Ottoman Conquest of Bulgaria (1390s)

Name: Ottoman Conquest of Bulgaria (1390s)
Start: 1390
End: 1396

Type Event Region Europe Time 1390–1396

In the 1390s, Ottoman Sultan Bayezid I captured Tarnovo (1393) and Vidin (1396), capitals of the Second Bulgarian Empire, ending Bulgarian independen…

Timeline

1390–1392South of the Balkan Mountains · BulgariaAfter pacifying Anatolia, Bayezid I turned to the Balkans, gradually nibbling away at southern Bulgaria and Thrace, cutting Bulgaria's links with Byzantine remnant forces.
1393Veliko Tarnovo · BulgariaOttoman forces captured the Bulgarian capital Tarnovo; Tsar Ivan Shishman was taken prisoner, the central government of the Second Bulgarian Empire collapsed, symbolizing the end of an independent Bulgarian state.
1396Vidin · BulgariaThe Ottomans conquered the Tsardom of Vidin; its last ruler Ivan Stratsimir was captured, Bulgaria's last independent stronghold was lost, and the entire territory was incorporated into the Ottoman administrative system.

Sources

A History of the Ottoman Empire to 1730 — Herbert J. Gibbons (1916)