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Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Bosnia and Herzegovina, often referred to as Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southeastern Europe. Situated on the Balkan Peninsula, it borders Serbia to the east, Montenegro to the southeast, and Croatia to the north and southwest, with a 20-kilometre-long (12-mile) coast on the Adriatic Sea in the south. Bosnia has a moderate continental climate with hot summers and cold, snowy winters. Its geography is largely mountainous, particularly in the central and eastern regions, which are dominated by the Dinaric Alps.

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  1. 1388Battle of BilećaBilećaThe Battle of Bileća was fought in August 1388 between the forces of the Kingdom of Bosnia, led by Grand Duke Vlatko Vuković, and the Ottoman Empire under the leadership of Lala Shahin Pasha. The Ottoman army broke into Hum, the kingdom's southern region. After days of looting, the invaders clashed with the defending force near the town of Bileća, north-east of Dubrovnik. The battle ended with an Ottoman defeat.Source: Wikidata (country)
  2. 1463Ottoman Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and HerzegovinaThe Ottoman Empire era of rule in Bosnia (first as a sanjak, then as an eyalet) and Herzegovina (also as a sanjak, then eyalet) lasted from 1463/1482 to 1908.Source: Wikidata (country)
  3. 1875 – 1878Herzegovina uprisingBosnia vilayetThe Herzegovina uprising (Serbian: Херцеговачки устанак, romanized: Hercegovački ustanak) was an uprising led by the Christian Serb population against the Ottoman Empire, firstly and predominantly in Herzegovina, from where it spread into Bosnia and Raška. It broke out in the summer of 1875, and in some regions lasted until the beginning of 1878.Source: Wikidata (country)
  4. 1914Assassination of Archduke Franz FerdinandLatin BridgeArchduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, were assassinated by Bosnian Serb student Gavrilo Princip in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914. They were shot at close range while being driven through the provincial capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, formally annexed by Austria-Hungary in 1908.Source: Wikidata (country of the location)
  5. 1914Battle of the DrinaGučevoThe Battle of the Drina (Serbian: Bitka na Drini, Битка на Дрини) was fought between Serbian and Austro-Hungarian armies in September 1914, near Loznica, Serbia, during the First Serbian campaign of World War I.Source: Wikidata (country of the location)
  6. 1942Kozara OffensiveKozaraThe Kozara Offensive (Serbo-Croatian: Kozaračka ofenziva/ofanziva), also known as Operation West Bosnia (German: Operation West-Bosnien) was a large-scale German-led counter-insurgency operation against the Yugoslav Partisans in the Bosnian mountain region of Kozara in the Independent State of Croatia during World War II.Source: Wikidata (country of the location)
  7. 1943Operation SchwarzBosnia and HerzegovinaOperation Schwarz (German: Unternehmen Schwarz), also known as the Fifth Enemy Offensive (Serbo-Croatian Latin: Peta neprijateljska ofanziva) in Yugoslav historiography and often identified with its final phase, the Battle of the Sutjeska (Serbo-Croatian Latin: Bitka na Sutjesci pronounced [bîtka na sûtjɛst͡si]) was a joint attack by the Axis.Source: Wikidata (country)
  8. 1943Operation WeissHerzegovinaOperation Weiss (German: Unternehmen Weiß), also known as the Fourth Enemy Offensive (Serbo-Croatian: Četvrta neprijateljska ofenziva/ofanziva), was a major Axis offensive launched against the Yugoslav Partisans throughout occupied Yugoslavia during World War II. It was one of the most significant confrontations of World War II in Yugoslavia.Source: Wikidata (country)
  9. 1944Operation RösselsprungDrvarOperation Rösselsprung (German: Unternehmen Rösselsprung, lit. 'Knight's move') was a combined airborne and ground assault by the German XV Mountain Corps and collaborationist forces on the Supreme Headquarters of the Yugoslav Partisans in the Bosnian town of Drvar in the Independent State of Croatia during World War II.Source: Wikidata (country)
