April Uprising of 1876

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 indiscriminate slaughter of both rebels and non-combatants.

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1876 April Uprising of 1876

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-334 Battle of Shipka Pass

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1868 Battle of Buzludzha

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1876-05-07T00:00:00Z

1876 Unknown

1877-07-17T00:00:00Z

1878-01-09T00:00:00Z

1877 — 1878 Battle of Shipka Pass

1944-09-05T00:00:00Z

1944-10-28T00:00:00Z

1944 Soviet-Bulgarian War

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Bulgarian insurgents in battle with a Turkish crowd ("Bulgarian Rebels 1876" (painting by V. Antonov))

Trojan-manastir-1876

April-1876-potushavane

April uprising

Zaharistoyanov-photo

T. Ajdukiewicz Ein Überfall in der Steppe

Painting "The Bulgarian Martyresses" from Kontantin Makowski. Two frantireurs fix a nude young women, holding a baby. A man with a rifle stands in front of them. A murdered, nude, young woman lies on the ground.

A meeting discussing Ottoman atrocities in the Serbian-Ottoman war

The interior of the church in Batak two years after the bloody suppression of the April Uprising. Author and exact date not known.

Batak's St. Nedelya Church in the 1880s

• Ukrutnosti turecké v Bulharsku - book edition published in 1877, Czech
• Летописци на Априлското въстание - , Bulgarian, 1966

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
area	region	1878	Bulgaria	demographics of country or region, sovereign state, unitary state, country	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	334	Battle of Shipka Pass	Macedonia, Triballi, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1868	Battle of Buzludzha	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1876	April Uprising of 1876	rebellion	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1876	Unknown	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1877	Battle of Shipka Pass	Ottoman Empire, battle	Wikidata
event	war	1944	Soviet-Bulgarian War	war, Bulgaria, Soviet Union	Wikidata
organisation	arms industry	1930	Kaproni Bulgarski	arms industry, aircraft industry	Wikidata
site	castle		Buzovo kale	fortress, castle	Wikidata
site	fort		medieval settlement of Grabovo	former settlement, fortress	Wikidata
commons	image		Bulgarian insurgents in battle with a Turkish crowd ("Bulgarian Rebels 1876" (painting by V. Antonov))		Commons
commons	image		Trojan-manastir-1876		Commons
commons	image		April-1876-potushavane		Commons
commons	image		April uprising		Commons
commons	image		Zaharistoyanov-photo		Commons
commons	image		T. Ajdukiewicz Ein Überfall in der Steppe		Commons
commons	image		Painting "The Bulgarian Martyresses" from Kontantin Makowski. Two frantireurs fix a nude young women, holding a baby. A man with a rifle stands in front of them. A murdered, nude, young woman lies on the ground.		Commons
commons	image		A meeting discussing Ottoman atrocities in the Serbian-Ottoman war		Commons
commons	image		The interior of the church in Batak two years after the bloody suppression of the April Uprising. Author and exact date not known.		Commons
commons	image		Batak's St. Nedelya Church in the 1880s		Commons