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recto runninghead | xix chronology of key orienting dates 1832 Greece recognized as independent 1839–76 Tanzimat reforms in Ottoman Empire 1869 Cathechism of a Revolutionary published in Russia 1870 Establishment of the (Bulgarian) Exarchate 1877–78 Russo–Turkish War 1878 (March) Treaty of San Stefano, creating a large Bulgaria (June) Formation of (Albanian) League of Prizren (July) Treaty of Berlin, restoring Ottoman territory in Europe and including provisions for local autonomy Establishment of Bulgaria as autonomous principality within Ottoman Empire 1881 Annexation of (Ottoman) Thessaly by Greece 1885 Unification of Bulgaria and Eastern Rumelia Serb-Bulgarian War 1887 Formation of Hunchak Armenian party 1893 Formation of the mro in Salonika 1894 Sasun Massacre in southern Armenia 1895 Formation of Vrhovist Committee in Sofia Bulgarian incursion into Ottoman Macedonia, briefly occupying Melnik. Boris Sarafov was a participant. 1896 mro statutes written down Armenian revolutionaries bomb Ottoman bank, Constantinople 1897 (January) Former British prime minister William Gladstone coins the phrase “Macedonia for Macedonians” (February) Cretan Revolt, and Greek-Turkish War (September) Vinica Affair, leading to Ottoman discovery of the mro’s existence 1898 (January) Sultan grants the Exarchate three new bishoprics in Macedonia , bringing the total of Exarchate bishops there to seven xx | loyal unto death 1899 Establishment of the mro četa system 1901 (January) Salonika Affair leads to multiple arrests and Garvanov’s takeover of the mro (September) American missionary Ellen Stone kidnapped by the mro and held for ransom over the winter 1902 General Cončev’s incursion into Macedonia from Bulgaria 1903 (January) The mro’s Salonika Congress (February) Albanian revolt against Ottoman rule and perceived new privileges for Christians (April) Salonika bombings by the Gemidžii (May) Deaths of Svetkov in Mogila and Delčev in Banica The mro’s Smilevo Congress (August) Ilinden Uprising 1908 (June) Young Turk Revolution, or “Huriet” 1909 Counterrevolution by subgroup of Young Turks, rolling back progressive reforms that empowered Christians 1912 First Balkan War: Bulgaria, Greece, Serbia, and Montenegro against Turkey 1913 Second Balkan War: Bulgaria against her former allies Treaty of London: Independence of Albania recognized xx | chronology of key orienting dates Project MUSE (2024-04-16 21:47 GMT) recto runninghead | xxi loya l unto de at h This page intentionally left blank ...

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