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Little history class about Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bronze age (around 1200 – 1100 BC): the Illyrians settle in today’s Bosnia and Herzegovina
Around Nativity: affiliation to the Roman Empire
7th century : Slavs settle in Bosnia and Herzegovina; parallely christianisation of the population
9th century: Bosnia becomes part of the Croatian and Serbian duchy under Byzantines kingdom authorities
1180-1204: under the rule of Kulin Ban, Bosnia divests the Byzantine reign; Bosnian church develops into a sovereign religious community the theology of which has been affected by the Bogomiles
1332: Banus Stefan Kotroman for the first time unites Bosnia as a political independent unit
1326: annexation of the largest part of Hum (today’s Herzegovina)
1340: spread of Christianity by Franciscanswas allowed all over Bosnia
1353: under the rule of Stjepan Tvrtko Kotromanic, Bosnia becomes the strongest country on the West Balkan peninsula (occupation of Southern Dalmatia and the later Sandzak of Novi Pazar)
1377: Bosnia becomes kingdom under the authority of King Tvrtko I
14th century : considerable economic development of the Bosnian kingdom through the mining industry; German miners, so called “Sasi” (Saxons) arrive from Hungary to Bosnia.
1463: the major part of Bosnia falls in Turkish hands
1482: the Ottoman Empire occupies Herzegovina
1463 – 1878. Bosnia as a north west barrier becomes one of the most significant provinces of the Ottoman Empire: building of numerous fortresses and defensive villages at the border.
16th century: immigration of Sephardic Jews expelled from Portugal and Spain on Bosnian territory
16th and 17th century: development of oriental city culture in Bosnia: building of mosques, madrasahs, baths and bazars
1876: Bosnian Serbs revolt against the Ottoman Empire
1878: Congress of Berlin: Bosnia and Herzegovina comes under the rule of the Austro-Hungarian Empire; annexation to the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1908
1878 – 1914: education, health service and traffic infrastructure according to the model of Central Europe; development of industry and exploitation of natural resources of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
1880 – 1910: immigration of populations from other parts of the Danube Monarchy: Germans, Czechs, Polish, Slovaks and Ruthens
1914: on 28th of June, the Austro-Hungarian heir to the throne Franz-Ferdinand is killed by the Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip which triggers World War I
1918: Bosnia and Herzegovina becomes part of the "Kingdom of Serbs, Croatians and Slovenians"
1929: the Kingdom's name changes into Yugoslavia (country of south Slavs)
April 1941: Yugoslavia is occupied by German troupes, Bosnia and Herzegovina becomes part of the „Independent State of Croatia“ (Ustasha country)
April 1945: complete liberation of Yugoslavia from German troupes in November 1945; Bosnia and Herzegovina becomes part of the "Social Federal Republic of Yugoslavia"
November 1990: the first free elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina
1992:
29th February: referendum about the independence of Bosnia and Herzegovina
6th April: Bosnia and Herzegovina is internationally recognised as the independent country
6th April: Beginning of the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina
1995:
21st November: the wa is officially finished with the ratification of the Dayton Agreement; Bosnia and Herzegovina is divided into the Croatian-Muslim Federation, the Serbian Republic and the District of Brčko
2008:
16. June: signature of the Stabilization and Assocation Agreement (SAA) with the European Union as important preliminary stage for the accession into the EU.
