Ivan Shishman of Bulgaria - Timeline

Timeline

• 1350 or 1351 — Ivan Shishman was born
• By 1355 — Proclaimed heir to the throne and co-emperor
• 17 February 1371 — Succeeds his father as Emperor of Bulgaria in Tarnovo
• 1373 — Becomes Ottoman vassal in return for some previously conquered lands
• 1378 — Issues the Rila Charter
• 1385 — Fall of Sofia
• 1384 to 1386 — Successful war against Wallachia
• 1388 — The Ottomans invade eastern Bulgaria and conquer a number of towns
• 17 July 1393 — Fall of Tarnovo
• 3 June 1395 — The Ottomans capture Nikopol and Ivan Shishman is executed