| 1389 | Battle of Kosovo Polje. Much of the Yugoslavian region falls under the influence of the Ottoman Empire. |
| 1878 | Congress of Berlin. Serbia gains independence. |
| 1908 | Austria-Hungary annexes Bosnia and Hercegovina. |
| 1914 | (June) Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated in Sarajevo. |
| (August) Outbreak of World War One. | |
| 1919 | Treaty of Versailles confirms the newly created Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, which also encompasses Bosnia-Hercegovina. |
| 1929 | The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes is renamed Yugoslavia. |
| 1934 | King Alexander of Yugoslavia is assassinated. |
| 1939 | Outbreak of World War Two. |
| 1941 | (April) Germany invades Yugoslavia. |
| 1945 | Tito and the communists gain power. |
| 1948 | Tito falls out with Stalin. |
| 1974 | Tito’s new constitution introduced. |
| 1980 | Tito dies. |
| 1986 | The controversial Memorandum from the Serbian Academy of Sciences is issued. |
| 1987 | Milosevic becomes leader of the Serbian League of Communists. |
| 1989 | Fall of the Berlin Wall. |
| 1990 | (January) League of Yugoslav Communists meets. |
| (April) Elections in the republics. | |
| 1991 | (25 June) Slovenia and Croatia declare their independence. |
| (27 June) JNA deploys into Slovenia. Fighting breaks out. | |
| (7 July) Brioni Agreement. | |
| (July) Fighting breaks out in Croatia. | |
| (25 Sept) UN arms embargo comes into force. | |
| 1992 | (January) UNPROFOR created. EC recognises Slovenia and Croatia. |
| (1 March) Bosnian referendum on independence. Fighting breaks out later that month. | |
| (April) USA recognises Croatia, Slovenia and Bosnia-Hercegovina. Serbia and Montenegro join forces to become the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia | |
| (August) Journalists visit Omarska detention camp. | |
| (October) The no-fly zone is set up. | |
| 1993 | (January) The Vance Owen Peace Plan is unveiled. |
| (May) The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) at The Hague is created. | |
| (April) Large-scale fighting breaks out between the Bosniacs and Bosnian Croats. | |
| 1994 | (February) The Markale Market in Sarajevo is mortared. |
| (March) NATO warplanes conduct air strikes. Owen-Stoltenberg Plan put forward. Bosniac-Bosnian Croat federation created. | |
| (April) Gorazde attacked. British Sea Harrier shot down. | |
| (June) Contact Group takes the diplomatic lead. | |
| (December) Cessation of Hostilities Agreement (COHA). | |
| 1995 | (June) Scott O’Grady is shot down. |
| (July) Srebrenica and Zepa fall. 7000 Muslim men and boys massacred. | |
| (August) Operation Storm captures the Krajina. The Markale Market is attacked by Bosnian Serb mortars. Operation Deliberate Force begins. | |
| (November) Dayton Agreement. | |
| (December) Peace signed in Paris. Implementation Force (IFOR) deploys into Bosnia-Hercegovina. | |
| 1996 | (December) Stabilisation Force (SFOR) replaces IFOR. |
| 1998 | Open fighting between Serbian forces and Kosovo Liberation Army. |
| (September) United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1199. | |
| 1999 | (January) Racak massacre. |
| (February) Talks at Rambouillet. | |
| (March) Failure of the Paris Follow-On Talks. Operation Allied Force begins. | |
| (April) Serb Television and Radio in Belgrade attacked by NATO. | |
| (May) Chinese Embassy in Belgrade hit by NATO bombs. | |
| (June) Military-Technical Agreement signed. UNSCR 1244 passed. | |
| 2000 | (January) Arkan shot dead in Belgrade. |
| (August) Ivan Stambolic disappears. | |
| (October) Popular uprising against Milosevic. Milosevic retires from office. Vojislav Kostunica becomes Yugoslav President. | |
| 2001 | (April) Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic allows Milosevic to be arrested. |
| (June) Milosevic is handed over to the ICTY at The Hague. | |
| 2002 | (February) The trial of Milosevic for war crimes begins. |
| 2003 | (January) Serbian President Milan Milutinovic hands himself in to The Hague to face charges of being a suspected war criminal. |
| (March) Zoran Djindjic is assassinated. |