Death of Bulgarian Tsar Ivan Vladislav (1018)

Timeline

1. 1016–1017Ohrid · North MacedoniaAfter Samuel's death, Ivan Vladislav acceded to the throne at Ohrid, continuing to organize the Bulgarian remnants against Byzantine conquest and attempting to consolidate control over Macedonia and the Albanian coast.
2. 1018Dyrrhachium · AlbaniaIvan Vladislav led an army against Dyrrhachium and was killed in fierce fighting near the walls with the Byzantine garrison; the Bulgarian army dispersed, and the independent regime lost its last military prop.
3. 1018Preslav · BulgariaAfter the tsar's death, Bulgarian nobles and church leaders across the land surrendered to Byzantium, and the political entity of the First Bulgarian Empire rapidly disintegrated.