Sarajevo in History

War breaks out between the Bosnian Government and local Serbs, who start 1992-1995 siege of capital Sarajevo

Accepts the ceasefire framework intended to halt fighting in Croatia.

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.

Sarajevo is besieged by the Army of Republika Srpska from 5 April 1992 to 29 February 1996 (1,425 days) during the Bosnian War

When Bosnia and Herzegovina declared independence from Yugoslavia after the Bosnian independence referendum the Bosnian Serbs encircle Sarajevo with a force of 13,000

Faces widening conflict after Bosnia and Herzegovina gains recognition.

One month after the Bosnian Republics declaration of independence, Mladic and his generals, acting under orders from Belgrade, blockade the city of Sarajevo

A total of 13,952 people are killed during the siege, including 5,434 civilians

Serbs blockade Sarajevo

Assumes the post of Chief of Staff/Deputy Commander of the Second Military District Headquarters of the JNA in Sarajevo

Mladic assumes the command of the Second Military District Headquarters of the JNA

Commands Bosnian Serb forces during the siege.

Mladic is appointed Commander of the Main Staff of the VRS, a position he holds until December 1996

Appointed the rank of Colonel General over the approximately 80,000 troops stationed in Sarajevo

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

NATO bombers strike at Serbian ammunition dumps the Serbs take nearly 200 members of the United Nations peacekeeping force hostage for more than 2 weeks

Serb forces resume their attacks on Sarajevo. NATO bombers strike at Serbian ammunition dumps the Serbs take nearly 200 members of the United Nations peacekeeping force hostage for more than 2 weeks

Indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and accused of genocide, crimes against humanity, and numerous war crimes (including crimes relating to the alleged sniping campaign against civilians in Sarajevo)

Serb forces resume their attacks on Sarajevo

A new cease-fire takes effect, electricity is restored in Sarajevo, the three major participants (Slobodan Milosevic of Serbia, Alija Izetbegovic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Franjo Tudjman of Croatia) initial a US ceasefire

The Dayton negotiations create the peace framework for Bosnia.

Under the Dayton Accords Anyone under indictment for war crimes is be barred from public office after scheduled elections, all parties must cooperate with the International War Crimes Tribunal, and Sarajevo will be reunified under Bosnia

Under the Dayton Accords Anyone under indictment for war crimes is be barred from public office after scheduled elections, all parties must cooperate with the International War Crimes Tribunal, and Sarajevo will be reunified under Bosnia

The President of the Bosnian Serb Republic Biljana Plavsic dismisses Mladic from his post

The ICTY Trial Chamber convicts the first commander of the Sarajevo-Romanija Corps, Stanislav Galic, of the shelling and sniper terror campaign against Sarajevo, including the first Markale massacre

The ICTY Trial Chamber convicts the first commander of the Sarajevo-Romanija Corps, Stanislav Galic, of the shelling and sniper terror campaign against Sarajevo, including the first Markale massacre

General Galic is sentenced to life imprisonment for the crimes against humanity during the siege

Dragomir Milosevic, who replaced Stanislav Galic as commander of the Sarajevo-Romanija Corps, is found guilty of the shelling and sniper terror campaign against Sarajevo and its citizens from August 1994 to late 1995 including the 2nd Markale massacre

Dragomir Milosevic, who replaced Stanislav Galic as commander of the Sarajevo-Romanija Corps, is found guilty of the shelling and sniper terror campaign against Sarajevo and its citizens from August 1994 to late 1995 including the 2nd Markale massacre