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Serbia in 1995

Historical records for Serbia in 1995, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

56Records
23Events
3Named people
6Places
2Categories

Historical records

March

March 1995North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)Slobodan Milosevic

Sarajevo · Warfare / Balkan Wars, 3rd

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

March 1995Siege of SarajevoSlobodan Milosevic

Sarajevo · Warfare / Balkan Wars, 3rd

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

April

12 April 1995Operation Deny FlightSlobodan Milosevic

Warfare / Balkan Wars, 3rd

NATO initiates Operation Deny Flight tasked with enforcing the no-fly zone over Bosnia

June

15 June 1995Operation Sharp GuardSlobodan Milosevic

Warfare / Balkan Wars, 3rd

The start of Operation Sharp Guard, a naval blockade in the Adriatic Sea by NATO and the European Union

25 June 1995ICTYRatko Mladic

Warfare / Bosnian War

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)

25 June 1995Siege of SarajevoRatko Mladic

Sarajevo · Warfare / Bosnian War

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)

25 June 1995TrialRatko Mladic

Warfare / Bosnian War

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)

July

11 July 1995Siege of SrebrenicaSlobodan Milosevic

Srebrenica · Warfare / Balkan Wars, 3rd

The Drina Battalion of Bosnian Serbs overruns the UN-protected "safe area" of Srebrenica

July 1995North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)Ratko Mladic

Srebrenica · Warfare / Bosnian War

Troops commanded by Mladic, harried by NATO air strikes intended to force compliance with a United Nations ultimatum to remove heavy weapons from the Sarajevo area, overrun and occupy the United Nations safe areas of Srebrenica and Zepa

July 1995Siege of SrebrenicaSlobodan Milosevic

Srebrenica · Warfare / Balkan Wars, 3rd

More than 8,000 Muslim Bosniaks, mainly men and boys, in and around the town of Srebrenica, are killed in the Srebrenica massacre

July 1995Siege of SrebrenicaRatko Mladic

Srebrenica · Warfare / Bosnian War

Troops commanded by Mladic, harried by NATO air strikes intended to force compliance with a United Nations ultimatum to remove heavy weapons from the Sarajevo area, overrun and occupy the United Nations safe areas of Srebrenica and Zepa. At Srebrenica over 40,000 Bosniaks who had sought safety there are expelled, an estimated 8,300 are executed, allegedly on Mladics order

July 1995Siege of ZepaRatko Mladic

Zepa · Warfare / Bosnian War

Troops commanded by Mladic, harried by NATO air strikes intended to force compliance with a United Nations ultimatum to remove heavy weapons from the Sarajevo area, overrun and occupy the United Nations safe areas of Srebrenica and Zepa

July 1995Srebrenica MassacreSlobodan Milosevic

Srebrenica · Warfare / Balkan Wars, 3rd

More than 8,000 Muslim Bosniaks, mainly men and boys, in and around the town of Srebrenica, are killed in the Srebrenica massacre

August

4 August 1995Operation Storm BeginsSlobodan Milosevic

Krajina · Warfare / Balkan Wars, 3rd

Receives refugees as Croatian forces overrun Serb-held Krajina.

4 August 1995Siege of KrajinaSlobodan Milosevic

Krajina · Warfare / Balkan Wars, 3rd

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

7 August 1995Siege of KrajinaSlobodan Milosevic

Krajina · Warfare / Balkan Wars, 3rd

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

30 August 1995North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)Slobodan Milosevic

Warfare / Balkan Wars, 3rd

NATO planes attack Bosnian Serb ammunition and fuel dumps, the largest military action thus far in NATO's 46-year history

30 August 1995Operation Deliberate ForceSlobodan Milosevic

Warfare / Balkan Wars, 3rd

NATO planes attack Bosnian Serb ammunition and fuel dumps, the largest military action thus far in NATO's 46-year history

August 1995North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)Slobodan Milosevic

Warfare / Balkan Wars, 3rd

The Dayton Accords follow the Croatian military Operation Storm, Government military offensive against the Republika Srpska, in concert with NATO's Operation Deliberate Force, the bombardment of the Bosnian Serb military

