Timeline Byzantine army (Palaiologan era)

1259 – byzantine army of 6,000 men participates in battle of pelagonia empire scored victory on franks.
1261 – alexios strategopoulos leads force of 800 men succeeds in taking constantinople without siege.
1263 – army of 15,000 men sent conquer principality of achaea, defeated near andravida. afterwards, 6,000 mounted troops left police peloponnese.
1250 – 1280 michael palaeologus campaigns against latins, serbians , bulgarians, conquering macedonia, northern greece, , bulgarian lands in thrace.
1279 – ivan asen iii given byzantine army of 10,000 men michael viii in order claim bulgarian throne. succeeded in capturing tirnovo , overthrowing ivailo.
1293–1295 – alexios philanthropenos drives turks of menteshe
1298–1300 – john tarchaneiotes reforms pronoia of thracesian theme , strengthens army against turks. reforms abandoned after departure.
1302 – andronicus ii sent army of 2,000 men drive turks bithynia, defeated @ battle of bapheus, while expedition south under michael ix disintegrates.
1303 – in response numerous turkish raids, catalan company of 6,500 men sell services byzantine emperor.
1310 – 1340 despite assistance of golden horde, ilkhanate , aydin, last byzantine towns in asia lost.
1321–1328 – civil war between andronicus ii , grandson andronicus iii, leads deposition of former.
1329 – andronicus iii , john vi led army of 4,000 men against ottoman turks, defeated @ battle of pelekanon.
1330–1340 – andronicus iii conquers epirus, last of byzantium s significant conquests.
1332 – emperor launched campaign against bulgarians army of 3,000 men, forced withdraw when tsar retaliated 10,000 men (8,000 bulgarians , 2,000 tatars).
1334 – significant fortresses in northern macedonia fall serbs under renegade syrgiannes palaiologos
1341–1347 – civil war between john vi cantacuzenus , regency john v palaeologus. macedonia , albania lost stefan dushan.
1354 – galipolli occupied ottomans after earthquake.
1354 – 1390 byzantine empire loses of thrace advance of ottoman troops.
1422 – walls of constantinople hold out against full-scale ottoman siege.
1430 – thessalonica sacked ottomans, despite venetian command of city.
c. 1450 – constantine xi defeats crusaders in morea, temporarily expanding byzantine rule there. ottomans in reply launch own offensive, nullifying gains.
1453 – constantine xi, last basileus , commander of byzantine empire, defending constantinople 7,000 men, slain in battle.




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