Bulgarian Massacres
At a glance:
- Series: Chronology of European History
- Categories: Government and Politics, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Military History
- Subcategories: Revolutions, Rebellions, Uprisings, Riots, Human Rights, Massacres, Genocide, Torture
- Curriculum: 19th Century European History, Eastern European History
- Geographical Location: Balkans, Bulgaria
- Date: May 2, 1876 (April 20 by Julian calendar)
Article abstract: Bulgarian massacres in the wake of a failed April uprising lead to the establishment of an independent Bulgarian state in 1878 and to national animosities that result in the 1912-1913 Balkan Wars.
Summary of Event
The Turkish conquest of Bulgaria in 1396 resulted in nearly five hundred years of virtually complete Ottoman domination, although some elements of the population, through the activity of the Eastern Orthodox Church and traditions of village culture, managed to keep alive the cultural life of the country. By the late eighteenth...
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