Events in Serbian History
- 1322-01-06 Stephen Uros III becomes King of Serbia
- 1330-07-28 Battle of Velbuzd: Serbian forces defeat Bulgarian army
- 1331-09-08 Stefan Dušan declares himself king of Serbia
- 1346-04-16 The Serbian Empire is proclaimed in Skopje at an Easter assembly and Stephen Uroš IV Dušan crowned Emperor over much of the Balkans
- 1371-09-26 Battle of Maritsa: Serbia-Turkey
- 1389-06-15 Ottomans defeat Serbian army in the bloody Battle of Kosovo, opening the way for the Ottoman conquest of Southeastern Europe. Large losses on both sides including Sultan Murad and Serbian leader Prince Lazar. (NS date)
- 1739-07-22 Ottoman Empire defeats Austria at Crocyka (Krotzka) in Serbia and then successfully lays siege to Belgrade
- 1804-02-14 Karadjordje leads the First Serbian Uprising against the Ottoman Empire
- 1868-05-29 Michael Obrenovich III, Prince of Serbia, is assassinated in Belgrade
- 1876-06-30 Serbia declares war on Turkey
- 1881-06-16 Austria-Hungary and Serbia sign military treaty
- 1882-02-22 The Serbian kingdom is refounded.
- 1882-03-06 Monarch Milan Obrenovic of Serbia crowns himself king
- 1885-11-14 Serbia invades Bulgaria, beginning the two-week Serbo-Bulgarian War; the Serbs are later defeated decisively [O.S. November 2]
- 1885-11-17 The Serbian Army, with Russian support, invades Bulgaria
- 1885-11-19 Bulgarians, led by Stefan Stambolov, repulse a larger Serbian invasion force at Slivinitza
- 1901-07-22 Serbia reactivates diplomatic relations with Montenegro
- 1903-05-29 May coup d'etat: Alexander Obrenovich, King of Serbia, and Queen Draga, are assassinated in Belgrade by the Black Hand (Crna Ruka) organization
- 1903-06-15 The Serbian Assembly meets and elects Prince Peter Karageorgevich king
- 1904-12-10 King Peter I of Serbia named nationalist regime
- 1908-10-07 Serbia & Montenegro sign anti-Austria-Hungarian pact
- 1909-02-16 Serbia mobilizes against Austria-Hungary
- 1909-03-02 Great Britain, France, Germany & Italy asks Serbia to set no territorial demands
- 1909-03-21 Germany sends Russia a diplomatic notes requesting recognition of the Austrian annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and cessation of support to Serbia in the controversy
- 1909-03-31 In a diplomatic note to Austria, Serbia recognizes the Bosnian annexation and promises to maintain friendly relations with Austria
- 1912-03-13 Bulgaria and Serbia conclude an alliance pact ostensibly against Austria, but it secretly provides for a possible war against Turkey
- 1912-10-17 Bulgaria, Greece & Serbia declares war on Turkey
- 1912-10-18 The First Balkan War breaks out, with Bulgaria, Serbia, and Greece opposed to Turkey
- 1912-10-26 Serbian troops over run Skopje (Uskup)
- 1912-11-24 Conflict in the Balkans grows into an acute international crisis with major powers supporting either Austria or Serbia
- 1912-12-03 Turkey, Serbia, Montenegro, Greece & Bulgaria sign weapons pact
- 1912-12-16 Austria-Hungary engage in conflict with Serbia
- 1913-06-01 The Serbian government concludes a ten-year treaty with Greece against Bulgaria; Serbia wishes to pursue Macedonian aspirations with Greece's help
- 1913-06-29 An attack by Bulgarian General Michael Savov on Greek and Serbian positions causes the start of the Second Balkan War
- 1913-07-01 Serbia and Greece declare war on Bulgaria
- 1913-09-23 Serbian troops march into Albania
- 1914-03-14 Serbia & Turkey sign peace treaty
- 1914-06-24 King Peter I of Serbia names son Alexander the Prince-regent
- 1914-07-05 Germany offers Austria war aid to fight against Russia in Serbia
- 1914-07-23 Austria-Hungary presents an ultimatum to Serbia; demanding acceptance within 48 hours making peacekeeping difficult
- 1914-07-25 Serbia meets the deadlines of Austria-Hungary's ultimatum and gives a conciliatory reply, though Serbia is mobilizing
- 1914-07-28 Austria-Hungary decides against mediation and declares war on Serbia - first declaration of war of WWI
