<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Spercheios" id="mwFw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Spercheios">Battle of Spercheios</a>: Bulgarian forces of Tsar <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_of_Bulgaria" id="mwGA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Samuel of Bulgaria">Samuel</a> are defeated by a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Empire" id="mwGQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Byzantine Empire">Byzantine</a> army under general <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikephoros_Ouranos" id="mwGg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Nikephoros Ouranos">Nikephoros Ouranos</a> at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spercheios" id="mwGw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Spercheios">Spercheios River</a> in Greece.