The

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in the

Kingdom of Bulgaria The Tsardom of Bulgaria (), also known as the Third Bulgarian Tsardom (), usually known in English as the Kingdom of Bulgaria, or simply Bulgaria, was a constitutional monarchy in Southeastern Europe, which was established on , when the Bulgaria ...

Incumbents

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Boris III Boris III (; 28 August 1943), originally Boris Klemens Robert Maria Pius Ludwig Stanislaus Xaver (Boris Clement Robert Mary Pius Louis Stanislaus Xavier), was the Tsar of the Kingdom of Bulgaria from 1918 until his death in 1943. The eldest son ...

(1918–1943) *

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: **

Aleksandar Stamboliyski Aleksandar Stoimenov Stamboliyski (; 1 March 1879 – 14 June 1923) was a Bulgarian politician who served as the List of Prime Ministers of Bulgaria, Prime Minister of Kingdom of Bulgaria, Bulgaria from 1919 until 1923. Stamboliyski was a memb ...

(1919–1923) **

Aleksandar Tsankov Aleksandar Tsolov Tsankov (; 29 June 1879 – 27 July 1959) was a leading Bulgarian politician during the Interwar period, period between the two World Wars. Biography A professor of political economy at Sofia University from 1910 onwards,Phili ...

(1923–1926) ** Andrey Lyapchev (1926–1931)

Events

1920

* 28 March – The

Bulgarian Agrarian National Union The Bulgarian Agrarian National Union Bulgarian Agrarian National U ...

won 110 of the 229 seats in the parliament following

parliamentary elections A general election is an electoral process to choose most or all members of a governing body at the same time. They are distinct from by-elections, which fill individual seats that have become vacant between general elections. General elections ...

. Voter turnout was 77.3%.Nohlen & Stöver, p379

1921

* The Macedonian Federative Organization (MFO) was established in Sofia by former

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(IMRO) left wing's activists. * The first organized

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is held in Sophia.

1922

* 19 November – A referendum on the prosecution of war criminals was held and approved by 74.33% of voters.Bulgarien, 19. November 1922: Anklage gegen Kriegsverbrecher
Direct Democracy * 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

* 22 April – The

Bulgarian Agrarian National Union The Bulgarian Agrarian National Union Bulgarian Agrarian National U ...

won 212 of the 245 seats in the parliament following

. Voter turnout was 86.5%.Nohlen & Stöver, p379

1924

* 27 July – A Greek officer killed 17 Bulgarian peasants at Tarlis (present-day Vathytopos), a mountainous village in the

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region near the Greco-Bulgarian border.

1925

* 14 April – King

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escapes an assassination attempt by armed anarchists while being driven through the Arabakonak Pass. * 16 April –

St Nedelya Church assault The St Nedelya Church assault was a terrorist attack on St Nedelya Church in Sofia, Bulgaria. It was carried out on 16 April 1925, when a group of the Military Organisation of the Bulgarian Communist Party directed and supplied by the Soviet M ...

: A church in Sofia is damaged by an explosion set by

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during the funeral of General Konstantin Georgiev. Two hundred people are killed. * 30 August – The 1925 Bulgarian State Football Championship is won by

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. * 19 October – Incident at Petrich: Near the Bulgarian town of

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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".

1926

* The first men's event of the Bulgarian Athletics Championships was held.Bulgarian Championships
GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2019-07-14.

1927

* 29 May –

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were held in

Bulgaria Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern portion of the Balkans directly south of the Danube river and west of the Black Sea. Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey t ...

Dieter Nohlen Dieter Nohlen (born 6 November 1939) is a German academic and political scientist. He currently holds the position of Emeritus Professor of Political Science in the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences of the University of Heidelberg. An ex ...

& Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p368

1928

* The

1928 Chirpan–Plovdiv earthquakes The 1928 Chirpan–Plovdiv earthquakes struck central Bulgaria, south of Sredna Gora on April 14 and 18, respectively. The two largest earthquakes both had moment magnitudes of 7.1 (). Major damage was reported, with over 70,000 buildings collaps ...

kills at least 114 people. * The Sofia Philharmonic was founded. * August 20 – The Yunak Stadium was opened.

1929

* FC Balkan Botevgrad, a Bulgarian football club, was established under the name "Stamen Panchev".

Births

* 1920 ** Robert Lynn, Bulgarian born American businessman and cofounder of

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* 1925 ** 15 January – Georgi Kaloyanchev, actor (died

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

) ** 3 April – Duke Ferdinand Eugen of Württemberg, first child of Princess Nadezhda of Bulgaria and her husband Duke Albrecht Eugen of Württemberg ** 10 April – Dobromir Tashkov, footballer (died

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

) * 1928 ** 7 May -

Georgi Rusev Georgi Iliev Rusev (; 7 May 1928 – 1 April 2011) was a Bulgarian actor. Filmography ReferencesBulgarian National Film Archive Georgi Markov Georgi Ivanov Markov ( ; 1 March 1929 – 11 September 1978) was a Bulgarian dissident writer. He originally worked as a novelist, screenwriter and playwright in his native country, the People's Republic of Bulgaria, until his defection in 196 ...

, writer (died 1978)

Deaths

* 1925 ** 16 April – Stefan Nerezov, military leader, 57 (killed in the

) * 1929 ** 21 October –

Vasil Radoslavov Vasil Hristov Radoslavov () (27 July 1854 – 21 October 1929) was a leading Bulgarian liberalism, liberal politician who twice served as List of Prime Ministers of Bulgaria, prime minister. He was premier of the country throughout most of W ...

, Bulgarian liberal politician (b. 1854)

References

{{Years in Bulgaria

Years of the 20th century in Bulgaria