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Second Bulgarian Empire
The Second Bulgarian Empire (Bulgarian: Второ българско царство, Vtorо Bălgarskо Tsartsvo) was a medieval Bulgarian state which existed between 1185 and 1396 (or 1422). A successor of the First Bulgarian Empire, it reached the peak of its power under Kaloyan and Ivan Asen II before gradually...
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Battle of Arcadiopolis
The battle of Arcadiopolis (Bulgarian: Битkа при Аркадиопол) occurred in 1194 near the contemporary town of Lule Burgas in Turkey between the Bulgarian Empire and Byzantine Empires. The Bulgarians were victorious.
After the major Bulgarian success...
Battle of Serres
The battle of Serres (Bulgarian: Битка при Сяр) took place in 1196 near the town of Serres in contemporary Greece between the armies of the Bulgarian and the Byzantine Empire. The result was Bulgarian victory.
After the beginning of the Anti...
Battle of Tryavna
The battle of Tryavna (Bulgarian: Битка при Трявна) occurred in 1190 in the mountains around the contemporary town of Tryavna, central Bulgaria. The result was a Bulgarian victory over the Byzantine Empire, which secured the successes achieved since...
Battle of Devnya
The Battle of Devina occurred on July 17, 1279 near the small fortress of Devina, close to the modern town of Kotel, Burgas Province, south-eastern Bulgaria. Ivailo of Bulgaria attacked the Byzantine army sent to help his rival for the crown Ivan...
Battle of Rusokastro
The Battle of Rusokastro (Bulgarian: Битка при Русокастро) occurred on July 18, 1332 near the village of Rusokastro, Bulgaria between the armies of the Bulgarian and Byzantine Empires. The result was a Bulgarian victory.
In 1328, the emperors of...
Battle of Skafida
The Battle of Skafida (Bulgarian: Битка при Скафида) occurred in 1304 near Poros (Burgas), Bulgaria. As a result the Bulgarian Empire overcame the crisis from the end of the 13th century, achieved internal stability and regained most of Thrace. For...
Battle of Klokotnitsa
The Battle of Klokotnitsa (Bulgarian: Битката при Клокотница, Bitkata pri Klokotnitsa) occurred on 9 March 1230 near the village of Klokotnitsa (today in Haskovo Province, Bulgaria). As a result, the Second Bulgarian Empire emerged once again as the...
Battle of Nicopolis
The Battle of Nicopolis (Bulgarian: Битка при Никопол, Bitka pri Nikopol; Turkish: Niğbolu Savaşı, Hungarian: Nikápolyi Csata, Romanian: Bătălia de la Nicopole) took place on September 25, 1396, between the Ottoman Empire versus an allied force from...
Battle of Rusion
The battle of Rusion (Bulgarian: Битката при Русион) occurred in the winter of 1206 near the fortress of Rusion (Ruskoy, contemporary Turkey) between the armies of the Bulgarian Empire and the Latin Empire of Byzantium. The Bulgarians scored a major...
Battle of Serres
The battle of Serres (Bulgarian: Битка при Сяр) took place in June 1205 in the town of Serres (Syar) in contemporary Greece between the Bulgarians and the Latin Empire. It resulted in a Bulgarian victory.
After the stunning victory in the battle of...
Battle of Plovdiv
The battle of Plovdiv (Bulgarian: Битка при Пловдив) took place on 31 June 1208 in the surroundings of Plovdiv, Bulgaria between the armies of the Bulgarian Empire and the Latin Empire. The Crusaders were victorious.
After the armies of the Fourth...
Battle of Rodosto
The battle of Rodosto (Bulgarian: Битка при Родосто) took place in February 1206 in the town of Rodosto (today Tekirdağ, Turkey) between the Bulgarians led by Emperor Kaloyan and the Crusaders. It resulted in a Bulgarian vicory.
After the Bulgarians...
Battle of Boruy
The battle of Boruy (Bulgarian: Битка при Боруй) took place in June 1208 near the city of Stara Zagora, Bulgaria between the Bulgarians and the Latin Empire. It resulted in a Bulgarian victory.
In the summer of 1208 the new Emperor of Bulgaria Boris...
Battle of Messinopolis
The battle of Messinopolis (Bulgarian: Битка при Месинопол) took place on 4 September 1207 near the town of Komotini (Gyumyurdzhina) in contemporary Greece between the Bulgarians and the Latin Empire. It resulted in a Bulgarian victory.
While the...
Siege of Varna
The siege of Varna (Bulgarian: Обсада на Варна) took place between 21 and 24 March 1201 at Varna, on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast between the Bulgarians and the Byzantines. The Bulgarians were victorious and captured the city.
After the youngest of...
Siege of Constantinople
The Siege of Constantinople (1235) was a joint Bulgarian-Nicaean siege on the capital of the Latin Empire. Latin emperor John of Brienne was besieged by the Nicaean emperor John III Doukas Vatatzes and Tsar Ivan Asen II of Bulgaria. The siege...
Battle of Velbužd
The Battle of Velbazhd (Bulgarian: битка при Велбъжд, bitka pri Velbazhd; Serbian: Битка на Велбужду, bitka na Velbuždu) is a battle which took place between Bulgarian and Serbian armies on 28 July 1330, near the town of Velbazhd (present day...
First Palaiologan Civil War
The Byzantine civil war of 1321–1328 was a series of conflicts fought in the 1320s between the Byzantine emperor Andronikos II Palaiologos and his grandson Andronikos III Palaiologos over control of the Byzantine Empire.
Following the accidental...
Second Palaiologan Civil War
The Byzantine civil war of 1341 – 1347 was a conflict between the supporters of John VI Kantakouzenos and those of the Empress-dowager Anna of Savoy, the Constantinople Patriarch John Kalekas, and the megas doux Alexios Apokaukos, the latter of whom...
Uprising of Ivaylo
The Uprising of Ivaylo (Bulgarian: Въстанието на Ивайло) was an uprising of the Bulgarian peasantry against the Emperor Constantine Tikh and the Bulgarian nobility. The revolt was fuelled by resentment at the beginning feudalization of the Bulgarian...
Siege of Lovech
The Siege of Lovech (Bulgarian: Обсада на Ловеч, Obsada na Lovech) took place in the spring of 1187 between the forces of Bulgaria and the Byzantine Empire.
In 1185, the brothers Asen and Peter led an uprising against the Byzantines to restore the...
Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars
The Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars were a series of conflicts fought between the Byzantines and Bulgarians that began when the Bulgars first settled in the Balkan peninsula in the 5th century and intensified with the expansion of the Bulgarian Empire to...
