Day: October 5, 2018

How long is Bulgarian Independence? What about the World?

Because our English speaking friends asked for Bulgarian Independence Day Sep 22 THE CROSSROAD POSITION NEVER-EVER BEEN INDEPENDENT 1908: King Ferdinand of Bulgaria declares independence and becomes Tsar, Austro-Hungarian Emperor Franz Joseph annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina, while Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid looks on Until then, the newly liberated Bulgaria had been a Principality (i.e. a Kingdom), with its monarch bearing the…