Follow Radovan Karadzic through 11 dated historical records for Serbia.
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
Fought during the Bosnian War between poorly equipped defending forces of the Bosnian Government, who had declared independence from Yugoslavia, and the Yugoslav Peoples Army (JNA) and Bosnian Serb forces (Army of Republika Srpska) (VRS)
It is estimated that of the more than 12,000 people who were killed and 50,000 who were wounded during the siege, 85% were civilians, because of killing and forced migration, by 1995 the population decreased to 334,663 - 64% of the prewar population.
The Siege of Sarajevo becomes the longest siege in the history of modern warfare, conducted by the Serb forces of self-proclaimed Republika Srpska and Yugoslav Peoples Army, lasting from April 5, 1992 to February 29, 1996.
Declares Bosnian Serb separation from Bosnia.
Role range: 1991-1995 – 1992-1996
All three sides sign up to the agreement; Izetbegovic for the Bosniaks, Radovan Karadzic for the Serbs and Mate Boban for the Croats
When the Serb forces raid a UN-monitored weapons collection site, NATO jets attack Bosnian Serb ammunition depots and other strategic military targets
After the second Markale massacre, in which 37 people were killed and 90 were wounded, the international forces firmly turn against the besiegers. A cease fire is reached in October 1995, and the Dayton Agreement is reached later that year bringing peace to the country
Fighting escalates, this time with the joint Bosnian and Croatian forces on the offensive, and the Serbs slowly lost more and more ground both in Sarajevo area and elsewhere, heating, electricity, and water would eventually come back to the city.
Indicted by the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, 5 counts of crimes against humanity, 3 counts of violations of the laws of war, 1 count of grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions & unlawful transfer of civilians.
When the Serb forces raid a UN-monitored weapons collection site, NATO jets attack Bosnian Serb ammunition depots and other strategic military targets.
Indicted by the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, 5 counts of crimes against humanity, 3 counts of violations of the laws of war, 1 count of grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions & unlawful transfer of civilians
These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.