Medieval Battles of the Bulgarian Army
Bulgarian-Arabian Wars
King Tervel Crowned “The Savior of Europe” By The Pope, After Vastly Crushing The Arab Umayyad Army at The Siege of Constantinople
| Battle | Year | .svg.png){kind=small} Bulgarian Commander |
 Arabian Umayyad Caliphate Commander |
Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgar-Arab War | 716 | Tervel | Maslama Malik | Bulgarian Victory |
| Siege of Constantinople | 717 | Tervel | Maslama Malik | Bulgarian Victory |
| Arab Slaughter of Constantinople | 718 | Tervel | Umar ibn Hubayra | Bulgarian Victory |
Bulgarian-Avar Wars
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Avars Plundering Much of Eastern Europe Before a Decisive Annihilation by The Great Bulgar Khan Krum
| Battle | Year | Bulgarian Commander |
 Avar Khaganate Commander |
Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Siege of Avar Hring | 799 | Krum | Abraham | Bulgarian Victory |
| Second Siege of Avar Hring | 799 | Krum | Abraham | Bulgarian Victory |
| Destruction of The Final Avar State | 800 | Krum | Abraham | Bulgarian Victory |
Bulgarian-Byzantine Wars
Khan Krum Leads Bulgaria to Victory at The Battle of Pliska in 811
Undefeated King Simeon the Great Victorious at The Battle of Bulgarophygon in 896
The Bulgarian Army Smothers the Byzantines in The Battle of Achelous in 917
Emperor Samuil The Invincible Crushes King Basil II ‘s Byzantine Army at The Battle of Gates of Trajan in 996
King Basil II The Bulgar Slayer Victoriously Avenges his Byzantine Army at The Battle of Kleidion in 1014
Bulgarian-Crimean Wars
| Battle | Year | Bulgarian Commander |
 Crimean Tatar Khanate Commander |
Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Tatar Invasion | 1241 | Kaliman I | Tatarin | Bulgarian Victory |
| Second Siege of Nessebar | 1244 | Kaliman I | Tatarin | Bulgarian Victory |
| Tatar Invasion of Dobruja | 1414 | Constantine II | Yeremferden | Crimean Victory |
| Final Tatar Banishment | 1415 | Constantine II | Yeremferden | Bulgarian Victory |
Bulgarian-Croatian Wars
Bulgaria Conquering a Majority of the Croatian Territory Along with Bordering Charlemagne’s Frankish Empire in 814
| Battle | Year | Bulgarian Commander |
 Croatian Commander |
Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Bulgar-Croat War | 854 | Boris I | Trpimir | Truce |
| Battle of the Bosnian Highlands | 926 | Alogobotur | Tomislav | Croatian Victory |
| Second Bulgar-Croat War | 927 | Simeon I | Tomislav | Bulgarian Victory |
| Third Bulgar-Croat War-Alliance | 1000 | Samuil | Svetoslav | Bulgarian Victory |
Bulgarian-Cuman Wars
| Battle | Year | Bulgarian Commander |
 Cumanian Commander |
Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Cumanian Conflict | 1140 | Gradihna | Sevinch | Bulgarian Victory |
| Second Cumanian Conflict | 1145 | Radoslav | Sevinch | Bulgarian Victory |
Bulgarian-Frankish Wars
| Battle | Year | Bulgarian Commander |
.svg.png){kind=small} Frankish Commander |
Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgar-Frankish War | 827 | Omurtag | Louis the Pious | Bulgarian Victory |
| Naval Battle of the Danube | 827 | Omurtag | Louis the Pious | Bulgarian Victory |
| Bulgar-Frankish War | 828 | Omurtag | Louis the Pious | Bulgarian Victory |
| Naval Battle of the Drava | 828 | Omurtag | Louis the Pious | Bulgarian Victory |
| Bulgar-Frankish Alliance | 829 | Omurtag | Louis the Pious | Bulgarian Victory |
Bulgarian-Genoan Wars
| Battle | Year | Bulgarian Commander |
 Genoan Commander |
Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Battle of Dobruja | 1379 | Dobrotitsa | Luciano Doria | Bulgarian Victory |
