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| 1861 | Birth |  |
| Birth of Ferdinand I, son of Prince Augustus of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
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| 1887 | Succession | |
| Succeeeds as King of Bulgaria
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| 1896 | Independence | |
| Bulgaria is recognized by Russia
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| 1908 | Independence | |
| 5th Oct Sofia Delclares the indpendence of Bulgaria
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| 1908 | Succession | |
| Sofia Succeeds as King of Bulgaria,
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| 1911 | Balkan League | |
| Following Italy's victory in the Italo-Turkish War of 1911-1912 the Young Turks fell from power after a coup, the Balkan countries see this as an opportunity to attack and fulfill their desires of expansion
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| The Balkan League is the alliance of Serbia, Montenegro, Greece and Bulgaria against the Ottoman Empire during the Balkan Wars
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| 1912 | Balkan League | |
| 13th Mar Serbia and Bulgaria sign treaties to split between them the land of Vardar Macedonia
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| 13th Mar The signing of a secret bilateral defensive alliance between Serbia and Bulgaria
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| 12th May Expanded by a military contract
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| 29th May Greece, not wishing to be left out of a possible alliance against the Ottoman Empire and the corresponding partition of territory, begins negotiations with Bulgaria on a defensive alliance resulting in the Greco-Bulgarian Treaty
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| 29th May Signing of the Greco-Bulgarian treaty
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| 29th May This agreement is later followed by a similar one between Bulgaria and Montenegro, thus forming a network of alliances in the Balkans, aimed at Turkey
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| Oct The First Balkan War breaks out following an impossible ultimatum given to the Porte
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| 8th Oct After issuing an ultimatum to the Porte on October 13, Bulgaria declares war on Turkey on October 17
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| 8th Oct The first state to declare war is Montenegro, starting the First Balkan War
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| 1912 | Battle of Elle | |
| Dec Elle Following a ceasefire in December between the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria, Serbia and Montenegro, the Turkish fleet twice exited the Dardanelles but was twice defeated in the battles of Elle and Lemnos
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| 1912 | Battle of Lemnos | |
| Dec Lemnos Following a ceasefire in December between the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria, Serbia and Montenegro, the Turkish fleet twice exited the Dardanelles but was twice defeated in the battles of Elle and Lemnos
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| 1912 | Declaration of War | |
| 8th Oct After issuing an ultimatum to the Porte on October 13, Bulgaria declares war on Turkey on October 17
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| 1912 | Invasion of Turkey | |
| Bulgaria attacks Eastern Thrace, stopped at the outskirts of Constantinople in the Chataldja line
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| 1912 | Partition | |
| An alliance is agreed between Bulgaria & Serbia to partition Macedonia
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| 1912 | Treaty of Greco Bulgarian | |
| 29th May Greece, not wishing to be left out of a possible alliance against the Ottoman Empire and the corresponding partition of territory, begins negotiations with Bulgaria on a defensive alliance resulting in the Greco-Bulgarian Treaty
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| 1913 | Alliance | |
| 1st June An anti Bulgarian Serbian-Greek alliance is signed
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| 1913 | Balkan League | |
| The Second Balkan War breaks out among the former allies, with Bulgaria pitted against Serbia and Greece, later joined by Ottoman Empire and Romania
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| 17th June Bulgaria is the first to attacked, without formally declaring war, attacking the Serbian army in Gevgelija and then the Greek army in Nigrita
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| 1913 | Battle of Kilkis Lahanas | |
| June Kilkis Lahanas The Greek army counterattacks and defeats the Bulgarians at Kilkis-Lahanas
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| 1913 | Battle of Kresna | |
| July Kresna Part of the Greek army advances up the Struma River valley, defeating the Bulgarian army in the battles of Doiran and Mt Beles before themselves being defeated at the Kresna straights
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| 1913 | Battle of Mount Beles | |
| July Mount Beles Part of the Greek army advances up the Struma River valley, defeating the Bulgarian army in the battles of Doiran and Mt Beles before themselves being defeated at the Kresna straights
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| 1913 | Capture | |
| Adrianople Bulgarian forces conquer Adrianople while Greek forces liberate Ioannina.
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| Thrace The Ottomans recover eastern Thrace, which had largely been lost in the First Balkan War
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| Adrianople The Ottomans retake Adrianople (Edirne) which had historic significance for the Turks, being a former Ottoman capital city
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| 1913 | Declaration of War | |
| The Second Balkan War breaks out among the former allies, with Bulgaria pitted against Serbia and Greece, later joined by Ottoman Empire and Romania
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| 24th June Greece & Serbia break with Bulgaria over the Macedonia & Thrace border
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| 27th June Romania raises an army and declares war on Bulgaria
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| 1913 | Invasion of Bulgaria | |
| July The Romanians encounter little resistance from the Bulgarians, and by the time of the ceasefire are only 30 kilometers from Sofia
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| 1913 | Peace | |
| July The Greeks offer a ceasefire and the Bulgarians accept due to the danger posed by the Romanian army in the north
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| 1913 | Rule of Thrace | |
| Thrace The Ottomans recover eastern Thrace, which had largely been lost in the First Balkan War
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| 30th May Thrace Under the treaty of London Bulgaria receives Thrace north of the line between Enos on the Aegean Sea and Midia on the Black Sea
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| 1913 | Siege of Adrianople | |
| Adrianople Bulgarian forces conquer Adrianople while Greek forces liberate Ioannina.
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| 1913 | Siege of Gevgelija | |
| 17th June Gevgelija Bulgaria is the first to attacked, without formally declaring war, attacking the Serbian army in Gevgelija and then the Greek army in Nigrita
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| 1913 | Siege of Nigrita | |
| 17th June Nigrita Bulgaria is the first to attacked, without formally declaring war, attacking the Serbian army in Gevgelija and then the Greek army in Nigrita
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| 1913 | Siege of Serres | |
| June Serres The Greek army does not enter the city of Serres in time to prevent it being razed by irregular Bulgarian units
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| 1913 | Succession | |
| Succeeds as King of Bulgaria, defeated in the 2nd Balkan war
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| 1913 | Treaty of Bucharest | |
| 12th Aug Bucharest A final peace is agreed in the treaty of Bucharest
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| 1913 | Treaty of London | |
| 30th May London The war was ends with the treaty of London
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| 30th May London Under the treaty of London Bulgaria receives Thrace north of the line between Enos on the Aegean Sea and Midia on the Black Sea
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| June As a result of the terms of the treaty of London, the Second Balkan War breaks out
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| 1915 | Alliance | |
| Sofia Takes Bulgaria into the war on the side of the central powers
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| 1915 | Declaration of War | |
| 19th Oct Russia and Italy declare war on Bulgaria
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| 1915 | Succession | |
| Sofia Succeeds as King of Bulgaria
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| 1918 | Abdication | |
| Coburg Forced to abdicate in favor of his son Boris III after defeat, retires to Coburg
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| 1948 | Death | |
| Death of Ferdinand I
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