- 1914-07-29 In response to Austria's declaration of war on Serbia, Russian diplomats and general urge general mobilization, but the Tsar calls for partial mobilization
- 1914-08-06 WWI: Serbia declares war against Germany
- 1914-12-02 Austria army occupies Belgrade, Serbia
- 1914-12-15 Serbian troops retake Belgrade in Austria-Hungary
- 1915-10-09 Belgrade, Serbia, surrenders to Central leaders
- 1915-10-11 Bulgarian anti-Serbian offensive begins
- 1915-11-24 Serbian leader flees to Albania
- 1916-01-11 Austrian forces capture Mount Lovćen, Serbia. Serbian army retreats, evacuating to Greek island of Corfu
- 1917-07-20 Pact of Corfu signed: Serbs, Croats & Slovenes form Yugoslavia
- 1918-10-31 Short-lived Banat Republic founded in territory where Romania, Hungary and Serbia meet
- 1918-11-26 The Podgorica Assembly votes for "union of the people", declaring assimilation into the Kingdom of Serbia
- 1918-11-29 Serbia annexes Montenegro
- 1919-01-07 Montenegrin guerrilla fighters rebel, but fail to prevent Serbia's annexation of Montenegro
- 1919-05-29 The Republic of Prekmurje founded - a short-lived, unrecognised state, which on June 6, 1919 was incorporated into the newly established Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (renamed "Yugoslavia" in 1929)
- 1919-10-03 Serbian, Croatian and Slavic Parliament passes an accord for an 8 hr work day
- 1920-12-13 Netherland breaks contact with Kingdom of Serbia, Croatia and Slavia
- 1925-07-20 Italian-Serbian/Croatian/Slav treaty about Dalmatie
- 1926-08-17 Greek-Serbian, Croatian and Slavs peace treaty signed
- 1927-01-28 Serbian-Croatian-Slavic government of Oezonowitsj falls
- 1927-03-10 Albania mobilizes due to threats from the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
- 1929-10-03 Kingdom of Serbs, Croats & Slovenes changes name to Yugoslavia
- 1939-02-28 The first issue of Serbian weekly magazine Politikin zabavnik is published.
Prince Paul Rejects Hitler Deal
1941-03-04 Prince Paul, prince regent of Yugoslavia meets with Adolf Hitler at the Berghof, Bavaria, where he rejects deal to allow Nazi's access to Greece
- 1941-05-30 1st anti semitic measures in Serbia
- 1941-10-20 Nazi occupiers murder 500 inhabitants of Kragujevac Serbia
- 1944-06-11 1st Serbian Orthodox cathedral in US, Cathedral of St Sava, NYC
Event of Interest
1990-10-01 Serbs in Croatia proclaim autonomy
- 1991-11-18 The Croatian city of Vukovar surrenders to Yugoslav People's Army and allied Serb paramilitary forces after an 87-day siege
- 1992-04-05 Serbian troops begin besieging Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia, which would become the longest siege in modern warfare
- 1992-04-07 Republika Srpska (aka the Bosnian Serb Republic) announces its independence.
- 1992-04-27 The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, comprising Serbia and Montenegro, is proclaimed
- 1992-05-30 UN votes for sanctions against Serb-led Yugoslavia to halt fighting
Milošević Re-elected
1992-12-20 Slobodan Milošević re-elected president of Serbia
- 1993-11-09 Serbian army fires on school in Sarajevo, 9 children died
- 1994-03-29 Serbs & Croats sign a cease-fire to end the war in Croatia
- 1994-04-20 Serbian army bombs hospital in Goradze, Bosnia, 47 killed
- 1994-04-21 Serbian army bombs distress clinic in Goradze Bosnia, 28 killed
- 1995-05-02 Serbian missiles exploded in the heart of Zagreb, killing six
- 1995-05-25 The Bosnian Serb Army kills 72 youngsters in the Bosnian city of Tuzla
Srebrenica Massacre
1995-07-11 More than 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys are massacred by Bosnian Serbs after they overrun the UN 'safe haven' of Srebrenica on directive of Radovan Karadžić
- 1995-08-05 The city of Knin, a significant Serb stronghold, is captured by Croatian forces during Operation Storm. The date is celebrated as the day of victory (Victory and Homeland Thanksgiving Day) in Croatia.
