William Norton Medicott has written:

'The Congress of Berlin and after' -- subject(s): Congress of Berlin (1878) cn, Eastern question (Balkan), Politics and government, Treaty of Berlin

Bulgaria was established in 1878 by the Treaty of Berlin as an autonomous republic within the Ottoman Empire. Independence from the Ottoman Empire was proclaimed in 1908.

Yes. It's my anniversary.

More generally (but less personally) important, the Treaty of Berlin was signed in 1878, partially setting the stage for World War I.

One result of the Treaty of San Stefano was the creation of a Greater Bulgaria, which significantly expanded Bulgaria's territory at the expense of the Ottoman Empire. However, this expansion was later revised by the Congress of Berlin in 1878.

March 3, 1878.

The treaty ended the Russo-Turkish war, giving much of the Ottoman Empire's Eastern European holdings to Russia or freed them, leaving them subject to Russian influence.

This treaty was soon rolled back at the Congress of Berlin, where all the European powers came together to redivide the Balkans amongst them