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Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the of coastline on the Adriatic Sea surrounding the town of Neum...

Timeline of Events

1389

6.15.1389

Battle of Kosovo: The Ottoman Empire defeats Serbs and Bosnians.

1909

3.31.1909

Serbia accepts Austrian control over Bosnia and Herzegovina.

1943

11.25.1943

World War II: Statehood of Bosnia and Herzegovina is re-established at the State Anti-Fascist Council for the People's Liberation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

11.29.1943

The second session of AVNOJ, the Anti-fascist council of national liberation of Yugoslavia, is held in Jajce, Bosnia and Herzegovina, determining the post-war ordering of the country.

1946

1.31.1946

Yugoslavia's new constitution, modeling the Soviet Union, establishes six constituent republics (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia).

1992

3.1.1992

Bosnia and Herzegovina declares its independence from Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

3.3.1992

The nation of Bosnia is established.

5.22.1992

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Slovenia join the United Nations.

1993

11.9.1993

Stari most, the "old bridge" in Bosnian Mostar built in 1566, collapses after several days of bombing.

1994

3.4.1994

Bosnia's Bosniaks and Croats sign an agreement to form a federation in a loose economic union with Croatia.

1995

6.2.1995

United States Air Force Captain Scott O'Grady's F-16 is shot down over Bosnia while patrolling the NATO no-fly zone.

6.8.1995

Downed U.S. Air Force pilot Captain Scott O'Grady is rescued by U.S. Marines in Bosnia.

7.11.1995

Over 8000 Bosnian men and children (all Bosniaks) are killed by Serbian troops commanded by Ratko Mladic in Potočari near Srebrenica Bosnia and Herzegovina.

7.11.1995

Over 8000 Bosnian men and children (all Bosniaks) are killed by Serbian troops commanded by Ratko Mladic in Potočari near Srebrenica Bosnia and Herzegovina.

11.21.1995

The Dayton Peace Agreement is initialed at the Wright Patterson Air Force Base, near Dayton, Ohio, ending three and a half years of war in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The agreement is formally ratified in Paris, on December 14 that same year.

12.20.1995

NATO begins peacekeeping in Bosnia.

2000

1.14.2000

A United Nations tribunal sentences five Bosnian Croats to up to 25 years for the 1993 killing of over 100 Muslims in a Bosnian village.

2004

2.26.2004

Republic of Macedonia President Boris Trajkovski is killed in a plane crash near Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina.