Serbo-Bulgarian War

Serbo-Bulgarian War 1885
Part of the Serbo-Bulgarian Wars
The Bulgarians cross the border, by Antoni Piotrowski
Date 14–28 November 1885 (N. S.) Location Serbia and Bulgaria Result Decisive Bulgarian victory; Recognition of Unification of Bulgaria
Belligerents
Serbia	Bulgaria
Strength
60,000	50,000
Casualties and losses
770 killed and 4,570 wounded	550 killed and 4,232 wounded

The Serbo-Bulgarian War (Bulgarian: Сръбско-българска война, translit. Srabsko-balgarska voyna; Serbian: Српско-бугарски рат/ Srpsko-bugarski rat) was a war between Serbia and Bulgaria that erupted on 14 November [O.S. 2 November] 1885 and lasted until 28 November [O.S. 16 November] 1885. Final peace was signed on 3 March [O.S. 19 February] 1886 in Bucharest. As a result of the war, European powers acknowledged the act of Unification of Bulgaria which happened on 18 September [O.S. 6 September] 1885.

On 18 September [O.S. 6 September] 1885, Bulgaria and the semi-autonomous Ottoman province of Eastern Rumelia declared their unification in the city of Plovdiv. Eastern Rumelia, whose population was predominantly ethnic Bulgarian, had been an artificial creation of the Berlin Congress seven years earlier. The unification took place against the will of the Great Powers, including Russia. The Austro-Hungarian Empire had been expanding its influence in the Balkans and was particularly opposed. Bulgaria's western neighbor Serbia also feared this would diminish its position in the Balkans. In addition, Serbia's ruler Milan I was annoyed that Serbian pro-Russian opposition leaders like Nikola Pašić, who had stirred up the Timok Rebellion, had found asylum in Bulgaria after the suppression of the rebellion by the Serbian Army.

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