site.btaObservances: March 26

The world:

- National Day of Bangladesh: Independence Day (1971).

On this date in Bulgarian history:

1885: The first Bulgarian Technical Society is set up in Ruse, on the Danube.

1904: An agreement is signed with Turkiye granting amnesty to the persons imprisoned or exiled after the 1903 Ilinden-Preobrazhenie Uprising.

1913: Second Bulgarian Army captures Adrianople (today's Edirne - old style date: March 13, 1913) after a long siege during the First Balkan War (1912-1913).

1961: Diplomatic relations with India, established on December 22, 1954, at legation level, are promoted to embassy level.

1992: Diplomatic relations are established with Belarus.

2003: A protocol on Bulgaria's accession to NATO is signed in Brussels.