Timeline of Plovdiv

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

Prior to 20th century

 * 342 BCE – Philip II of Macedon conquered the Thracian settlement Pulpudeva and renamed it "Philippopolis."
 * 2nd C. CE – Roman theatre built by Emperor Trajan.
 * 250/251 CE – Battle of Philippopolis; town sacked by Goths.
 * 340's – Christian church council held in Philippopolis.
 * 836 – Town becomes part of the First Bulgarian Empire under Khan Malamir.
 * 971 – John I Tzimiskes captures Philippopolis in his campaign against Sviatoslav I.
 * 1205 –Philippopolis surrenders to Kaloyan of Bulgaria.
 * 1208 – June: Battle of Philippopolis (1208).
 * 1262 – Byzantines under Michael VIII retook the city.
 * 1323 – Tatar forces attempted unsuccessful siege.
 * 1344 – Anna of Savoy ceded the city to Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria.
 * 1363 – City taken by Turkish forces under Lala Şahin Pasha.
 * 1364 – Ottomans in power; town renamed "Filibe".
 * 1420's – Great Mosque built.
 * 1440's – built.
 * 1818 – Earthquake.
 * 1832 – Church of St Constantine and Helena rebuilt.
 * 1835 – rebuilt.
 * 1836 – St. Petka Church school established.
 * 1844 – Church of the Holy Mother of God, Plovdiv rebuilt.
 * 1846 – Fire.
 * 1847 – Textile factory in operation.
 * 1856 – rebuilt.
 * 1861 – Cathedral of St Louis built.
 * 1870 - Plovdiv Central railway station opened.
 * 1875 – Greek Zariphios School established.
 * 1878
 * Battle of Philippopolis (1878).
 * City becomes capital of Eastern Roumelia per the Congress of Berlin.
 * Danov publisher in business.
 * Tomasian tobacco manufacturer in business (approximate date).
 * 1879 – Naroden Glas newspaper in publication.(bg)


 * 1881 – International Theatre Luxembourg opens.
 * 1882 – opens.
 * 1885
 * "Bloodless revolution at Philippopolis."
 *  newspaper published.
 * 1886 – November: "State of siege at Philippopolis on account of brigandage and Russian agency."
 * 1891 – City master plan approved.
 * 1892
 * August: "First Bulgarian exhibition" opens.
 * Exhibition Park laid out.
 * Plovdiv Synagogue built.
 * 1893
 * "Socialist organization" founded by Dimiter Blagoev.
 * Population: 41,068.

20th century

 * 1906
 * Anti-Greek unrest.
 * Population: 45,572.
 * 1908 – Plovdiv Central railway station built.
 * 1909 – Pathé cinema opens.
 * 1910 – Population: 47,981.
 * 1912 – Amer Gaazi Dzami (mosque) demolished.
 * 1917 – Plovdiv Regional Ethnographic Museum established.
 * 1921 – FC Maritsa Plovdiv (football club) formed.
 * 1926 – Todor Diev Stadium opens.
 * 1928 – April: 1928 Chirpan–Plovdiv earthquakes.
 * 1932 – newspaper begins publication.
 * 1934
 * Annual Plovdiv Fair begins.
 * Population: 99,883.
 * 1938 - Plovdiv Regional Ethnographic Museum new location.
 * 1940 –.
 * 1945
 * Plovdiv Medical University founded.
 * Plovdiv Philharmonic Orchestra established.
 * 1947 – FC Spartak Plovdiv (football club) and Detska Kitka Choir formed.
 * 1950 – Plovdiv Stadium built.
 * 1951 – Plovdiv Regional Historical Museum established.
 * 1953
 * Opera house established.
 * 1955 – Trolleybus begins operating.
 * 1956 – Population: 161,836.
 * 1957 – Alyosha Monument, Plovdiv erected.
 * 1960 – founded.
 * 1961 – Hristo Botev Stadium (Plovdiv) opens.
 * 1964
 * established.
 * Population: 203,800.
 * 1965 – Plovdiv Airport new terminal opens.
 * 1972 – Plovdiv University "Paisii Hilendarski" active.
 * 1981 – Expo 81 held in city.
 * 1985 – Population: 342,131.
 * 1987 – Administrative Plovdiv okrug (province) created.
 * 1991
 * Maritsa newspaper begins publication.
 * founded.
 * 1993 – Population: 345,205 (estimate).
 * 1999 – Ivan Chomakov becomes mayor.
 * 1999 – Ivan Chomakov becomes mayor.

21st century

 * 2005 – "Night of museums" begins.
 * 2007 – Slavcho Atanasov becomes mayor.
 * 2011 – becomes mayor.
 * 2013 – Population: 341,041.
 * 2014 – February: Anti-Muslim unrest.
 * 2019 – European Capital of Culture