Template:Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria timeline

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 at:1330 text:By 1330 — Ivan Alexander is despotēs; fights in the Battle of Velbǎžd
 at:1331 text:1331 — Placed on the throne after a coup d'état
 at:1332 text:1332 — Leads Bulgaria to a victory against Byzantium at Rusokastro
 at:1336 text:1336 or 1337 — Deals with a rebellion in the northwest
 at:1339 text:1339 — Betroths his eldest son to Maria (Eirene) of Byzantium
 at:1341 text:1341 — Invades the Byzantine Empire, but defeated
 at:1344 text:1344 — Acquires Philippopolis (Plovdiv) and parts of the Rhodopes
 at:1349 text:ca. 1349 — Divorces Theodora of Wallachia, marries Sarah (Theodora)
 at:1350 text:1350 — Anti-heretical council
 at:1353 text:1353 — Venetians allowed to trade throughout Bulgaria
 at:1355 text:1355 — Fruitless anti-Ottoman alliance with Byzantium
 at:1356 text:1356 — Ivan Sracimir independent at Vidin; Vidin conquered by Hungary
 at:1359 text:1359–1360 — Anti-heretical council
 at:1364 text:1364 — Clashes with Byzantium
 at:1366 text:1366 — Clashes with Byzantium, Bulgarian fortresses captured
 at:1369 text:1369 — Ivan Sracimir reinstalled in Vidin; Ottoman invasion in Thrace
 at:1371 text:17 February 1371 — Ivan Alexander dies

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