List of wars involving Bulgaria

This article lists the wars, campaigns and battles fought by Bulgaria since its creation in 681.

7th century

 * 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

 * 1202: War against the Hungarians and the Serbs, the Bulgarians retake 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 Vidin, end of the Second Empire.

19th century

 * 1885: Serbo-Bulgarian War

20th century

 * 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
 * 1960s: Vietnam War
 * 1960s-1980s: Angolan Civil War
 * 1980s: Nicaraguan Revolution

21st century

 * 2001–present: War in Afghanistan
 * 2003–2011: War in Iraq