Timeline 1990-1995

Timeline 1990-1995

1990
Date	Event
1/2/1990	Serbian troops enter Kosovo in a bid to stop ethnic bloodshed
4/1990	Elections in Croatia and Slovenia, DEMOS coalition wins in Slovenia and HDZ gains 67.5% of seats in Croatia.
20/4/1990	State of Emergency in Kosovo is ended
6/1990	Slovenia declares full sovereignty
20/7/1990	President of Yugoslavia warns Slovenia against a drive for independence
28/9/1990	Serbian parliament adopts new constitution stripping Albanians in Kosovo of their autonomy and also strips Vojvodina of its autonomy.
17/10/1990	Yugoslav parliament meets for 3 days to discuss federal or confederal options for Yugoslavia's future
23/12/1990	99% in Slovenia vote for independence according to the Plebiscite.
1991
22/1/1991	Deadline for handover of paramilitary weapons to Yugoslavian government expires
31/1/1991	Yugoslavian federal army releases a document committing the Yugoslav army to the defence of communism in Yugoslavia
20/2/1991	Slovenia voted to give local laws precedence over federal (Yugoslavian) laws, the votes amended the constitution and paved the way for an independence monetary system.
15/3/1991	Yugoslav president Barisav Jovic resigned after a martial law was voted down.
16/3/1991	Slobodan Milosevic declared Yugoslavia dead as a nation and ordered special forces of Serbia onto the streets to keep the peace.
3/4/1991	Yugoslavian army gives an ultimatum to Croatian police to withdraw from the Plitvice region or be evicted.
2/5/1991	Widespread fighting is reported in Croatia.
6/5/1991	30,000 demonstrators attack the perimeter of the naval base at Split.
7/5/1991	Fighting in eastern Croatia and Dalmatia.
25/6/1991	Croatia and Slovenia declare independence.
26/6/2002	New signs and flags erected at Slovenian border crossings. Evening independence celebrations in Ljubljana.
27/6/1991	Yugoslavia army leaves its barracks in Slovenia and Croatia.
28/6/1991	Slovenia is prepared for guerrilla war against Yugoslavia, Ljubljana airport is attack.
29/6/1991	A truce is declared by the Yugoslav republics, but reports of fighting continue. Federal army issues an ultimatum for surrender by 0900 the next day.
1/7/1991	Ceasefire comes into operation, Yugoslavian army begins to withdraw from Slovenia.
2/7/1991	The Yugoslav army chief brushes aside offers of ceasefire and invades Slovenia from bases in Croatia.
3/7/1991	Tank movements from Serbia stop after western pressure, Margaret Thatcher contacts President George Bush for pressure to end the conflict.
4/7/1991	Yugoslav ultimatum is rejected by Slovenia, fighting in Croatia and Slovenia continues. Yugoslavia force withdraw to barracks.
8/7/1991	Yugoslav federal government accepts the EEC Brioni agreement, which ends the conflict in Slovenia.
10/7/1991	Slovenia votes on EC peace agreement.
19/7/1991	Serbian irregulars attack Vinkovci and Vukovar
26/7/1991	Heavy fighting around Glina between Croatian guardsman and Serbian irregulars.
1/8/1991	80 Croatian police killed in fierce battle at Dalj on the Danube in eastern Croatia.
7/8/1991	Ceasefire begins.
18/8/1991	Heavy fighting in Pakrac, western Slavonija.
20/8/1991	By this time, 130 Serb attacks had been reported on Croatian positions.
24/8/1991	Serbs attack Vokovar in eastern Croatia
8/9/1991	Macedonia votes for independence in referendum
12/9/1991	Yugoslav defence minister rejects presidential call for Yugoslavia troops in Croatia to return to barracks.
18/9/1991	A truce is due to come into effect at noon, but is unsuccessful. Fighting continues in Croatia.
22/9/1991	Yugoslav ceasefire comes into effect at 1pm GMT but bombs continue to fall.
25/9/1991	The UN imposes an arms embargo on all factions involved in the Yugoslav civil war.
1/10/1991	Yugoslav forces attack on Dubrovnik.
