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August 19, 1903
On August 19, 1903, the Transfiguration Uprising breaks out in East Thrace, resulting in the establishment of the Strandzha Commune.
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Featured · August 19, 1903
The Transfiguration Uprising breaks out in East Thrace, resulting in the establishment of the Strandzha Commune.
The Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising, consisting of the Ilinden Uprising and Preobrazhenie Uprising, was an organized revolt against the Ottoman Empire from August to October 1903. It was prepared and carried out by the Internal Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organization, with the support of the Supreme Macedonian-Adrianople Committee, which included mostly Bulgarian military personnel. The name of the uprising refers to Ilinden, a name for Elijah's day, and to Preobrazhenie which means Feast of the Transfiguration.
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1903 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1903rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 903rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 3rd year of the 20th…
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On August 19, 1903
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1903 The Transfiguration Uprising breaks out in East Thrace, resulting in the establishment of the Strandzha Commune. Anti-Ottoman revolt in the Balkans (1903)
The Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising, consisting of the Ilinden Uprising and Preobrazhenie Uprising, was an organized revolt against the Ottoman Empire from August to October 1903. It was prepared and carried out by the Internal Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organization, with the support of the Supreme Macedonian-Adrianople Committee, which included mostly Bulgarian military personnel. The name of the uprising refers to Ilinden, a name for Elijah's day, and to Preobrazhenie which means Feast of the Transfiguration.
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- April 19 The Kishinev pogrom in Kishinev (Bessarabia) begins, forcing tens of thousands of Jews to later seek refuge in Palestine and the Western world.
- April 26 Atlético Madrid Association football club is founded.
- April 29 A landslide kills 70 people in Frank, in the District of Alberta, Canada.
- August 18 German engineer Karl Jatho allegedly flies his self-made, motored gliding airplane four months before the first flight of the Wright brothers.
- August 2 The Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising against the Ottoman Empire begins.
- August 29 The Slava, the last of the five Borodino-class battleships, is launched.
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