.
  15. ^ Jump up to: a b Europa World Year Book 2003. Taylor & Francis. 2003. ISBN 978-1-85743-227-5.
  16. ^ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1965. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations. 1966.
  17. ^ Karin Taylor (2006). Let's Twist Again: Youth and Leisure in Socialist Bulgaria. LIT Verlag Münster. ISBN 978-3-8258-9505-1.
  18. ^ United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office (1987). "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". 1985 Demographic Yearbook. New York. pp. 247–289.
  19. ^ Jørgen S. Nielsen, ed. (2010). Yearbook of Muslims in Europe. Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-18475-6.
  20. ^ 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): 99–122. JSTOR 41274789.
  21. ^ Jump up to: a b "Bulgaria Profile: Timeline". BBC News. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
  22. ^ "Global Nonviolent Action Database". Pennsylvania, USA: Swarthmore College. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
  23. ^ "Movie Theaters in Sofia, Bulgaria". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
  24. ^ Andrew Higgins (24 December 2013). "Change Comes Slowly for Bulgaria, Even With E.U. Membership". New York Times. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
  25. ^ "Festival". Sofia Middle East & North Africa Film Festival. Pozor Company. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
  26. ^ Nikolay Staykov (ed.). "The Protest". Sofia: Noresharski.com. Retrieved 28 December 2013. Antigovernment Press Centre

This article incorporates information from the Bulgarian Wikipedia.

Bibliography[]

  • "Sophia", Handbook for Travellers in Turkey (3rd ed.), London: J. Murray, 1854, OCLC 2145740
  • "Sofia". Chambers's Encyclopaedia. London. 1901.
  • "Sofia", Türkei, Rumänien, Serbien, Bulgarien [Turkey, Romania, Serbia, Bulgaria], Meyers Reisebücher (in German) (6th ed.), Leipzig: Bibliographisches Institut, 1902
  • James David Bourchier (1910), "Sofia", Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
  • Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Sofia", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co.
  • S. Vailhe (1913). "Sardica". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York.
  • William Harman Black (1920). "Bulgaria: Sofia". The Real Europe Pocket Guide-Book. Black's Blue Books. New York: Brentano's.
  • "Sofia". Bulgaria Guide Book. Bulgaria: Balkantourist. 1959.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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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