Popular sentiment for union with Bulgaria has…

September 1885 CE

Popular sentiment for union with Bulgaria has been growing in Eastern Rumelia, and the restoration of the constitution provides the Eastern Rumelian allies of Bulgaria's Liberal Party with the stimulus to prepare for a seizure of power in Plovdiv.

The Bulgarian nationalists stage a bloodless coup d'état on September 18, 1885, with the prior approval of Prince Alexander, and declare the unification of the two states.

Russia, incensed by such independence of action in its diplomatic sphere, refuses to approve, and Tsar Alexander III demands the ouster of Prince Alexander and orders the withdrawal of all Russian officers and advisers in the Bulgarian army.

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Philippopolis > Plovdiv Plovdiv Bulgaria View →

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Macedonia, Ottoman Vardar View → Ottoman Empire View → Montenegro, prince-bishopric of View → Russian Empire View → Austria-Hungary View → German Empire (“Second Reich”) View → Bulgaria (Ottoman vassal), Principality of View → Eastern Rumelia, Ottoman viyalet of View → Romania, Kingdom of View → Serbia, Kingdom of View → Britain (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) View → Italy (Italian Republic) View →

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Serbo-Bulgarian War of 1885-86 View →

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