Unification of Bulgaria (1885)

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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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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
military conflict ⓘ
political event ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Bulgarian Unification ⓘ
Unification of Bulgaria ⓘ
capitalAfterEvent Sofia ⓘ
cause Bulgarian national movement for unification ⓘ
Treaty of Berlin (1878) ⓘ
division of Bulgarian-populated territories after 1878 ⓘ
commemoratedIn Unification Day (Bulgaria) ⓘ
commemoratedOn September 6 ⓘ
countryInvolved Eastern Rumelia ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Principality of Bulgaria ⓘ
Serbia ⓘ
endDate 1885-11-03 ⓘ
formalRecognitionDate 1886-04-05 ⓘ
hasParticipant Alexander I of Bulgaria ⓘ
Bulgarian Army ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Eastern Rumelia ⓘ
Plovdiv ⓘ
Thrace ⓘ
opposedBy Austro-Hungarian Empire ⓘ
Serbia ⓘ
partOf Bulgarian National Revival period (late phase) ⓘ
predecessorEntity Eastern Rumelia ⓘ
Principality of Bulgaria ⓘ
recognizedBy Great Powers ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
relatedConflict Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878) ⓘ
relatedTreaty 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 ⓘ

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Kingdom of Bulgaria → territorialChange → Unification of Bulgaria (1885) ⓘ
Age of Nationalism → hasKeyEvent → unification of Bulgaria ⓘ
linked to: Unification of Bulgaria (1885)
Alexander I of Bulgaria → significantEvent → Unification of Bulgaria (1885) ⓘ
Serbo-Bulgarian War → hasCause → Bulgarian unification of 1885 ⓘ
linked to: Unification of Bulgaria (1885)
Serbo-Bulgarian War → relatedTo → Bulgarian unification of the Principality of Bulgaria and Eastern Rumelia ⓘ
linked to: Unification of Bulgaria (1885)
Unification of Bulgaria (1885) → alsoKnownAs → Unification of Bulgaria ⓘ
linked to: Unification of Bulgaria (1885)
Unification of Bulgaria (1885) → alsoKnownAs → Bulgarian Unification ⓘ
linked to: Unification of Bulgaria (1885)
Unification of Bulgaria (1885) → commemoratedIn → Unification Day (Bulgaria) ⓘ
linked to: Unification of Bulgaria (1885)
Liberation of Bulgaria from Ottoman rule → influenced → Unification of Bulgaria (1885) ⓘ
Eastern Rumelia → historicalEvent → Unification of Bulgaria ⓘ
linked to: Unification of Bulgaria (1885)
Shipka Day → relatedTo → Unification Day of Bulgaria (6 September) ⓘ
linked to: Unification of Bulgaria (1885)
Battle of Slivnitsa → precededBy → Bulgarian unification of the Principality of Bulgaria and Eastern Rumelia ⓘ
linked to: Unification of Bulgaria (1885)