The 1920s in the Kingdom of Bulgaria.
Incumbents Tsar of Bulgaria: Boris III (1918–1943) Prime Minister of Bulgaria: Aleksandar Stamboliyski (1919–1923) Aleksandar Tsankov (1923–1926) Andrey Lyapchev (1926–1931)
Events
1920
28 March – The Bulgarian Agrarian National Union won 110 of the 229 seats in the parliament following parliamentary elections. Voter turnout was 77.3%.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p368 Nohlen & Stöver, p379
1921
The Macedonian Federative Organization (MFO) was established in Sofia by former Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO) left wing's activists.p. Das makedonische Jahrhundert: von den Anfängen der nationalrevolutionären Bewegung zum Abkommen von Ohrid 1893-2001; Stefan Troebst, Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, 2007, , p. 420. The first organized football championship is held in Sofia.The Danubian town of Vidin inaugurated its city championship the same year, while those of Ruse, Pleven and Rila (Southwestern Bulgaria) were created a year later. Most other regions followed suit in 1923.
1922
19 November – A referendum on the prosecution of war criminals was held and approved by 74.33% of voters.Bulgarien, 19. November 1922: Anklage gegen Kriegsverbrecher Direct Democracy 23 February 1922 Lord Newton had given Notice to ask if the Supreme Council are still insisting upon the formation of voluntary Armies in Bulgaria and Hungary in spite of the excessive additional expenditure involved and the difficulty of obtaining recruits.
1923
22 April – The Bulgarian Agrarian National Union won 212 of the 245 seats in the parliament following parliamentary elections. Voter turnout was 86.5%.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p368 Nohlen & Stöver, p379 9 June – 1923 Bulgarian coup d'état
September Uprising November 1923 Bulgarian parliamentary election
1924
January – 27 July – A Greek officer killed 17 Bulgarian peasants at Tarlis (present-day Vathytopos), a mountainous village in the Kato Nevrokopi region near the Greco-Bulgarian border.Review of Chairs of History at Law and History Faculty of South-West University - Blagoevgrad, vol. 1/2003, p. 8.Greco-Bulgarian Communities, Advisory Opinion, 1930 P.C.I.J. (ser. B) No. 17 (July 31) p. 37
1925
14 April – King Boris III of Bulgaria escapes an assassination attempt by armed anarchists while being driven through the Arabakonak Pass. 16 April – St Nedelya Church assault: A church in Sofia is damaged by an explosion set by Bulgarian Communists during the funeral of General Konstantin Georgiev. Two hundred people are killed. 30 August – The 1925 Bulgarian State Football Championship is won by SC Vladislav Varna. 19 October – Incident at Petrich: Near the Bulgarian town of Petrich on the border with Greece, a Greek soldier is shot. One theory is that a Greek soldier was running across the border after his dog, thus the incident is sometimes called "The War of the Stray Dog".
1926
The first men's event of the Bulgarian Athletics Championships was held.Bulgarian Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2019-07-14.Bulgarian Indoor Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2019-07-14.
1927
29 May – Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p368
1928
The 1928 Chirpan–Plovdiv earthquakes kills at least 114 people. The Sofia Philharmonic was founded. August 20 – The Yunak Stadium was opened.
1929
FC Balkan Botevgrad, a Bulgarian football club, was established under the name "Stamen Panchev".
Births
1920 Robert Lynn, Bulgarian born American businessman and cofounder of DHL 1925 15 January – Georgi Kaloyanchev, actor (died 2012) 3 April – Duke Ferdinand Eugen of Württemberg, first child of Princess Nadezhda of Bulgaria and her husband Duke Albrecht Eugen of Württemberg 10 April – Dobromir Tashkov, footballer (died 2017) 1928 7 May - Georgi Rusev, actor (died 2011) 1929 1 March - Georgi Markov, writer (died 1978)
Deaths
1925 16 April – Stefan Nerezov, military leader, 57 (killed in the St Nedelya Church assault) 1929 21 October – Vasil Radoslavov, Bulgarian liberal politician (b. 1854)
See also History of Bulgaria Timeline of Bulgarian history
References