BulgariaandAND⤬THE JUNCTION
3 SHARED EVENTSSerbia

Entangled histories

3 events in which either nation’s sourced chronicle names the other — including under earlier names of the same state. Each is the same record, with the same sources, as on its own chronicle; nothing here was written for this page.

ONE SPINE OF YEARS · TWO WALLS OF EVENTS · BGR LEFT · SRB RIGHT

1. Sep 1885

   Unification with Eastern Rumelia

   A bloodless revolution united the autonomous province of Eastern Rumelia with the Principality of Bulgaria; Bulgaria secured the union by defeating Serbia in the ensuing war, recovering part of the San Stefano territory.

   Formation · from the Bulgaria chronicle · San Stefano, Berlin and the Making of Modern Bulgaria · REFS 2 — Bulgaria: Treaties of San Stefano and Berlin, Bulgaria: Ottoman rule, National Revival and the end of the 19th century

2. 1912

   First Balkan War

   Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece and Montenegro of the Balkan League drove the Ottoman Empire almost entirely out of Europe, with Bulgarian armies bearing the heaviest fighting in Thrace.

   War & Rupture · from the Bulgaria chronicle · The Balkan Wars, the World Wars and the Saving of the Jews · REFS 1 — Balkan Wars

3. Jun–Aug 1913

   Second Balkan War and the loss of Macedonia

   Bulgaria attacked its former allies over the division of Macedonia and was crushed by Serbia, Greece, Romania and the Ottomans; the Treaty of Bucharest left most of Macedonia to its rivals and Southern Dobruja to Romania.

   War & Rupture · from the Bulgaria chronicle · The Balkan Wars, the World Wars and the Saving of the Jews · REFS 2 — Second Balkan War, Balkan Wars