Historical place archive

Krajina in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Krajina in Serbia. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

6 records5 event labels2 people1991–1995

Historical events in Krajina

1991

19 December 1991
Independence of Republic of Serbian Krajina
Slobodan Milosevic · Balkan Wars, 3rd

Rebel Serbs declare independence in the Krajina region which makes up almost a third of Croatia

19 December 1991
Independence of Serbia
Slobodan Milosevic · Balkan Wars, 3rd

Rebel Serbs declare independence in the Krajina region which makes up almost a third of Croatia

19 December 1991
Republic of Serbian Krajina
Milan Babic · Balkan Wars, 3rd

Leads rebel Serb authorities in Krajina.

1995

4 August 1995
Operation Storm Begins
Slobodan Milosevic · Balkan Wars, 3rd

Receives refugees as Croatian forces overrun Serb-held Krajina.

4 August 1995
Siege of Krajina
Slobodan Milosevic · Balkan Wars, 3rd

Croatian forces invade the Serbian-held territory of Krajina seized by the Serbs in 1990

7 August 1995
Siege of Krajina
Slobodan Milosevic · Balkan Wars, 3rd

Croatia retakes Krajina, and force 150,000 Serb refugees to flee, heightening fears that the conflict will spread

Provenance

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