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Conflict Europe

Yugoslav Wars

1991 CE – 2001 CE · 10 years

The breakup of Yugoslavia triggered a decade of ethnic wars across the Balkans, including the Bosnian War, the siege of Sarajevo, the Srebrenica massacre, and the Kosovo War, ending with NATO intervention.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Slovenia & Kosovo (NATO-backed)
  • Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia & Montenegro) & Bosnian Serbs

Key moments

Defining events in the Yugoslav Wars.

  1. 1991 Siege of Vukovar
  2. 1992–1996 Siege of Sarajevo
  3. July 1995 Srebrenica massacre
  4. 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia

Elsewhere in Europe at the time

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3000 BCE – still standing

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Giant's Causeway

3000 BCE – still standing

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1918 CE – 1992 CE

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Croatian War of Independence

1991 CE – 1995 CE

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Danube Delta

3000 BCE – still standing

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Bosnia and Herzegovina

Founded 1992 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1991 CE and 2001 CE.

1991 CE Croatian War of Independence 1992 CE Bosnian War 1992 CE Algerian Civil War 1992 CE Siege of Sarajevo 1998 CE Kosovo War

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Cristo Rei of Dili Landmark · Oceania 1996 CE – still standing Austronesian peoples Polity · East Asia 2000 BCE – 1994 CE Deng Xiaoping Figure · Sichuan, China 1904 CE – 1997 CE Eritrean–Ethiopian War Conflict · Middle East 1998 CE – 2000 CE Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque Landmark · Middle East 2001 CE – still standing USSR Polity 1920 CE – 1991 CE
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