August 1995Operation Deliberate ForceSlobodan Milosevic

Warfare / Balkan Wars, 3rd

A sustained air campaign conducted by the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), in concert with the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) ground operations, to undermine the military capability of the Army of Republika Srpska (VRS)

August 1995Operation Deliberate ForceSlobodan Milosevic

Warfare / Balkan Wars, 3rd

Operation Deliberate Force is carried out between 30 August and 20 September 1995, involving 400 aircraft and 5,000 personnel from 15 nations

August 1995Operation Deliberate ForceSlobodan Milosevic

Warfare / Balkan Wars, 3rd

The Army of Republika Srpska attacks UN-designated "safe areas" in Bosnia and Herzegovina which leads to the Srebrenica and Markale massacres, precipitating direct intervention by NATO

August 1995Operation Deliberate ForceSlobodan Milosevic

Warfare / Balkan Wars, 3rd

The Dayton Accords follow the Croatian military Operation Storm, Government military offensive against the Republika Srpska, in concert with NATO's Operation Deliberate Force, the bombardment of the Bosnian Serb military

September

5 September 1995Siege of SarajevoSlobodan Milosevic

Sarajevo · Warfare / Balkan Wars, 3rd

Serb forces resume their attacks on Sarajevo

October

12 October 1995CeasefireSlobodan Milosevic

Sarajevo · Warfare / Balkan Wars, 3rd

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

12 October 1995Siege of SarajevoSlobodan Milosevic

Sarajevo · Warfare / Balkan Wars, 3rd

The Dayton negotiations create the peace framework for Bosnia.

November

21 November 1995Dayton Agreement InitialledSlobodan Milosevic

Dayton · Warfare / Bosnian War

Initials the peace agreement while representing Serbian and Bosnian Serb interests.

21 November 1995Dayton ConferenceSlobodan Milosevic

Dayton · Warfare / Balkan Wars, 3rd

Following NATO air strikes against Bosnian Serbs, Milosevic joins the Presidents of Bosnia and Croatia in a peace agreement at the US sponsored talks at Dayton, Ohio

21 November 1995Dayton ConferenceSlobodan Milosevic

Dayton · Warfare / Balkan Wars, 3rd

Held in the shadow of the massacre in the Srebrenica safe zone, and the indictments against the main military and Government leaders of Bosnian Serbs before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY).

21 November 1995Dayton ConferenceSlobodan Milosevic

Dayton · Warfare / Balkan Wars, 3rd

The main participants from the region are Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic (representing the Bosnian Serb interests due to absence of Karadzic), Croatian President Franjo Tudjman, and Bosnian President Alija Izetbegovic with Bosnian Foreign Minis.

21 November 1995General Framework Agreement for PeaceSlobodan Milosevic

Dayton · Warfare / Balkan Wars, 3rd

The war is ended by the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, reached at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio

21 November 1995North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)Slobodan Milosevic

Dayton · Warfare / Balkan Wars, 3rd

The Dayton negotiations create the peace framework for Bosnia.

December

12 December 1995Constitution of SerbiaSlobodan Milosevic

Paris · Warfare / Balkan Wars, 3rd

The political divisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina and its structure of Government are agreed upon as part the constitution that makes up Annex 4 of the General Framework Agreement concluded at Dayton

12 December 1995ElectionSlobodan Milosevic

Paris · Warfare / Balkan Wars, 3rd

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

12 December 1995North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)Slobodan Milosevic

Paris · Warfare / Balkan Wars, 3rd

50,000 NATO troops, including Russians and 20,000 Americans, begin to monitor the fragile peace in December

12 December 1995Rule of BosniaSlobodan Milosevic

Paris · Warfare / Balkan Wars, 3rd

The Dayton Accords provide for a virtual partitioning of Bosnia and the deployment of a multinational implementation force (IFOR) to keep the warring factions apart and protect war-crimes investigators

