18th century in Bulgaria

1774 peace treaty ending the Russo-Turkish War of 1768–74

1768-1774 part of the Russo-Turkish Wars

period of Bulgarian socio-economic development and national integration

book by Paisius of Hilendar

1774 battle of the Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774)

Historical event related to an outbreak of bubonic plague in the Balkan Peninsula

thumb|300px|right|A Kirdzhali reenactment band in Bulgaria. The kırcalı or kirdzhali (, from meaning "mountain", , ) is a term used for a type of bandits, brigands and rebels active in the Balkans at the end of the 18th- and beginning of 19th century, in the prelude of national revolutions and liberation of Bulgarians, Greeks and Serbs. According to some the name is derived from the town of Kardzhali in the Rhodopes, one of the important retreats of "mountain bandits" (dağlı eşkıyası) that emerged after the Ottoman Empire lost territory by the Black Sea and made Rumelia a borderland filled wit