Byzantine-Bulgarian War of 894-896
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Was a war between the Bulgarian Empire and the Byzantine Empire.
Chronology
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December 894: Simeon I was the ruler of the First Bulgarian Empire, while Thrace was a region in the Byzantine Empire. The invasion of Thrace in 894 led to widespread looting by the Bulgarians and the capture of many Byzantine prisoners.
January 895: In the autumn of 894 Simeon I launched an invasion of Byzantine Thrace.The Bulgarians looted the region and retired to the north taking many captives.
January 896: The Magyars pillaged and looted unopposed, reaching the outskirts of the capital Preslav.
February 896: The Magyars pillaged and looted unopposed, reaching the outskirts of the capital Preslav.
January 897: Battle of Southern Buh: great Bulgarian victory which forced the Magyars of the Etelköz realm to abandon the steppes of southern Ukraine.
January 897: Battle of Boulgarophygon: annihilation of the Byzantine army. The war ended with a peace treaty which confirmed the Bulgarian domination on the Balkans, restored the status of Bulgaria as a most favoured nation, abolished the commercial restrictions and obliged the Byzantine Empire to pay annual tribute. Under the treaty, the Byzantines also ceded an area between the Black Sea and Strandzha to Bulgaria.