12 December 1995Rule of SarajevoSlobodan Milosevic

Sarajevo · Warfare / Balkan Wars, 3rd

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

12 December 1995Siege of SarajevoSlobodan Milosevic

Sarajevo · Warfare / Balkan Wars, 3rd

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

14 December 1995Dayton AccordsSlobodan Milosevic

Dayton · Warfare / Balkan Wars, 3rd

The Dayton Accords follow the Croatian military Operation Storm, Government military offensive against the Republika Srpska, in concert with NATO's Operation Deliberate Force, the bombardment of the Bosnian Serb military

14 December 1995Dayton AccordsSlobodan Milosevic

Dayton · Warfare / Balkan Wars, 3rd

The Dayton negotiations create the peace framework for Bosnia.

14 December 1995Dayton AccordsSlobodan Milosevic

Paris · Warfare / Balkan Wars, 3rd

50,000 NATO troops, including Russians and 20,000 Americans, begin to monitor the fragile peace in December

14 December 1995Dayton AccordsSlobodan Milosevic

Paris · Warfare / Balkan Wars, 3rd

A US peace accord is agreed at Paris and signed outside Dayton, Ohio, ending 43 months of savage, genocidal warfare in which 250,000 had died and nearly 2 million lost their homes

14 December 1995Dayton AccordsSlobodan Milosevic

Paris · Warfare / Balkan Wars, 3rd

The Dayton Accords provide for a virtual partitioning of Bosnia and the deployment of a multinational implementation force (IFOR) to keep the warring factions apart and protect war-crimes investigators. The Dayton accords are signed in Paris.

14 December 1995Dayton AccordsSlobodan Milosevic

Paris · Warfare / Balkan Wars, 3rd

The Dayton accords put an end to the three and a half year long war in Bosnia, one of the armed conflicts in the former Socialist Federative Republic of Yugoslavia.

14 December 1995Dayton AccordsSlobodan Milosevic

Paris · Warfare / Balkan Wars, 3rd

The political divisions of Bosnia and Herzegovina and its structure of Government are agreed upon as part the constitution that makes up Annex 4 of the General Framework Agreement concluded at Dayton.

14 December 1995Dayton AccordsSlobodan Milosevic

Paris · Warfare / Balkan Wars, 3rd

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.

14 December 1995General Framework Agreement for PeaceSlobodan Milosevic

Paris · Warfare / Balkan Wars, 3rd

The General Framework Agreement for Peace is signed

14 December 1995General Framework Agreement for PeaceSlobodan Milosevic

Paris · Warfare / Balkan Wars, 3rd

The General Framework Agreement for Peace recognizes the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Republika Srpska as one of its two main political-territorial divisions

14 December 1995Republika SrpskaSlobodan Milosevic

Paris · Warfare / Balkan Wars, 3rd

The General Framework Agreement for Peace recognizes the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Republika Srpska as one of its two main political-territorial divisions

Other Events

1995Independence of SerbiaSlobodan Milosevic

Warfare / Balkan Wars, 3rd

Two major thrusts by Croatian forces recover most of the Serb-held territory and 150,000 Serbs flee to Serbia

1995North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)Radovan Karadzic

Sarajevo · Warfare / Bosnian War

When the Serb forces raid a UN-monitored weapons collection site, NATO jets attack Bosnian Serb ammunition depots and other strategic military targets

1995Siege of SarajevoRadovan Karadzic

Sarajevo · Warfare / Bosnian War

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

1995Siege of SarajevoRadovan Karadzic

Sarajevo · Warfare / Bosnian War

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.

1995Siege of SarajevoRadovan Karadzic

Sarajevo · Warfare / Bosnian War

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.

1995Siege of SarajevoRadovan Karadzic

Sarajevo · Warfare / Bosnian War

When the Serb forces raid a UN-monitored weapons collection site, NATO jets attack Bosnian Serb ammunition depots and other strategic military targets.

1995TrialRadovan Karadzic

Sarajevo · Warfare / Bosnian War

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

Names involved

Radovan KaradzicRatko MladicSlobodan Milosevic

Places involved

DaytonKrajinaParisSarajevoSrebrenicaZepa

Provenance

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