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Bulgarian Declaration of Independence
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<p>The <i><a href="/facts/De_jure/XLvtHTL3">de jure</a></i> independence of Bulgaria from the <a href="/facts/Ottoman_Empire/6QvfTRsg">Ottoman Empire</a> was <a href="/facts/Declaration_of_independence/XbVN5E0v">proclaimed</a> on 5 October [<a href="/facts/Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates/kb3020Wy">O.S.</a> 22 September] 1908 in the old capital of <a href="/facts/Veliko_Tarnovo/N0vC3oAD">Tarnovo</a> by Prince <a href="/facts/Ferdinand_of_Bulgaria/HjbHXzL7">Ferdinand of Bulgaria</a>, who afterwards took the title "<a href="/facts/Tsar/qTE59C0T">Tsar</a>". </p>