  10. 1945Battle of OdžakOdžakThe Battle of Odžak was the last battle of World War II in Europe. The battle began on 19 April 1945 and lasted until 25 May 1945, 17 days after the end of the war in Europe. The combatants were the Croatian Armed Forces (Independent State of Croatia) (NDH) commanded by Petar Rajkovačić and the Yugoslav Army commanded by Miloš Zekić.Source: Wikidata (country)
  11. 1992 – 1996Siege of SarajevoSarajevoThe siege of Sarajevo (Serbo-Croatian: Опсада Сарајева, Opsada Sarajeva) was a prolonged military blockade of Sarajevo, the capital of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, during the ethnically charged Bosnian War. The city was initially besieged by the Yugoslav People's Army, before they were replaced by elements of the newly-formed Army of Republika Srpska.Source: Wikidata (country)
  12. 1992Bijeljina massacreBijeljinaThe Bijeljina massacre involved the killing of civilians by Serb paramilitary groups in Bijeljina on 1–2 April 1992 in the run-up to the Bosnian War. The majority of those killed were Bosnian Muslims. Members of other ethnicities were also killed, as well as Serbs deemed disloyal by the local authorities.Source: Wikidata (country)
  13. 1992 – 1994Foča ethnic cleansingFočaThere was a campaign of ethnic cleansing in the area of the town of Foča committed by Serb military, police, and paramilitary forces on Bosniak civilians from 7 April 1992 to January 1994 during the Bosnian War. By one estimate, around 21,000 non-Serbs left Foča after July 1992.Source: Wikidata (country)
  14. 1992Kazani pit killingsTrebevićDuring the Siege of Sarajevo in the Bosnian War, a number of predominantly ethnic Serbs living inside besieged Sarajevo were murdered by the forces of Mušan Topalović, commander of the 10th Mountain Brigade in the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and disposed of in the Kazani pit mass grave.Source: Wikidata (country)
  15. 1992 – 1993Lašva Valley ethnic cleansingLašva ValleyThe Lašva Valley ethnic cleansing, also known as the Lašva Valley case, refers to numerous war crimes committed during the Bosnian War by the Croatian Community of Herzeg-Bosnia's political and military leadership on Bosniak civilians in the Lašva Valley region of Bosnia-Herzegovina.Source: Wikidata (country)
  16. 1992 – 2004NATO intervention in Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and HerzegovinaThe NATO intervention in Bosnia and Herzegovina was a series of actions undertaken by NATO whose stated aim was to establish long-term peace during and after the Bosnian War. NATO's intervention began as largely political and symbolic, but gradually expanded to include large-scale air operations and the deployment of approximately 60,000 soldiers of the Implementation Force.Source: Wikidata (country)
  17. 1992Operation Corridor 92Bosnia and HerzegovinaOperation Corridor 92 (Serbo-Croatian: Операција Коридор 92, Operacija Koridor 92) was the largest operation conducted during the Bosnian War by the Army of Republika Srpska (VRS) against the forces of the Croatian Defence Council (HVO) and the Croatian Army (HV) in the Bosanska Posavina region of northern Bosnia and Herzegovina between 24 June and 6 October 1992.Source: Wikidata (country)
  18. 1992Prijedor ethnic cleansingPrijedorDuring the Bosnian War, there was an ethnic cleansing campaign committed by the Bosnian Serb political and military leadership – Army of the Republika Srpska, mostly against Bosniak and Croat civilians in the Prijedor region of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1992 and 1993.Source: Wikidata (country)
  19. 1992 – 1993Siege of MostarMostarThe siege of Mostar was fought during the Bosnian War first in 1992 and then again later in 1993 to 1994. Initially lasting between April 1992 and June 1992, it involved the Croatian Defence Council (HVO) and the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ARBiH) fighting against the Serb-dominated Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) after Bosnia and Herzegovina declared its independence from Yugoslavia.Source: Wikidata (country)
