North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)
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
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1995 in Serbia
Explore 57 historical events and records for Serbia in 1995.
Historical records for Serbia in 1995
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March
Siege of Sarajevo
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
Operation Deny Flight
NATO initiates Operation Deny Flight tasked with enforcing the no-fly zone over Bosnia
June
Operation Sharp Guard
The start of Operation Sharp Guard, a naval blockade in the Adriatic Sea by NATO and the European Union
ICTY
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)
Siege of Sarajevo
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)
Trial
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
Siege of Srebrenica
The Drina Battalion of Bosnian Serbs overruns the UN-protected "safe area" of Srebrenica
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)
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
Siege of Srebrenica
More than 8,000 Muslim Bosniaks, mainly men and boys, in and around the town of Srebrenica, are killed in the Srebrenica massacre
Siege of Srebrenica
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
Siege of Zepa
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
Srebrenica Massacre
More than 8,000 Muslim Bosniaks, mainly men and boys, in and around the town of Srebrenica, are killed in the Srebrenica massacre
August
Operation Storm Begins
Receives refugees as Croatian forces overrun Serb-held Krajina.
Siege of Krajina
Croatian forces invade the Serbian-held territory of Krajina seized by the Serbs in 1990
Siege of Krajina
Croatia retakes Krajina, and force 150,000 Serb refugees to flee, heightening fears that the conflict will spread
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)
NATO planes attack Bosnian Serb ammunition and fuel dumps, the largest military action thus far in NATO's 46-year history
Operation Deliberate Force
NATO planes attack Bosnian Serb ammunition and fuel dumps, the largest military action thus far in NATO's 46-year history
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)
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
Operation Deliberate Force
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)
Operation Deliberate Force
Operation Deliberate Force is carried out between 30 August and 20 September 1995, involving 400 aircraft and 5,000 personnel from 15 nations
Operation Deliberate Force
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
Operation Deliberate Force
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
Siege of Sarajevo
Serb forces resume their attacks on Sarajevo
October
Ceasefire
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
Siege of Sarajevo
The Dayton negotiations create the peace framework for Bosnia.
November
Dayton Agreement Initialled
Initials the peace agreement while representing Serbian and Bosnian Serb interests.
Dayton Conference
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
Dayton Conference
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).
Dayton Conference
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.
General Framework Agreement for Peace
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
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)
The Dayton negotiations create the peace framework for Bosnia.
December
Constitution of Serbia
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
Election
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
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)
50,000 NATO troops, including Russians and 20,000 Americans, begin to monitor the fragile peace in December
Rule of Bosnia
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
Rule of Sarajevo
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
Siege of Sarajevo
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
Dayton Accords
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
Dayton Accords
The Dayton negotiations create the peace framework for Bosnia.
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