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History of Plovdiv
Timeline of events
6000–5000 BC	Establishment of the earliest settlements on the territory of modern Plovdiv (Yasa Tepe 1 and Yasa Tepe 2)
5th century BC	Ancient Plovdiv was incorporated into the Odrysian kingdom
347–342 BC	The Thracian town was conquered by Philip II of Macedon who named it Philippopolis
46	Philippopolis was incorporated into the Roman Empire by emperor Claudius
1st–3rd century	Philippopolis became the central city of the Roman province Thracia
250	The whole city was burned down by the Goths
4th century	Philippopolis regained its previous size. The city was part of the Eastern Roman Empire
836	Khan Malamir incorporated the city into the First Bulgarian Empire
976–1014	Basil II based his army in Philippopolis during the war with Samuel of Bulgaria
1189	The city was conquered by the crusader army of Frederick Barbarossa
1205	Philippopolis was conquered and raided by the Latin Empire and Kaloyan of Bulgaria
1371	Phillipopolis was conquered by the Ottomans. The city name was changed to Filibe
January 1878	Plovdiv was liberated from Ottoman rule during the Battle of Philippopolis
July 1878	Plovdiv became capital of Eastern Rumelia
1885	Plovdiv is at the center of the events that led to the Bulgarian unification
1920–1960	Period of industrialization
1970-1980	Discovery of the archeological sights in Plovdiv, the Old town was restored
1999	Plovdiv hosted European Cultural Month
2014	Plovdiv was awarded the title European capital of culture 2019