3/10/1991	Yugoslav federal presidency takes over some federal parliament powers because of threat of 'imminent war'.
7/10/1991	Yugoslav air force attacks Zagreb and bomb the Presidential palace.
19/10/1991	Medecins sans Frontieres aid convoy reaches Vukovar.
4/11/1991	Fierce attack on Sisak, refinery and industrial zone set ablaze.
19/11/1991	Vukovar falls, Serbian attention now turns to Osijek and Vinkovci.
24/11/1991	British troops were added to the UN peacekeeping plans for Yugoslavia.
27/11/1991	The UN passed resolution 721, the first step to deploying observers and providing an international peacekeeping forces later.
3/12/1991	The European Community restores links to Bosnia, Croatia, Slovenia and Macedonia.
9/12/1991	Federal troops complete an EC-Negotiated withdrawal from Croatia portion of Rijeka.
10/12/1991	Croatia and Serbia exchange Prisoners.
12/1991	The European Community pledges to recognise Croatia and Slovenia in January 1992.

1992
3/1/1992	15th ceasefire takes effect in Croatia.
7/1/1992	Yugoslav Mig21 shoots down EC helicopter north of Zagreb, all five UN observers aboard are killed.
13/1/1992	Vatican recognises Croatia and Slovenia.
14/1/1992	UN military observers arrive in Croatia.
15/1/1992	EC recognition of Slovenia and Croatia takes effect.
22/1/1992	Macedonia withdraws representatives from Yugoslavian state parliament in Belgrade.
18/2/1992	UN Secretary-General recommends 14,000 strong UN peacekeepers force for Yugoslavia.
29/2/1992	Referendum on independence for Bosnia Herzegovina begins, lasts two days.
1/3/1992	First barricades go up in Sarajevo and there is a shooting at a Serbian wedding in Sarajevo.
2/3/1992	Serbias fire on peace demonstrators in Sarajevo.
5/3/1992	Rallies for peace in Sarajevo.
10/3/1992	UNPROFOR General Nambiar arrives in Zagreb, Croatia.
16/3/1992	Advance teams of UNPROFOR begin setting up bases in Croatia.
27/3/1992	Serbians in Bosnia proclaim their own constitution.
3/4/1992	Fighting in northern Bosnia, Serb irregulars attack Bijeljina. Barricades are erected around Banja Luka.
6/4/1992	EC ministers decide to recognise Bosnia Herzegovina as an independent state.
8/4/1992	Yugoslav air force launches attacks throughout Bosnia.
21/4/1992	Widespread fighting in Sarajevo.
27/4/1992	Serbia and Montenegro proclaim creation of new Yugoslav state.
30/4/1992	Bridges connecting Bosnia and Croatia at Brcko and Bosanski Samac are destroyed.
2/5/1992	An EC peace monitor is killed near Mostar.
11/5/1992	EC withdraws ambassadors from Belgrade in protest of the continuing siege of Sarajevo.
12/5/1992	EC monitors pull out of Sarajevo and the Red Cross prepares to pull out.
27/5/1992	Sarajevo bread queue mortared by Serbs with heavy loss of life, harrowing TV pictures increase pressure for sanctions against Serbia.
29/5/1992	Serbian forces resume bombardment of Dubrovnik.
30/5/1992	The UN imposes a comprehensive arms embargo on Serbia and Montenegro.
8/6/1992	Main body of British contingent of UNPROFOR arrives in Croatia, UN Security Council votes to reopen Sarajevo airport for relief flights.
16/6/1992	Bosnia Herzegovina and Croatia announce a military alliance. Croatian fighter regain control of Mostar.
20/6/1992	Bosnia Herzegovina declares state of war and begins general mobilization.
27/6/1992	Crown Prince Alexander Karadjordjevic returns to Belgrade.
28/6/1992	100,000 in DEPOS demonstration against Milosevic regime in Belgrade. French President Mitterand lands at Darajevo airport.
29/6/1992	Canadian UN troops leave Daruvar, Croatia for overland reinforcement of Sarajevo airport. The first relief plane lands at Sarajevo, it is a French aircraft.