| Second Battle of Dobruja | 1382 | Dobrotitsa | Nicolò Guarco | Bulgarian Victory |
| Battle of Pera | 1387 | Ivanko | Nicolò Guarco | Truce |
Bulgarian-Hungarian Wars
The Bulgarian Army Flees to Silistra After a Hungarian Defeat in 894
After All of Europe Pleaded God For Mercy From The Ravaging Magyar Hungarians, a Sickened King Simeon Answered the Call By Brutally Slaughtering Many of The Magyars at The Battle of Southern Buh. Ultimately Forcing The Magyars to Permanentley Settle In Central Europe
| Battle | Year | Bulgarian Commander |
.svg.png){kind=small} Hungarian Commander |
Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgar-Hungar Wars | 862 | Boris I | Rastislav | Bulgarian Victory |
| Bulgar-Hungar Wars | 883 | Boris I | Svatoplak | Bulgarian Victory |
| Bulgar-Hungar Wars | 892 | Boris I | Svatoplak | Bulgarian Victory |
| Bulgar-Hungar Wars | 893 | Boris I | Arpad | Hungarian Victory |
| Bulgar-Hungar Wars | 894 | Boris I | Arpad | Hungarian Victory |
| Bulgar-Hungar Wars | 895 | Simeon I | Arpad And Levente | Bulgarian Victory |
| Battle of Southern Buh | 896 | Simeon I | Arpad And Levente | Bulgarian Victory |
| Bulgar-Hungar Wars | 932 | Peter I | Bogat | Hungarian Victory |
| Bulgar-Hungar Wars | 934 | Peter I | Zombor | Hungarian Victory |
| Battle of the Northern Danube | 980 | Ahtum | Stephen I | Hungarian Victory |
| Bulgar-Hungar Wars | 1202 | Kaloyan | Emeric | Hungarian Victory |
| Bulgar-Hungar Wars | 1203 | Kaloyan | Emeric | Bulgarian Victory |
| Battle of the Vidin | 1365 | Ivan Stratsimir | Louis I | Hungarian Victory |
| Bulgar-Hungar Wars | 1367 | Ivan Alexander | Louis I | Bulgarian Victory |
| Final Defeat of Hungaria | 1369 | Ivan Stratsimir | Louis I | Bulgarian Victory |
Bulgarian-Khazar Wars
| Battle | Year | Bulgarian Commander |
 Khazar Khaganate Commander |
Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Khazar Invasion Old Great Bulgaria | 662 | Kubrat | Ziebel | Khazar Victory |
| Fall of Old Great Bulgaria | 665 | Kubrat | Bori Shad | Khazar Victory |
| First Northern Bulgar Invasion | 668 | Asparukh | Kaban | Bulgarian Victory |
| Second Northern Bulgar Invasion | 670 | Asparukh | Kaban | Bulgarian Victory |
| Battle of Danube & Death of Aspurukh | 701 | Asparukh | Busir | Khazar Victory |
| Destruction of Southern Khazaria | 702 | Tervel | Busir | Bulgarian Victory |
| Final Khazar Banishment | 825 | Omurtag | Bulan | Bulgarian Victory |
Bulgarian-Kievan Rus Wars
The Rus' Invasion Being Repulsed by a Byzantine Bulgarian Alliance
| Battle | Year | Bulgarian Commander |
 Rus Commander |
Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battle of Silistra | 968 | Peter I | Sviatoslav I | Rus Victory |
| Bulgar-Rus Wars | 968 | Boris I | Sviatoslav I | Rus Victory |
| Battle of Pereyaslavets | 969 | Boris I | Sviatoslav I | Bulgarian Victory |
| Bulgar-Rus Northern Alliance | 970 | Boris I | Sviatoslav I | Rus Victory |
| Siege of Dorostolon | 971 | Boris II | Sviatoslav I | Bulgarian Victory |
| Rus Banishment | 997 | Samuil | Sviatoslav I | Bulgarian Victory |
Bulgarian-Latin Wars
Tsarevets Castle, Capital of Bulgaria Under King Kaloyan The Crusader Slayer. Where The Bulgarians Brutally Annihilated The 4th Crusade, Capturing Latin Crusader King Baldwin I In The Process and Locking Him in His Tower Till His Death in 1205
| Battle | Year | Bulgarian Commander |
 Latin Crusader Commander |
Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battle of Adrianople | 1205 | Kaloyan | Baldwin I | Bulgarian Victory |
| Battle of Serres | 1205 | Kaloyan | Henry I | Bulgarian Victory |
| Battle of Rusion | 1206 | Kaloyan | Thierry de Termonde | Bulgarian Victory |
