Sofia: Timeline

29   Romans Roman Empire

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 capture Sofia.

343   Council of Sofia establishes the primacy of Rome. The Pope Pope

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 becomes the leader of Christianity Christianity

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, and takes up residence in the Lateran.

447   Sofia destroyed by the Huns Huns

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.

809   The Bulgars Bulgars

[i] inhabited the [[steppe]... 

 capture Sofia.

1376   Sredets, Bulgaria Bulgaria

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, is renamed Sofia

1382   The Ottomans take Sofia.

1925   The Communist St Nedelya Church assault claims the lives of 150 and injures 500 in the Bulgaria Bulgaria

Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a country in Southeastern Europe [i]. ... 

n capital Sofia.

1944   Insurrection in Sofia.

1998   While en route from Adana to Ankara Ankara

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, a Turkish Airlines Turkish Airlines

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 flight with a crew of 6 and 33 passengers is hijacked by a Kurdish militant, who orders the pilot to fly to Switzerland Switzerland

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. The plane instead lands in Ankara after the pilot tricks the hijacker into thinking that he was landing in the Bulgaria Bulgaria

Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a country in Southeastern Europe [i]. ... 

n capital of Sofia to refuel.