22) Serbia. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...by fighting an unsuccessful war with Bulgaria in 1885 over the question of Eastern Rumelia. The assassinations of King Alexander Obrenovic (reigned 1889-1903) and...
23) Ottoman Empire. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...administration. Bulgaria, made a virtually independent principality, annexed (1885) Eastern Rumelia with impunity. 14Sultan Abd al-Majid, who in 1839 issued a decree...