June 1992	Operation Hanwood 1 begins, succeeded by Operations Hanwood 2 and 3; Based at Zagreb to supply Medical cover to the Croatians.With three outposts at Kninn, Vukovar and Daruvar. Those three areas were held by the Serbians.
3/7/1992	Sarajevo airlift begins.
10/7/1992	NATO, WEU and CSCE meet in Helsinki and decide on a naval blockade of Serbia and Montengro.
17/7/1992	Douglas Hurd, British Foreign Secretary, visits Sarajevo. Two French UN peacekeepers die near Zadar, Croatia when their jeep hits a Mmine. 4,000 Bosnian refugees are trapped in a train outside Zagreb. UNHCR confirms three million people forced from their homes in the first year of Yugoslav fighting.
3/9/1992	An Italian G22 cargo plane involved in the Sarajevo airlift, was shot down by a Surface to Air Missile with the loss of all four crewmen.
7/10/1992	The UN security council voted unanimously on providing evidence for war trials during the Yugoslavian civil wars.
16/10/1992	NATO begins Operation Sky Monitor, monitoring the airspace of Bosnia- Herzegovina.
1993
13/1/1993	First British soldier dies in Bosnia, killed by sniper fire while escorting an ambulance in a Warrior infantry fighting vehicle.
22/1/1993	UN truce line between Croatia and Serb-occupied Krajina was placed in jeopardy by a Croatian attack.
23/2/1993	UN votes to setup war crimes tribunal for Yugoslavia to try 'persons responsible for serious violations of international humanitarian law in the territory of the former Yugoslavia since 1991.'
31/3/1993	The UN Security Council extended the flight ban over Bosnia-Herzegovina.
8/4/1993	NATO's plan to enforce the flight ban is approved.
12/4/1993	NATO's Operation Deny Flight begins.
June 1993	NATO offers close air support to UNPROFOR and other personnel in the area.
30/7/1993	Bosnia factions agree to a ceasefire after negotiations in Brussels.
31/5/1993	UN Security Council authorised aircraft to enforce the no-fly zone over Bosnia-Herzegovina, although they would not protect UN safe Havens and UN troops on the ground, and only attack ground targets in self-defence.
12/7/1993	First US troops arrive in Bosnia.

1994
1/1994	NATO plans air strikes to protect peacekeepers in the former Yugoslavia, this forces Serbs to withdraw from around Sarajevo as part of a Russian-brokered peace plan.
17/1/1994	Belgian Commander of UN troops in Bosnia, Lieutenant-General Francis Briquemont leaves his post due to exhaustion and is succeeded by Lieutenant-General Sir Michael Rose.
21/1/1994	Russian parliament voted to lift sanctions against Serbia and oppose Nato air strikes.
2/1994	UN proposes to expand use of air strike threat as Serbs continue to hand in weapons and withdraw from around Sarajevo.
9/2/1994	The North Atlantic Council decided that heavy weapons not removed from a 20 mile exclusion zone around Sarajevo or turned over to UN control would be subject to NATO air attacks. Commander-in-Chief Allied Forces Southern Europe (CINCSOUTH) was authorised to launch air strikes.
28/2/1994	NATO downs four Serbian planes in Bosnian no-fly zone.
12/3/1994	A Spanish CASA 212 was hit by groundfire and made a successful landing at Rijeka, Croatia.
12/3/1994	NATO provided close air support for French UNPROFOR troops near Bihac.
10/4/1994	Two American F-16Cs mounted a limited attack on Serb positions around Gorazde after a Serbian artillery attack wounded a British soldier.
11/4/1994	Serbian position bombed by NATO aircraft (US F/A-18As) for second day running as the Serbian forces advanced on the Muslim safe haven of Gorazde.
26/4/1994	Serbian forces complied with a NATO deadline to move their heavy weapons away from Gorazde, a UN convoy reached Gorazde after being blocked by the Serbs. Two British Sea Kings' ferried wounded from Gorazde.
