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Josip Broz Tito Biography and Timeline — Page 2

Follow Josip Broz Tito through 61 dated historical records for Yugoslavia.

Josip Broz Tito, historical timeline

A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.

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1949

Tito-Stalin Split

Prime Minister of Yugoslavia · Government / Government of Yugoslavia

Tito does not attend the second meeting of the Cominform, fearing that Yugoslavia will be attacked. Other member countries expel Yugoslavia citing "nationalist elements" that had "managed in the course of the past five or six months to reach a dominant position in the leadership" of the CPY

Role range: 1946-1953

Yugoslav-Soviet Split

Prime Minister of Yugoslavia · Government / Government of Yugoslavia

Tito does not attend the second meeting of the Cominform, fearing that Yugoslavia will be attacked. Other member countries expel Yugoslavia citing "nationalist elements" that had "managed in the course of the past five or six months to reach a dominant position in the leadership" of the CPY

Role range: 1946-1953

Treaty of Friendship

Prime Minister of Yugoslavia · Government / Government of Yugoslavia

When the Cominform campaign against Yugoslavia severed the Yugoslav Communist party leadership, the government of the People's Republic of Bulgaria deleted the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance of Bled with all agreements, except the decision of pardon of war damages

Role range: 1946-1953

Cominform

Prime Minister of Yugoslavia · Government / Government of Yugoslavia

The Tito-Stalin Split, or Yugoslav-Soviet Split, was a conflict between the leaders of SFR Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union, which resulted in Yugoslavia's expulsion from the Communist Information Bureau (Cominform) in 1948

Role range: 1946-1953

Tito-Stalin Split, or Yugoslav-Soviet Split, was a conflict between the leaders

Prime Minister of Yugoslavia · Government / Government of Yugoslavia

The Tito-Stalin Split, or Yugoslav-Soviet Split, was a conflict between the leaders of SFR Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union, which resulted in Yugoslavia's expulsion from the Communist Information Bureau (Cominform) in 1948

Role range: 1946-1953

Tito-Stalin Split

Prime Minister of Yugoslavia · Government / Government of Yugoslavia

Stalin was also enraged by Tito's aspirations to merge Yugoslavia with Bulgaria and create a true "Land of the South Slavs", an idea with which he agreed in theory, but which had taken place without prior Soviet consultation

Role range: 1946-1953

Tito-Stalin Split

Prime Minister of Yugoslavia · Government / Government of Yugoslavia

The Tito-Stalin Split, or Yugoslav-Soviet Split, was a conflict between the leaders of SFR Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union, which resulted in Yugoslavia's expulsion from the Communist Information Bureau (Cominform) in 1948

Role range: 1946-1953

Yugoslav-Soviet Split

Prime Minister of Yugoslavia · Government / Government of Yugoslavia

Stalin was also enraged by Tito's aspirations to merge Yugoslavia with Bulgaria and create a true "Land of the South Slavs", an idea with which he agreed in theory, but which had taken place without prior Soviet consultation

Role range: 1946-1953

Yugoslav-Soviet Split

Prime Minister of Yugoslavia · Government / Government of Yugoslavia

The Tito-Stalin Split, or Yugoslav-Soviet Split, was a conflict between the leaders of SFR Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union, which resulted in Yugoslavia's expulsion from the Communist Information Bureau (Cominform) in 1948

Role range: 1946-1953

1950

Albania & Yugoslavia sever relations

Marshal · Government / Government of Yugoslavia

Albania & Yugoslavia sever relations

1953

Constitution of Yugoslavia

Marshal · Belgrade · Government / Government of Yugoslavia

Decentralized communism of workers self-management & support of private farming

President of Yugoslavia

President of Yugoslavia · Government / Government of Yugoslavia

Appointed President of Yugoslavia

Role range: 1953-1980

Visit to Britain

President of Yugoslavia · Government / Government of Yugoslavia

Visits Britain

Role range: 1953-1980

1954

Pact between Yugoslavia, Greece and Turkey

President of Yugoslavia · Bled · Government / Government of Yugoslavia

A pact is concluded at Bled between Yugoslavia, Greece & Turkey

Role range: 1953-1980

1955

Treaty of Friendship

President of Yugoslavia · Government / Government of Yugoslavia

Russia & Yugoslavia sign a Treaty of friendship

Role range: 1953-1980

1963

Constitution of Yugoslavia

President of Yugoslavia · Government / Government of Yugoslavia

The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is proclaimed. The new Yugoslavian constitution declares Tito President for life

Role range: 1953-1980

1972

Visit to Russia

President of Yugoslavia · Government / Government of Yugoslavia

The President of Yugoslavia visits Russia

Role range: 1953-1980

1975

Constitution of Yugoslavia

President of Yugoslavia · Government / Government of Yugoslavia

With Yugoslavias new constitution, Kosovo acquires wide-ranging autonomy and a self-governing authority

Role range: 1953-1980

Rule of Kosovo

President of Yugoslavia · Government / Government of Yugoslavia

With Yugoslavias new constitution, Kosovo acquires wide-ranging autonomy and a self-governing authority

Role range: 1953-1980

1980

Death of Josip Broz Tito

President of Yugoslavia · Government / Government of Yugoslavia

Death of Josip Broz Tito, leaves a power vacuum that threatens the unity of Yugoslavia

Role range: 1953-1980

Death of Josip Broz Tito

President of Yugoslavia · Ljubljana · Politics / League of Communists

Death of Josip Broz Tito

Role range: 1953-1980

Records, sources and methodology

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.