# Canonical recap data for Serbian-Bulgarian War (1885)
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slug: serbian-bulgarian-war
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1885/serbian-bulgarian-war"
title: Serbian-Bulgarian War
subtitle: Brief but significant Balkan territorial conflict that erupted after Bulgaria annexed Eastern Rumelia, demonstrating post-Ottoman regional instability and power vacuums.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1885-11-28
datePrecision: day
year: 1885
decade: 1880
country:
name: Serbia
slug: serbia
summaryShort: The Serbo-Bulgarian War or the Serbian–Bulgarian War, a war between the Kingdom of Serbia and the Principality of Bulgaria, erupted on 14 November [O.S. 2 November] 1885 and lasted until 28 November [O.S. 16 November] 1885. Despite Bulgaria's status as a vassal of the Ottoman Empire, the Ottomans did not intervene in t
summaryLong: The Serbo-Bulgarian War or the Serbian–Bulgarian War, a war between the Kingdom of Serbia and the Principality of Bulgaria, erupted on 14 November [O.S. 2 November] 1885 and lasted until 28 November [O.S. 16 November] 1885. Despite Bulgaria's status as a vassal of the Ottoman Empire, the Ottomans did not intervene in the war. Serbia initiated the fighting but suffered a decisive defeat. Austria-Hungary demanded that Bulgaria stop its invasion, and a truce resulted.
heroImageUrl: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/S-b_war_painting_by_Antoni_Piotrowski.jpg/1280px-S-b_war_painting_by_Antoni_Piotrowski.jpg"
heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "Serbo-Bulgarian War"
importance: 74
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbo-Bulgarian_War"
  title: Serbian-Bulgarian War (1885)
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- war
metaDescription: The Serbo-Bulgarian War or the Serbian–Bulgarian War, a war between the Kingdom of Serbia and the Principality of Bulgaria, erupted on 14 November [O.S. 2 Novem
wikidataQid: Q740791
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260701011839/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbo-Bulgarian_War"
  capturedAt: 2026-07-01
  label: Serbian-Bulgarian War (1885)
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbo-Bulgarian_War"
