site.btaUPDATED Today's Observances: January 5

On this date in Bulgarian history:

1873: National hero Vassil Levski goes on trial in Sofia.

1889: Higher Teachers' Course, established on October 1, 1888, is renamed Higher School (now Sofia University), with Alexander Teodorov-Balan as first rector and enrolment of 43, all male.

1920: National Assembly ratifies Treaty of Neuilly, imposed on Bulgaria after its defeat in World War I (1914-1918).

1999: Boundaries and capitals of Bulgaria's 28 administrative regions fixed by presidential decree (regions created in December 1998).