Ottoman Bulgaria
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The history of Ottoman Bulgaria spans over 500 years, beginning in the late 14th century, with the Ottoman conquest of smaller kingdoms from the disintegrating Second Bulgarian Empire. After the Russo
Christian-born Devşirme, would later serve in the elite Janissary. In this miniature Janissaries march to the tunes played by the Mehter.
Ottoman era textile canopy from Bulgaria.
Battle of Nicopolis in the year 1396
Picture of a Bulgarian family in the city of Salonika (now Thessaloniki), the Ottoman Empire, 19th century
April Uprising of 1876
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The April Uprising was an insurrection organised by the Bulgarians in the Ottoman Empire from April to May 1876. The rebellion was suppressed by irregular Ottoman bashi-bazouk units that engaged in in
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…liberated from the Ottoman Empire, and, in 1908, Bulgaria declared its independence from the Ottoman Empire. The brutal suppression of the Bulgarian April Uprising of 1876 and the public outcry it caused across Europe led to the Constantinople Conference, where the Great Powers tabled a joint proposal for the creation of…
Bulgarian Rebels 1876Antonoff
Rebel flag from Gorna Oryahovitsa. The text reads 'Свобода или смърть' (Freedom or Death).
Burning and sack of Batak in 1876
The Batak massacre (1889), painted by Antoni Piotrowski.