Treaty of Bucharest (1886)

{{Short description|1886 treaty ending the Serbo-Bulgarian War}}

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The Treaty of Bucharest was signed by Serbia and Bulgaria on {{OldStyleDate|3 March |1886|19 February}} in Bucharest (capital of Romania), marking the end of the Serbo-Bulgarian War. The treaty contained a single article, stating that peace between the two countries was restored.{{Citation |last= Hertslet |first= Edward |author-link=Edward Hertslet |year=1891 |contribution= Treaty of Peace between Bulgaria and Servia, Signed at Bucharest, 3rd March 1886. (Translation)|title= The Map of Europe by Treaty; which have taken place since the general peace of 1814. With numerous maps and notes |volume= IV (1875–1891) |edition=First |publisher= Her Majesty's Stationery Office |publication-date=1891|publication-place= London |pages= 3151|url=https://archive.org/stream/mapofeuropebytre04hert#page/3150/mode/2up|access-date=2013-01-04 }}.Coleman Phillipson, Termination of War and Treaties of Peace, 2008, [https://books.google.com/books?id=-z5HRoVEt90C&dq=%22Treaty+of+Bucharest%22+1886&pg=PA173 p. 173.] The treaty paved the way for the political imperative whereby only the Bulgarian prince could be a governor of Eastern Rumelia.