List of wars involving Bulgaria
This article lists the wars, campaigns and battles fought by Bulgaria since its creation in 681. This article lists the wars, campaigns and battles fought by Bulgaria since its creation in 681.
First Bulgarian Empire (622–1185)
Conflict | Years | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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Bulgarian-Turkic War | (622-632) | ![]() |
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Victory
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First Bulgarian-Khazar War | (662-670) | ![]() |
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Draw
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First Bulgarian-Byzantine War | (680-792) | ![]() |
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Victory
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Second Bulgarian-Khazar War | (662-670) | ![]() |
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Victory
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Bulgarian-Arabian War | (717-718) | ![]() |
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Victory
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Bulgarian-Avar War | (799-800) | ![]() |
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Victory
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Second Bulgarian-Byzantine War | (809-822) | ![]() |
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Victory |
Third Bulgarian-Khazar War | (824-825) | ![]() |
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Victory
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Bulgarian-Frankish War | (827-829) | ![]() |
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Victory
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First Bulgarian-Serbian War | (839-842) | ![]() |
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Draw
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Second Bulgarian-Serbian War | (853-855) | ![]() |
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Draw
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First Bulgarian-Croatian War | (854-855) | ![]() |
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Draw
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First Bulgarian-Hungarian War | (862-896) | ![]() |
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Victory
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Third Bulgarian-Byzantine War | (894-896) | ![]() |
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Victory
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Fourth Bulgarian-Byzantine War | (913-927) | ![]() |
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Victory
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Third Bulgarian-Serbian War | (917-924) | ![]() |
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Victory
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Second Bulgarian-Croatian War | (925-931) | ![]() |
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Draw
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Second Bulgarian-Hungarian War | (932-980) | ![]() |
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Draw
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First Bulgarian-Pecheneg War | (967-971) | ![]() |
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Victory
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Bulgarian-Kievan Rus War | (967-997) | ![]() |
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Draw
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Fifth Bulgarian-Byzantine War | (968-1018) | ![]() |
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Defeat
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Third Bulgarian-Croatian War | (997-1000) | ![]() |
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Victory
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Sixth Bulgarian-Byzantine War | (1040-1071) | ![]() |
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Draw
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First Bulgarian-Seljuk War | (1054-1071) | ![]() |
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Victory
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Second Bulgarian-Pecheneg War | (1090-1091) | ![]() |
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Victory
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Bulgarian-Cuman War | (1140-1145) | ![]() |
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Victory
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Second Bulgarian-Seljuk War | (1112-1113) | ![]() |
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Victory
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Second Bulgarian Empire (1185–1422)
Conflict | Years | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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Seventh Bulgarian-Byzantine War | (1185-1201) | ![]() |
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Victory
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Third Bulgarian-Hungarian War | (1202-1203) | ![]() |
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Victory
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Fourth Bulgarian-Serbian War | (1202-1203) | ![]() |
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Victory
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First Bulgarian–Latin War | (1204-1208) | ![]() |
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Victory
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First Bulgarian-Seljuk War | (1210-1211) | ![]() |
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Victory
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First Bulgarian-Mongol War | (1222-1223) | ![]() |
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Victory
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Bulgarian-Thessalonican War | (1230-1232) | ![]() |
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Victory
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First Bulgarian-Nicean War | (1234-1235) | ![]() |
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Victory
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Second Bulgarian–Latin War | (1234-1235) | ![]() |
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Victory
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Second Bulgarian-Mongol War | (1222-1223) | ![]() |
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Victory
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First Bulgarian-Crimean War | (1241-1244) | ![]() |
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Victory
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Second Bulgarian-Nicean War | (1254-1257) | ![]() |
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Victory
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Bulgarian-Venetian War | (1257-1260) | ![]() |
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Victory
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First Bulgarian-Trebizond War | (1270-1271) | ![]() |
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Victory
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Third Bulgarian-Mongol War | (1271-1279) | ![]() |
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Victory
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Bulgarian Civil War | (1277–1280) | ![]() Tsar Constantine Allies: ![]() ![]() |
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Victory
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Eighth Bulgarian-Byzantine War | (1279-1280) | ![]() |
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Victory
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Second Bulgarian-Trebizond War | (1270-1271) | ![]() |
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Victory
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Fifth Bulgarian-Serbian War | (1290-1291) | ![]() |
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Victory
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Fourth Bulgarian-Mongol War | (1299-1300) | ![]() |
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Draw
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Ninth Bulgarian-Byzantine War | (1304-1305) | ![]() |
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Victory
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Sixth Bulgarian-Serbian War | (1330-1331) | ![]() |
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Draw
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Tenth Bulgarian-Byzantine War | (1332-1333) | ![]() |
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Victory
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Fifth Bulgarian-Mongol War | (1332-1341) | ![]() |
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Victory
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Byzantine Civil War | (1341–1347) | ![]() King Palaiologos Allies: ![]() ![]() |
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Victory
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First Bulgarian–Ottoman War | (1344-1362) | ![]() |
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Victory
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Fourth Bulgarian-Hungarian War | (1365-1369) | ![]() |
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Victory
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Bulgarian-Savoyan War | (1365-1370) | ![]() |
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Victory
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Bulgarian-Wallachian War | (1384-1386) | ![]() |
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Victory
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Bulgarian-Genoan War | (1379-1387) | ![]() |
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Victory
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Ottoman Civil War | (1402–1413) | ![]() Sultan Mehmed I Allies: ![]() ![]() |
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Victory
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First Bulgarian-Crimean War | (1414-1415) | ![]() |
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Victory
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Second Bulgarian–Ottoman War | (1371-1422) | ![]() |
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Defeat
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7th century
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Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars (741-775).
