Timeline of Sofia

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

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Prior to 14th century
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  • 2nd century CE - Serdica founded by Trajan.[1]
  • 268 - Serdica raided by Goths.
  • 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
  • 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. 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. Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 1789, OL 6112221M
  4. 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. Britannica 1910.
  7. British Admiralty, Naval Intelligence Division (1920), Handbook of Bulgaria, London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, OL 13445326M
  8. Chambers 1901.
  9. Selcuk Aksin Somel (2003). Historical Dictionary of the Ottoman Empire. USA: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6606-5.
  10. Hirt 2011.
  11. Balkantourist 1959.
  12. Haydn 1910.
  13. 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.
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  15. "36 Hours in Sofia, Bulgaria". New York Times. 30 August 2012.
  16. Europa World Year Book 2003. Taylor & Francis. 2003. ISBN 978-1-85743-227-5.
  17. "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1965. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations. 1966.
  18. Karin Taylor (2006). Let's Twist Again: Youth and Leisure in Socialist Bulgaria. LIT Verlag Münster. ISBN 978-3-8258-9505-1.
  19. 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.
  20. Jørgen S. Nielsen, ed. (2010). Yearbook of Muslims in Europe. Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-18475-6.
  21. 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.
  22. "Bulgaria Profile: Timeline". BBC News. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
  23. "Global Nonviolent Action Database". Pennsylvania, USA: Swarthmore College. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
  24. "Movie Theaters in Sofia, Bulgaria". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
  25. Andrew Higgins (24 December 2013). "Change Comes Slowly for Bulgaria, Even With E.U. Membership". New York Times. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
  26. "Festival". Sofia Middle East & North Africa Film Festival. Pozor Company. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
  27. 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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