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First Balkan War

war involving the Balkan League and the Ottoman Empire
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First Balkan War
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Summary

First Balkan War is a war[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of war entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,522 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Location: Balkans[3]
  • Part of: Balkan Wars[4]
  • Commons category: First Balkan War[5]
  • Start time: October 8, 1912[6]
  • End time: May 30, 1913[7]
  • Participant: Ottoman Empire[8], Balkan League[9], Kingdom of Bulgaria[10], Kingdom of Serbia[11], Kingdom of Greece[12], Kingdom of Montenegro[13]
  • Has cause: decline of the Ottoman Empire[14]
  • Topic's main category: Category:First Balkan War[15]
  • Has effect: Ottoman Empire[16]
  • Order of battle: order of battle of the First Balkan War[17], Order of battle of the Serbian Army in the First Balkan War[18], Order of battle of the Hellenic Army in the First Balkan War[19], Order of battle of the Bulgarian Army in the First Balkan War[20]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[21]

Why It Matters

First Balkan War has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 49 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

Related Entities

Andranik Ozanian Djemal Pasha Draža Mihailović Enver Pasha Garegin Nzhdeh George II of Greece Kâzım Karabekir Kingdom of Bulgaria Kingdom of Serbia Milan Nedić Radomir Putnik

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 23d ago · Frawce · 2026-09-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has cause → decline of the Ottoman Empire
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Has cause: Balkans"
  2. 17w ago · Vicarage · 2026-06-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Start time → —
    Location → Balkans
    Has cause → decline of the Ottoman Empire
    Order of battle → order of battle of the First Balkan War, Order of battle of the Serbian Army in the First Balkan War, Order of battle of the Hellenic Army in the First Balkan War +2
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||en-gb */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/36591|batch #36591]]"
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