The era of the Second Bulgarian
kingdom, which came to being after a successful uprising
by the Bulgarian aristocracy. The reign started of the
Assen dynasty. They proclaimed the town of Turnovo as
capital. Ivan-Assen II (1218 1241) was the best-known
and powerful ruler of the period of the Second Bulgarian
kingdom.
1396:
Bulgaria fell entirely under Ottoman
domination. In the course of long 5 centuries Bulgaria
was a province of the Ottoman Empire. In the process of
conquering the aristocracy was destroyed, the Bulgarian
administration was done away with, the Bulgarian Church
was deprived of autocephality and partriarchical rang
and was placed under the Constantinople patriarchy.
1652:
The beginning of the Bulgarian National
Revival. Monk Paissii of the Hilendar monastery (on Mount
Athos) wrote the Slav-Bulgarian History book.
1870:
Start of the organised national-liberation
movement.
1876:
The April uprising of the enslaved
Bulgarian people burst out it was smothered in
a sea of blood but caused a big international response
of indignation at the Turkish tyranny.
1877-1878:
The Russian-Turkish Liberation war
in which Bulgaria gave many lives for its freedom.
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