26/7/1994	Bosnian Serbs demand closure of civil and commercial traffic route to Sarajevo by this date, UN complies closing the only route into Sarajevo for civilian and commercial traffic, leaving the city dependent on relief aid.
4/8/1994	Bosnian Serbs seized a tank and heavy weapons from a Sarajevo UN depot.
5/8/1994	NATO aircraft (US A-10s) strafed Bosnian Serb positions following the previous days' theft of arms from a UN depot, the Bosnian Serbs returned the stolen weapons.
22/9/1994	NATO aircraft (Two RAF Jaguars and a USAF A-10) strike Bosnian Serb positions following the violation of the artillery exclusion zone around Sarajevo and an attack on a French armoured vehicle.
November 1994	Bosnian' Army's 5th Corps headquarters was raided and an ammunition factory in Czain was attacked. UN responded with 30 Allied fighter-bombers striking Udbina in a two-hour attack.
19/11/1994	Serb warplanes bomb the Muslim-controlled Bihac enclave for the second time, UN deliberates on a response and grants NATO powers to attack Serb facilities in Croatia.
21/11/1994	NATO aircraft bombed the Serbian airfield at Udbina in Croatia. 30 bombers and 9 support aircraft attacked the base from Italy. Britain, France, America and the Netherlands contributed aircraft. President Yeltsin supported the air raid. At least four RAF jaguars were involved. Sea Harriers from HMS Invincible provided air cover for the bombers. No NATO aircraft were lost although some anti-aircraft fire was encountered.
25/11/1994	Bosnian Serb forces take control of a quarter of the UN Safe Haven around Bihac by force.
7/12/1994	Upto half the 1,200 UN troops in Bihac are withdrawn as a result of the Serb blockade on food and fuel to the peacekeepers in Bihac. The French foreign minister calls for NATO and the UN to finalise plans for withdrawing all troops in the former Yugoslavia. Douglas Hurd, the British Foreign Secretary, told MPs that British peacekeepers were drawing up contingency plans for withdrawal.

1995
15/3/1995	NATO studies plans for an armed force to evacuate UN troops from Bosia-Herzegovina.
26/5/1995	UN troops are taken as hostages at possible NATO targets by Bosnian Serbs, following NATO air raids as the Bosnian Serbs defy another UN ultimatum on heavy weapons.
28/5/1995	British Government orders 1,200 additional troops to Bosnia to reinforce the 3,300 personnel already there. The reinforcements included an armoured engineers squadron and two artillery batteries. A rapid reaction force is also placed on standby. An emergency meeting of Parliament was also called after 33 British soldiers were taken as hostages by the Serbs in Gorazde. France orders the aircraft carrier Foch and other ships to the Adriatic to join the French frigate already on station.
31/5/1995	Serbs attack Gorazde, forcing 350 British and 100 Ukrainian peacekeeper to take cover as Serb and Bosnian Government troops battle for the city.
8/6/1995	Britain and France decide to quit Bosnia unless the Serbs allow unimpeded movement for peacekeepers and UN convoys to UN safe areas.
26/7/1995	The UN relinquishes authority for the use of air power in Bosnia-Herzegovina to the UN peacekeepers command, General Bernard Janvier.
28/8/1995	Bosnia Serb shelling of Sarajevo marketplace in Sarajevo kills 38.
29/8/1995	NATO launches air strikes on Bosnian Serb positions around Sarajevo in retaliation for the shelling of the Sarajevo marketplace on the 28th.
1/9/1995	Operation Deliberate Force enters its third day.
20/9/1995	Britain offers more troops in a NATO force is set up to implement a Yugoslavia peace agreement.
20/11/1995	NATO troops standby to depart for Bosnia-Herzegovina as the Yugoslavian factions begin to gather for the Dayton peace accords.
1/12/1995	NATO appoints Javier Solana as Secretary-General in succession to Willy Claes.
14/12/1995	Dayton peace accord is signed by Bosnian factions in Paris, France. The text of the accords is available at: The Dayton Peace Accords
18/12/1995	UNPROFOR ends its mission, UN troops swap the white of the UN for combat camouflage as NATO (IFOR - Implementation FORce) takes over.

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