Historical place archive

Thrace in History

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

4 records4 event labels3 people1912–1920

Historical events in Thrace

1912

1912
Invasion of Thrace
Mehmed Mehmed V · Balkan Wars, 1st

Bulgaria attacks Eastern Thrace, stopped only at the outskirts of Constantinople in the Chatalja line

1913

30 May 1913
European Territorial Cession
Mehmed Mehmed V · Balkan Wars, 1st

Cedes Ottoman territory in Europe west of the Enos-Midia line, with Albania excluded.

12 July 1913
Ottoman Advance into Thrace
Enver Pasha · Balkan Wars, 2nd

Leads Ottoman forces back into territory lost during the First Balkan War.

1920

10 August 1920
Rule of Thrace
Mehmed VI · House of Osmanli

Under the Treaty of Sevres Eastern Thrace is ceded to Greece

Provenance

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