Balkan Wars and Bosnian Crisis

By Hamad Al Thani

  • Russian foreign Minister Alexander Izvolsky and Austro-Hungarian foreign minister Alois Aehrenthal meet at Buchlovice Castle in what is now the Czech Republic to discuss changes to 1878 Treaty of Berlin

  • Austria-Hungary annexes Bosnia and Herzegovnia

  • Bulgaria declares independence from the Ottoman Empire.

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    Events of the Balkan war and Bosnian crisis

  • The Great Powers finish making amendments to the Treaty of Berlin.

  • The King of Montenegro declares war on the Ottoman Empire and thus starts the First Balkan War

  • The First Balkan war is won by the Balkan nations against the Ottoman Empire

  • Bulgaria declares war on Serbia and Greece starting the Second Balkan War

  • The Second Balkan War is won by Bulgaria's former allies as well as the Ottoman Empire and Romania.