The Balkan Wars were two short conflicts fought in the Balkans in 1912 and 1913. In the first, the Balkan League of Bulgaria, Serbia, Greece and Montenegro attacked the Ottoman Empire and drove it out of nearly all of its remaining European territory, and an independent Albania was proclaimed. The victors quarrelled over the division of Macedonia, and in the second war Bulgaria attacked its former allies and was defeated by them, together with Romania and the Ottomans. Treaties signed in London and Bucharest in 1913 redrew the map of the region. The wars left Serbia stronger and Austria-Hungary alarmed, and are widely seen as an important step towards the outbreak of the First World War.
Before and after
- from 30 July 1912 to 25 December 1926Taishō era
- 31 July 1912Birth of Milton Friedman
- 7 August 1912Victor Hess discovers cosmic rays
- 25 August 1912Birth of Erich Honecker
- from 8 October 1912 to 18 July 1913Balkan Wars
- from 8 October 1912 to 30 May 1913First Balkan War
- 17 October 1912Birth of John Paul I
- from 28 October 1912 to 23 April 1913Siege of Scutari
- 6 December 1912The bust of Nefertiti is found
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