  20. 1992Višegrad massacresVišegradThe Višegrad massacres were acts of mass murder committed against the Bosniak civilian population of the town and municipality of Višegrad during the ethnic cleansing of eastern Bosnia by Republika Srpska police and military forces during the spring and summer of 1992, at the start of the Bosnian War.Source: Wikidata (country)
  21. 1993Ahmići massacreAhmićiThe Ahmići massacre was the mass murder of approximately 120 Bosniak civilians by members of the Croatian Defence Council in April 1993, during the Croat–Muslim War. The massacre was the culmination of the Lašva Valley ethnic cleansing committed by the political and military leadership of the Croatian Community of Herzeg-Bosnia.Source: Wikidata (country)
  22. 1993Štrpci massacreVišegradThe Štrpci massacre (Bosnian: Masakr u Štrpcima) was the massacre of 19 civilians (18 Bosniaks and one Croat) on 27 February 1993, taken from a Belgrade-Bar train at Štrpci railway station near Višegrad, on Bosnian territory.Source: Wikidata (country)
  23. 1994Markale massacresSarajevo Market Hall (Markale)The Markale massacres were two bombardments, with at least one of them confirmed to have been carried out by the Army of Republika Srpska, targeting civilians at the Markale (marketplace) during the siege of Sarajevo in the Bosnian War. The first occurred on 5 February 1994; 68 people were killed and 144 more were wounded by a 120-millimetre (4.7 in) mortar.Source: Wikidata (country)
  24. 1995Srebrenica massacreSrebrenicaThe Srebrenica massacre, also known as the Srebrenica genocide, was the July 1995 genocidal killing of more than 8,000 Bosniak men and boys in and around the town of Srebrenica during the Bosnian War. It was mainly perpetrated by units of the Bosnian Serb Army of Republika Srpska under Ratko Mladić, though the Serb paramilitary unit Scorpions also participated.Source: Wikidata (country)
  25. 199525 May 1995 Tuzla massacreTuzlaOn 25 May 1995, the Army of Republika Srpska (VRS) launched an artillery attack against the town of Tuzla as part of the Bosnian War, which left 71 civilians dead and another 240 wounded. The event is also known as the Tuzla massacre.Source: Wikidata (country)
  26. 1995Operation Deliberate ForceBosnia and HerzegovinaOperation Deliberate Force was a sustained air campaign conducted by NATO, in concert with the UNPROFOR ground operations, to undermine the military capability of the Army of Republika Srpska (VRS), which had threatened and attacked UN-designated "safe areas" in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the Bosnian War, with the Srebrenica genocide and Markale massacres precipitating the intervention.Source: Wikidata (country)
  27. 1995Operation Deny FlightBosnia and HerzegovinaOperation Deny Flight was a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) operation that began on 12 April 1993 as the enforcement of a United Nations (UN) no-fly zone over Bosnia and Herzegovina. The United Nations and NATO later expanded the mission of the operation to include providing close air support for UN troops in Bosnia and carrying out coercive air strikes against targets in Bosnia.Source: Wikidata (country)
  28. 1995Operation StormCroatiaOperation Storm (Serbo-Croatian: Operacija Oluja / Операција Олуја) in August 1995 was the last major battle of the Croatian War of Independence and a major factor in the outcome of the Bosnian War.Source: Wikidata (country)
  29. 2004Operation AltheaBosnia and HerzegovinaOperation Althea, formally the European Union Force Bosnia and Herzegovina (EUFOR), is a military deployment in Bosnia and Herzegovina to oversee the military implementation of the Dayton Agreement. It is the successor to NATO's SFOR and IFOR. The transition from SFOR to EUFOR was largely a change of name and commanders: 80% of the troops remained in place. It replaced SFOR on 2 December 2004.Source: Wikidata (country)
  30. 2020COVID-19 pandemicWorldwideA new coronavirus spreads worldwide. Lockdowns, remote work and fast-developed vaccines reshape daily life.Source: Wikidata (country)