
Bulgaria
Founded 1878 CE · attested to 2026 CE
Country in Southeastern Europe
Wikipedia
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Bulgaria on Wikipedia.
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How these dates were made
Real dates from Wikidata, checked against the atlas.
These are real dates: Bulgaria's founding is recorded in Wikidata, and accepted here only because they agree with the centuries the atlas independently drew it in. No dissolution is recorded, so the closing year below is still the last century the atlas drew — not when it ended. The atlas itself draws the world at 12 moments in time, not continuously. The strip below covers those snapshots — 1880 CE to 2026 CE — which sits inside the fuller span above.
Elsewhere in Europe at the time
Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.
Landmark · Europe
Derinkuyu Underground City
800 BCE – 1923 CEPolity · Europe
Ottoman Empire
1299 CE – 1922 CETrade route · Europe
Tea Clipper Route
1850 CE – 1880 CEConflict · Europe
World War I
1914 CE – 1918 CELandmark · Europe
Sagrada Família
1882 CE – still standingPolity · Europe
Russian Empire
1721 CE – 1917 CEConflict · Europe
World War II
1939 CE – 1945 CELandmark · Europe
Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood
1883 CE – still standingDated moments inside this span
Events the timeline places between 1878 CE and 2026 CE.
And in the rest of the world
Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.
Image credits8 pictures from Wikimedia Commons
- Flag of BulgariaSKopp · Public domain
- Derinkuyu underground cityNevit Dilmen ( talk ) · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Flag of the Ottoman Empire (1844–1922)User:Orwellianist · Public domain
- World War ICollection DocAnciens/docpix.fr · Public domain
- Sagrada FamíliaCanaan · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Flag of RussiaPeter the Great · Public domain
- World War IIRichard Opitz · CC BY-SA 3.0 de
- Church of the Savior on BloodJe-str · CC BY-SA 3.0