Unification of Bulgaria (1885)

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historical event military conflict political event

The Unification of Bulgaria (1885) was the political and military process by which the Principality of Bulgaria and the autonomous Ottoman province of Eastern Rumelia merged into a single Bulgarian state, significantly strengthening Bulgarian national unity.

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Label Occurrences
Unification of Bulgaria (1885) canonical 2
Bulgarian Unification 1
Bulgarian unification of 1885 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
military conflict ⓘ
political event ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Unification of Bulgaria (1885) ⓘ
surface form: Bulgarian Unification

Unification of Bulgaria (1885) ⓘ
surface form: Unification of Bulgaria
capitalAfterEvent Sofia ⓘ
cause Bulgarian national movement for unification ⓘ
Treaty of Berlin 1878 ⓘ
surface form: Treaty of Berlin (1878)

division of Bulgarian-populated territories after 1878 ⓘ
commemoratedIn Unification of Bulgaria (1885) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Unification Day (Bulgaria)
commemoratedOn September 6 ⓘ
countryInvolved autonomous province of Eastern Rumelia ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Rumelia

Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Principality of Bulgaria ⓘ
Serbia ⓘ
endDate 1885-11-03 ⓘ
formalRecognitionDate 1886-04-05 ⓘ
hasParticipant Alexander I of Bulgaria ⓘ
Bulgarian Army ⓘ
Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization ⓘ
surface form: Bulgarian Secret Central Revolutionary Committee

Ottoman authorities ⓘ
Serbian Army ⓘ
Zahari Stoyanov ⓘ
initiallyOpposedBy Russian Empire ⓘ
keyEvent Serbo-Bulgarian War ⓘ
coup in Plovdiv on 1885-09-06 ⓘ
proclamation of unification in Plovdiv ⓘ
legalBasis Tophane Agreement ⓘ
location Bulgaria ⓘ
autonomous province of Eastern Rumelia ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Rumelia

Plovdiv ⓘ
Thrace ⓘ
opposedBy Austro-Hungarian Empire ⓘ
Serbia ⓘ
partOf Bulgarian National Revival ⓘ
surface form: Bulgarian National Revival period (late phase)
predecessorEntity autonomous province of Eastern Rumelia ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Rumelia

Principality of Bulgaria ⓘ
recognizedBy Great Powers ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
relatedConflict Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) campaigns ⓘ
surface form: Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)
relatedTreaty Treaty of Berlin 1878 ⓘ
surface form: Treaty of Berlin (1878)

Treaty of San Stefano ⓘ
result Serbo-Bulgarian War ⓘ
creation of a de facto unified Bulgarian state ⓘ
strengthening of Bulgarian national unity ⓘ
union of Principality of Bulgaria and Eastern Rumelia ⓘ
significance altered balance of power in the Balkans ⓘ
major step in Bulgarian national unification ⓘ
startDate 1885-09-06 ⓘ
successorEntity unified Bulgarian state ⓘ
year 1885 ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kingdom of Bulgaria → territorialChange → Unification of Bulgaria (1885) ⓘ
Age of Nationalism → hasKeyEvent → Unification of Bulgaria (1885) ⓘ
this entity surface form: unification of Bulgaria
Alexander I of Bulgaria → significantEvent → Unification of Bulgaria (1885) ⓘ
Serbo-Bulgarian War → hasCause → Unification of Bulgaria (1885) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bulgarian unification of 1885
Serbo-Bulgarian War → relatedTo → Unification of Bulgaria (1885) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bulgarian unification of the Principality of Bulgaria and Eastern Rumelia
Unification of Bulgaria (1885) → alsoKnownAs → Unification of Bulgaria (1885) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Unification of Bulgaria
Unification of Bulgaria (1885) → alsoKnownAs → Unification of Bulgaria (1885) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bulgarian Unification
Unification of Bulgaria (1885) → commemoratedIn → Unification of Bulgaria (1885) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Unification Day (Bulgaria)