Khan Krum's wars
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Were the military campaigns of Bulgarian Khan Krum.
Chronology
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July 811: Nikephoros I was the Byzantine Emperor from 802 to 811. He faced internal rebellions and external threats, including the First Bulgarian Empire. In 811, after facing military defeats and internal unrest, Nikephoros retreated towards Thrace, ultimately leading to his death in the Battle of Pliska.
August 811: Byzantine Emperor Nikephoros I undertook a massive expedition against Bulgaria, managing to to take over Pliska, the capital of Bulgaria.
September 811: Having sacked and set at fire the city of Pliska, the capital of Bulgaria, the Byzantines ended ther raid.
January 813: In 812 Krum of Bulgaria invaded Byzantine Thrace, taking Develt.
August 813: With Krum's cavalry in pursuit, the rout of Michael I was complete, and Krum advanced on Constantinople, which he besieged by land.
August 813: The new emperor, Leo V the Armenian, offered to negotiate and arranged for a meeting with Krum. As Krum arrived, he was ambushed by Byzantine archers and was wounded as he made his escape. Furious, Krum ravaged the environs of Constantinople and headed home, capturing Adrianople.
July 811: Nikephoros I was the Byzantine Emperor who led the expedition against Bulgaria in 811. Pliska was the capital of the Bulgarian Empire at that time. The successful siege of Pliska on July 20, 811, resulted in the territory being annexed by the Byzantine Empire.
June 809: In 809 Krum besieged and forced the surrender of Serdica.
January 814: Territorial expansion of Bulgaria during the reign of Khan Krum (803-814).
December 812: Krum besieged and captured Mesembria (Nesebar) in the autumn of 812.
Was a 30-year peace agreement signed in Constantinople between the Bulgarian Khan Omurtag and the Byzantine Emperor Leo V the Armenian.
January 816: The possibility of an anti-Bulgarian alliance between the Byzantine and the Frankish empires, the need to consolidate Bulgarian authority in the newly conquered lands, and the new stirring of the tribes in the steppes gave reason for Omurtag to conclude a 30-year peace treaty with the Byzantines in 815. Under this agreement, the Great Balkans became another time the natural border between the two empires, and Byzantium regained the cities it had lost in the Black Sea.
January 816: Krum's successor Khan Omurtag (r. 814-831) concluded a 30-year peace treaty with the Byzantines, thus allowing both countries to restore their economies and finance after the bloody conflicts in the first decade of the century, establishing the border along the Erkesia trench between Debeltos on the Black Sea and the valley of the Maritsa River at Kalugerovo.
Selected Sources
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