| Battle of Rodosto | 1206 | Kaloyan | Henry I | Bulgarian Victory |
| Battle of Messinopolis | 1207 | Boril | Boniface | Bulgarian Victory |
| Battle of Beroia | 1207 | Boril | Henry I | Bulgarian Victory |
| Battle of Philippopolis | 1208 | Boril | Henry I | Latin Victory |
| Siege of Constantinople | 1235 | Ivan Asen II | John of Brienne | Two Year Truce |
Bulgarian-Mongol Wars
| Battle | Year | Bulgarian Commander |
 Mongol Commander |
Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battle of Samara Bend | 1223 | Gabdula Chelbir | Genghis Khan | Bulgarian Victory |
| Bulgar-Mongol War | 1241 | Ivan Asen II | Batu Khan | Bulgarian Victory |
| Bulgar-Mongol War | 1242 | Kaliman Asen I | Batu Khan | Bulgarian Victory |
| Bulgar-Mongol War | 1271 | Kaliman Asen II | Nogai Khan | Mongol Victory |
| Bulgar-Mongol War | 1278 | Ivailo | Nogai Khan | Bulgarian Victory |
| Siege of Silistra | 1279 | Ivailo | Nogai Khan | Bulgarian Victory |
| Bulgar-Mongol War | 1299 | George I | Nogai Khan | Mongol Victory |
| First Mongol Banishment | 1300 | Theo Svetoslav | Toqta | Bulgarian Victory |
| Bulgar-Mongol War | 1332 | Ivan Stefan | Uzbeg Khan | Bulgarian Victory |
| Final Banishment of Mongol Horde | 1341 | Ivan Stefan | Uzbeg Khan | Bulgarian Victory |
Bulgarian-Nicean Wars
Map of the Numerous Latin Kingdoms in Result of the Latin Crusader Sack of Constantinople
| Battle | Year | Bulgarian Commander |
 Nicean Commander |
Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Siege of Constantinople | 1235 | Ivan Asen II | John of Brienne | Two Year Truce |
| Battle of Adrianople | 1254 | Micheal I | Theodore II Lascaris | Nicean Victory |
| First Battle of Northern Anatolia | 1256 | Micheal I | Theodore II Lascaris | Bulgarian Victory |
| Second Battle of Northern Anatolia | 1257 | Micheal I | Theodore II Lascaris | Bulgarian Victory |
Bulgarian-Ottoman Wars
Bulgarian Duke Momchil The Ottoman Obliterator (Turk Destroyer) Victoriously Crushing The Ottoman Offense a Year After His Famous Destruction of The Ottoman Fleet In The Naval Massacre of Portogalos in 1344
The Bulgarian Empire, Split Into Its Numerous Bulgar States, On The Eve of The Century War With The Ottoman Turks
The Defeat At The Battle of Nicopolis in 1396, Was The Major Turning Point in The Near Hundred Year War With The Ottoman Empire
Bulgarian-Pecheneg Wars
Bulgaria Bordering the Vast Pecheneg Khanate Before a Decisive Bulgarian Victory Led By King Boris II
| Battle | Year | Bulgarian Commander |
 Pecheneg Khanate Commander |
Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Pecheneg Invasion | 967 | Peter I | Kurya | Pecheneg Victory |
| Second Pecheneg Invasion | 969 | Boris II | Kurya | Bulgarian Victory |
| Third Pecheneg Invasion | 970 | Boris II | Kurya | Bulgarian Victory |
| Final Pecheneg Banishment | 971 | Boris II | Kurya | Bulgarian Victory |
| Battle of Levounion | 1091 | Peter III | Emir Chaka | Bulgarian Victory |
Bulgarian-Savoyan Wars
| Battle | Year | Bulgarian Commander |
 Duchy of Savoy Commander |
Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Black Sea Naval Invasion | 1365 | Ivan Alexander | Amadeus VI | Savoyan Victory |
| Capture of Varna | 1366 | Ivan Alexander | Amadeus VI | Savoyan Victory |
| Second Black Sea Naval Invasion | 1366 | Ivan Alexander | Amadeus VI | Bulgarian Victory |
| Third Black Sea Naval Invasion | 1367 | Ivan Alexander | Amadeus VI | Bulgarian Victory |
| Destruction of the Fleet of Savoy | 1370 | Ivan Alexander | Amadeus VI | Bulgarian Victory |
Bulgarian-Seljuk Wars
| Battle | Year | Bulgarian Commander |
 Seljuk Sultanate Commander |
Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Battle of Manzikert | 1054 | Peter II | Tughril | Bulgarian Victory |
| Second Battle of Manzikert | 1071 | Peter II | Alp Arslan | Seljuk Victory |
| Second Siege of Nicea | 1113 | Peter III | Kilij Arslan I | Bulgarian Victory |
| Battle of Antioch | 1211 | Ivan Asen II | Kaykhusraw I | Bulgarian Victory |
Bulgarian-Serbian Wars
The Invincible Bulgarian Empire In The Process of Conquering a Majority of The Serbian Kingdom
The Serbs Pleading The Byzantines For a Formed Alliance Against the Unstoppable Bulgarian State, Before Being Conquered for a Second Time
| Battle | Year | Bulgarian Commander |
 Serbian Commander |
Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgar-Serb War | 839 | Omurtag | Vlastimir | Bulgarian Victory |
| Bulgar-Serb War | 842 | Presian | Vlastimir | Serbian Victory |
| First Bulgar-Serb Alliance | 853 | Vladimir-Rasate | Mutimir | Serbian Victory |
| Bulgar-Serb War | 917 | Simeon I | Petar | Bulgarian Victory |
| Bulgar-Serb War | 921 | Simeon I | Pavle | Bulgarian Victory |
| Bulgar-Serb War | 922 | Zaharija | Pavle | Bulgarian Victory |
| Bulgar-Serb War | 924 | Marmais and Sigritsa | Zaharija | Serbian Victory |
| Full Conquer of Serbia | 925 | Simeon I | Zaharija | Bulgarian Victory |
| Bulgar-Serb War | 998 | Samuil | Jovan Vladimir | Bulgarian Victory |
| Bulgar-Serb War | 1202 | Kaloyan | Emeric | Serbian Victory |
| Bulgar-Serb War | 1203 | Kaloyan | Emeric | Bulgarian Victory |
| Bulgar-Serb War | 1290 | Darmen And Kudelin | Stefan Dragutin | Bulgarian Victory |
| Bulgar-Serb War | 1291 | Darmen And Kudelin | Stefan Milutin | Serbian Victory |
| Battle of Velbazhd | 1330 | Michael Shishman | Stefan Dečanski | Serbian Victory |
| Second Bulgar-Serb Alliance | 1331 | Ivan Stefan | Stefan Dečanski | Bulgarian Victory |
Bulgarian-Thessalonician Wars
| Battle | Year | Bulgarian Commander |
 Thessalonician Commander |
Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battle of Klokotnitsa | 1230 | Ivan Asen II | Theodore Komnenos | Bulgarian Victory |
| Battle of Southern Thrace | 1232 | Ivan Asen II | Theodore Komnenos | Bulgarian Victory |
Bulgarian-Trebizond Wars
| Battle | Year | Bulgarian Commander |
 Trebizond Commander |
Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Battle of Northern Anatolia | 1270 | Dobrotitsa | Andronikos III | Bulgarian Victory |
| Second Battle of Northern Anatolia | 1280 | Dobrotitsa | Andronikos III | Bulgarian Victory |
Bulgarian-Turkic Wars
| Battle | Year | Bulgarian Commander |
 Gokturk Khaganate Commander |
Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Rebellion-Old Great Bulgaria Creation | 622 | Kubrat | Ilterish Qaghan | Bulgarian Victory |
| Final Gokturk Repulsion | 632 | Kubrat | Ilterish Qaghan | Bulgarian Victory |
Bulgarian-Venetian Wars
| Battle | Year | Bulgarian Commander |
 Venetian Commander |
Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Siege of Nessebar | 1257 | Michael II | Reniero Zeno | Bulgarian Victory |
| Second Siege of Nessebar | 1260 | Constantine I | Reniero Zeno | Bulgarian Victory |
Bulgarian-Wallachian Wars
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Bulgaria Reconquering Lands Held by The Ottomans and Byzantines, Before A Wallachian Attack From The North in 1384
| Battle | Year | Bulgarian Commander |
 Wallachian Commander |
Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgar-Wallachian War | 1384 | Ivan Sratsimir | Dan I | Bulgarian Victory |
| Bulgar-Wallachian War | 1385 | Ivan Shishman | Dan I | Bulgarian Victory |
| Bulgar-Wallachian War | 1386 | Ivan Shishman | Dan I | Bulgarian Victory |
See also
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