State

First Bulgarian Empire

medieval Bulgar-Slavic and later Bulgarian state that existed in Southeastern Europe between the 7th and 11th centuries AD.

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681–1018 CE
Founded
681 CE
Ended
1018
Capital
Pliska, Veliki Preslav, Skopje, Ohrid
Government
autocracy
Languages
Bulgar, Old Church Slavonic, medieval Greek
Religion
Christianity

Overview

The First Bulgarian Empire was a medieval state that existed in Southeastern and southeastern Central Europe between the 7th and 11th centuries AD. It was founded in 680–681 after a group of Bulgars, led by Asparuh, moved south to the northeastern Balkans, and secured Byzantine recognition and their right to settle south of the Danube by defeating – possibly with the help of local South Slavic tribes – the Byzantine army led by Constantine IV. During the 9th and 10th century, Bulgaria reached the height of its power and stretched from the Danube Bend to the Black Sea and from the Dnieper River to the Adriatic Sea, becoming a major power capable of competing with the Byzantine Empire.

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All rulers (8)

  1. Ariobarzanes II of Atropatene20 BCE – 4 CE
  2. Sambhuvarman572–629 CE
  3. Vikrantavarman II686–731 CE
  4. Telerig of Bulgaria768–777 CE
  5. Malamir of Bulgaria831–836 CE
  6. Jaya Indravarman IV1167–1190
  7. Jaya Paramesvaravarman II1220–1254
  8. Jaya Indravarman VI1254–1265

Records (27)

  1. 708 CE — Battle of AnchialusBattle
  2. 717–718 CE — Siege of ConstantinopleBattle
  3. 756–775 CE — Bulgarian campaigns of Constantine VCampaign
  4. 763 CE — Battle of AnchialusBattle
  5. 774 CE — Battle of BerzitiaBattle
  6. 811 CE — Battle of VerbitzaBattle · Bulgar Khanate ▸ Byzantium
  7. 813 CE — Siege of Adrianople (813)Battle
  8. 814 CE — Battle of MesembriaBattle
  9. 820–823 CE — Rebellion of Thomas the SlavRebellion
  10. 823 CE — Battle of KedouktosBattle
  11. 853 CE — Bulgar–Serb WarWar
  12. 854 CE — Croatian–Bulgarian battle of 854Battle
  13. 896 CE — Battle of BoulgarophygonBattle
  14. 913–927 CE — Byzantine–Bulgarian War of 913–927War
  15. 914 CE — Battle of AdrianopleBattle
  16. 917 CE — Battle of AchelousBattle
  17. 917 CE — Battle of KatasyrtaiBattle
  18. 922 CE — Battle of ConstantinopleBattle
  19. 934 CE — Battle of W.l.n.d.rBattle
  20. 959–970 CE — Hungarian invasions of ThraceInvasion
  21. 968–969 CE — Rus'–Bulgarian War 968–969War
  22. 971 CE — Fall of Great PreslavSiege
  23. 997 CE — Battle of SpercheiosBattle
  24. 1004 — Battle of SkopjeBattle
  25. 1009 — Battle of KretaBattle
  26. 1015 — Battle of BitolaBattle
  27. 1017 — Battle of SetinaBattle

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