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Campaigns of Khan Krum (803-814).
- 680: Battle of Ongal, decisive victory of Khan Asparukh against the Byzantines. Official recognition of Bulgaria.
- 689: Successful campaign against the Byzantine Empire.
8th century
- 700: Khan Asparuhk perishes in battle against the Khazars.
- 705: Khan Tervel sends 15,000 men to help Justinian II regain his crown.
- 708: War with Byzantium, victory at Anchialus.
- 717–718: Second Arab Siege of Constantinople. The Bulgarians slaughter between 22,000 and 30,000 Arabs in the decisive battle.
- 756–775: Campaigns of Constantine V against Bulgaria. Despite several Byzantine victories they fail to subjugate Bulgaria.
- 791-792: Byzantine invasions fail after the battle of Provat and Marcelae.
9th century
- 804-806: Bulgaria under Khan Krum destroys the Avar Khaganate.
- 807: Raid on the Struma valley against the Byzantines.
- 809: The Bulgarians capture Sofia.
- 811: Campaign of Nicephorus I against Bulgaria ends in disaster in the battle of Pliska, the emperor is killed.
- 811-813: Campaigns of Krum of Bulgaria in Eastern Thrace; major Bulgarian victory at Versinikia; the Bulgarians besiege Constantinople and temporarily seize Adrianople.
- 814: The Byzantines repulse a Bulgarian invasion.
- 824 Successful campaign against the Khazars.
- 826-828: War against the Franks, Bulgarian success.
- 836: War against Byzantium, the Bulgarians gain Philippopolis (Plovdiv).
- 837: The Bulgarians conquer Philippi.
- 839-842: War against the Serbs.
- 853: Defeat against East Francia.
- 894–896: War against the Byzantines and the Magyars. Decisive victories over the Byzantines in the battle of Bulgarophygon and over the Magyars st Southern Buh.
10th century
- 913-927: War against Byzantium. Major success in the Battle of Achelous. Recognition of the Imperial title of the Bulgarian rulers and the Bulgarian Patriarchate.
- 917-924: Wars against the Serbs, the Serbian state is destroyed.
- 927: The Croats defeat a Bulgarian army.
- 931: Serbian rebellion, the Serb state is restored.
- 934-965: Magyar raids in Bulgaria.
- 968-971: Sviatoslav's invasion of Bulgaria, war against Kievan Rus' and the Byzantines.
- 976-1018: War against the Byzantine Empire.
- 986: Battle of the Gates of Trajan major victory of Samuel of Bulgaria over Basil II.
- 998: The Bulgarians destroy the Serbian state.
11th century
- 1003: War against Hungary
- 1014: Battle of Kleidion decisive Byzantine victory over the Bulgarians under Samuel.
- 1018: The Byzantines conquer Bulgaria, end of the First Empire.
12th century
- 1185: Uprising of Asen and Peter. Reestablishment of the Bulgarian Empire.
- 1185-1202: War against the Byzantines, most of the Bulgarian lands are liberated.
13th century

Campaigns of Emperor Ivan Asen II (1218-1241).
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Campaigns of Emperor Theodore Svetoslav (1300-1321).
- 1202: War against the Hungarians and the Serbs, the Bulgarians liberated Nish, Belgrade and Branichevo.
- 1205-1211: War against the Latin Empire. Decisive victory in the battle of Adrianople (1205).
- 1230: Decisive victory over the Epyrotes in the battle of Klokotnitsa.
- 1235: Campaign against the Latins.
- 1237: Campaign against the Nicaean Empire.
- 1241: The Bulgarians defeat a Mongol raid.
- 1242-1243: Mongol raids against Bulgaria.
- 1253: Campaign against Serbia.
- 1254-1256: Unsuccessful war against the Nicaean Empire.
- 1259-1261: War against Hungary.
- 1274: Major Mongol raid.
- 1277-1280: Uprising of Ivaylo, wars against the Byzantines and the Mongols.
- 1280-1298: Mongol raids.
14th century
- 1304-1307: Successful war against the Byzantine Empire.
- 1322-1324: War against the Byzantine Empire.
- 1330: War against the Serbs, defeat in the battle of Velbazhd
- 1330-1332: Successful war against the Byzantines, victory at Rusokastro.
- 1341-1344: Successful war against the Byzantines.
- 1352-1354: First Ottoman raids.
- 1354-1364: The Ottomans conquer Thrace.
- 1365-1369: Hungarian occupation of Vidin, the Hungarians are eventually repulsed.
- 1366: Campaign of Count Amadeo of Savoy against the Bulgarian Black Sea coast.
- 1371-1373: War against the Ottomans.
- 1384-1396: War against Wallachia.
- 1385: The Ottomans conquer Sofia.
- 1388: Ottoman campaign in north-eastern Bulgaria.
- 1393: Fall of Tarnovo.
- 1396: Fall of Varna
15th century
- 1422: Fall of Second Bulgarian Empire
19th century
- 1877: Russo-Turkish War
- 1885: Serbo-Bulgarian War
20th century
The Bulgarian campaign in the First Balkan War.
- 1912-1913: First Balkan War
- 1913: Second Balkan War
- 1915-1918: First World War
- 1925: Incident at Petrich
- 1941-1945: Second World War
- 1968: Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia
21st century
- 2001–2014: War in Afghanistan
- 2003–2011: War in Iraq
See also
- Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars
- Bulgarian–Latin Wars
- Bulgarian–Ottoman Wars
- Bulgarian–Hungarian Wars
- Bulgarian–Serbian Wars
- Croatian–Bulgarian wars
- Medieval Bulgarian army
- Medieval Bulgarian navy
- Medieval warfare
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