Conquests of Michael VIII
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Expansion during the rule of Michael VIII in the Byzantine Empire.
Chronology
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January 1279: Venetian noblemen Marco II Sanudo lost many of the islands, except Naxos and Paros, to the forces of the renewed Byzantine Empire under the admiral Licario in the late 13th century.
January 1262: After the Fourth Crusade in 1204, Beyoğlu (Pera) neighborhood in Constantinople became a Venetian colony. In 1261, the territory was returned to the Byzantine Empire under the rule of Emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos.
January 1263: After Michael recaptured Constantinople in 1261, William was released in 1262 in return for Mistra and much of Laconia, which became a Byzantine province.
January 1264: A major Byzantine invasion in 1263 led to the Bulgarians loosing the coastal towns Messembria and Anchialus, and several cities in Thrace - including Philippopolis.
January 1266: John I Doukas, ruler of Thessaly, was forced to cede the important city of Ioannina to the Byzantine Empire as part of a peace agreement.
January 1271: The Venetian Colonies in the Sporades, including Skiathos, Skopelos, Alonnisos, and Skyros, were established in 1207 and lasted until the 1270s when they were taken over by the Byzantine Empire.
December 1274: The local governor of Durrës reported to King Charles I of Sicily that the Albanian forces, led by Golem of Kruja, and the Byzantine forces had besieged the city in 1274. This event marked a significant conflict between the two powers in the region.
January 1275: In 1274, Byzantine forces led by Emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos, with the support of local Albanian noblemen, successfully captured the strategic cities of Berat and Butrint.
January 1275: Byzantine forces helped by local Albanian noblemen captured the important cities of Berat and Butrint.
January 1276: The Byzantine offensive continued and captured the port-city of Spinarizza.
January 1276: Durrës alongside the Krujë and Vlora regions became the only domains in mainland Albania which were still under Charles I's control, but they were landlocked and isolated from each other.
January 1278: In 1276-77 the Byzantines conquered Caristo.
January 1280: By 1279 the Byzantines controlled the entirety of the island of Negroponte.
April 1281: The Byzantine army which also included Turkish mercenaries arrived near Berat in March 1281.
January 1279: Grand Duchy of Lemnos conquered by the Byzantines in 1278.
January 1278: Territorial losses of Konstantin Tih.
