Historical place archive

Thrace in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Thrace in Bulgaria. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

9 records7 event labels6 people1186–1913

Historical events in Thrace

1186

1186
Invasion of Thrace
Ivan Asen I · House of Asen

During 1185 and 1186 the Bulgarians take over most of Moesia and raid across the Balkan mountains into Thrace

1235

1235
Capture of Thrace
Ivan Asen II · Military

Captures Thrace in alliance with John III Vatatzes of Nicaea

1912

18 October 1912
First Army Advance
Vasil Kutinchev · Balkan Wars, 1st

Commands Bulgaria's First Army in Thrace.

18 October 1912
Thrace Offensive
Radko Dimitriev · Balkan Wars, 1st

Leads Bulgarian armies into Eastern Thrace.

1913

1913
Capture of Thrace
Ferdinand Ferdinand I · Balkan Wars, 2nd

The Ottomans recover eastern Thrace, which had largely been lost in the First Balkan War

1913
Rule of Thrace
Ferdinand Ferdinand I · Balkan Wars, 2nd

The Ottomans recover eastern Thrace, which had largely been lost in the First Balkan War

30 May 1913
Enos-Midia Settlement
Ferdinand Ferdinand I · Balkan Wars, 1st

Accepts a peace that transfers Ottoman territory west of the Enos-Midia line to the Balkan allies.

30 May 1913
Rule of Thrace
Ferdinand Ferdinand I · Balkan Wars, 1st

The treaty transfers Ottoman territory west of the Enos-Midia line to the Balkan allies, creating major Bulgarian expectations in Thrace.

12 July 1913
Ottoman Advance into Thrace
Ferdinand I · Balkan Wars, 2nd

Faces an Ottoman advance while Bulgarian armies retreat elsewhere.

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