- 1995-08-29 NATO launches Operation Deliberate Force against Bosnian Serb forces.
- 1996-01-02 The US deploys troops in Northern Bosnia with the intention of maintaining order and peace between Bosnian Serbs and Muslims
- 1997-02-04 After at first contesting the results, Serbian President Slobodan Milošević recognizes opposition victories in the November 1996 elections.
- 1997-11-28 First public appearance of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), an ethnic Albanian guerrilla group that fought for the independence of Kosovo from Serbia.
- 1998-02-28 Kosovo War: Serbian police begin the offensive against the Kosovo Liberation Army in Kosovo.
- 1999-06-10 Kosovo War: NATO suspends its air strikes after Slobodan Milošević agrees to withdraw Serbian forces from Kosovo.
- 1999-08-19 In Belgrade tens of thousands of Serbians rally to demand the resignation of Slobodan Milošević as president of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
- 2000-10-05 Mass demonstrations in Belgrade culminate in the resignation of Serbian strongman Slobodan Milošević, often called the Bulldozer Revolution
- 2003-02-04 The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is officially renamed Serbia and Montenegro and adopts a new constitution.
- 2003-02-27 Former Bosnian Serb leader Biljana Plavsic is sentenced by the U.N. tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands, to 11 years in prison
- 2003-03-12 Zoran Đinđić, Prime Minister of Serbia, is assassinated in Belgrade.
- 2004-03-17 Unrest in Kosovo results in more than 22 killed, 200 wounded, and the destruction of 35 Serb Orthodox shrines in Kosovo and two mosques in Belgrade and Nis.
- 2004-08-17 The National Assembly of Serbia unanimously adopts new state symbols for Serbia: Boze Pravde becomes the new anthem and the coat of arms is adopted for the whole country.
- 2006-05-21 The Republic of Montenegro holds a referendum proposing independence from the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro. The Montenegrin people choose independence with a majority of 55%.
- 2006-05-22 Results from the Montenegrin independence referendum, 2006 are announced. 55.4% of voters vote to become independent from the Serbia and Montenegro Union.
- 2006-06-03 The union of Serbia and Montenegro comes to an end with Montenegro's formal declaration of independence
- 2006-06-05 Serbia declares independence from the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro
- 2006-09-30 National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia adopts the Constitutional Act that proclaims the new Constitution of Serbia
- 2008-02-17 Kosovo declares independence from Serbia
- 2008-07-21 Bosnian Serb politician Radovan Karadžić is arrested in Serbia and indicted by the UN International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia tribunal for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes during the 1995 Srebrenica massacre
- 2010-12-05 99th Davis Cup: Serbia beats France in Belgrade (3-2)
- 2012-04-04 Boris Tadić, President of Serbia, resigns
- 2012-05-20 Tomislav Nikolić elected president of Serbia
- 2012-07-25 Ivica Dačić is sworn in as Prime Minister of Serbia
- 2013-04-09 13 people are killed and 3 are injured from a shooting spree in Velika Ivanča, Serbia
- 2013-11-17 102nd Davis Cup: Czech Republic beats Serbia in Belgrade (3-2)
- 2014-09-14 The United States defeats Serbia 129-92 to win the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup
- 2015-09-15 EU Migrant Crisis: Hungary seals its border with Serbia with a razor-wire fence, stranding thousands of migrants
- 2016-03-24 Bosnian Serb politician Radovan Karadžić is found guilty of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes during the 1995 Srebrenica massacre and sentenced to 40 years imprisonment
Famous Serbians
Ana Ivanović
Draža Mihailović
Nikola Tesla
Novak Đoković
Radovan Karadžić
Ratko Mladić