Timeline of important post-war events in Yugoslavia prior to Spring, 1993.
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1945-11 | Tito becomes prime minister of the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia. |
| 1948-06 | Yugoslavia expelled from Soviet bloc. |
| 1971-07 | Tito introduces "rotating presidency" to share power between nationalities. |
| 1980-05 | Tito dies. |
| 1981-01 | First unrest (sabotage & demonstrations). Kosovo demands status as a full republic. |
| 1984-02 | Sarajevo Winter Olympics |
| 1987-10 | Emergency security measures introduced in Kosovo. |
| 1989-02 | Azem Vlasi, representative of Kosovo, dismissed from the Yugoslav Central Committee. |
| 1989-09 | Slovenia amends Slovene constitution to allow secession. |
| 1989-10 | Vlasi put on trial. Slobodan Milosevic, president of Serbia, urges mass Serbian settlement (shades of "Lebensraum"?) of Kosovo. |
| 1989-12 | Serbia severs economic ties with Slovenia. Slovenia closes border with Serbia. |
| 1990-05 | Borisav Jovic, of Serbia, becomes the last rotating president of Yugoslavia. |
| 1990-07 | Serbia amends federal constitution to remove autonomous status of Kosovo and Vojvodina. Slovenia declares autonomy. |
| 1990-08 | Croatia encounters first internal, armed resistance from indigenous Serbs. |
| 1990-10 | Serbian regions of of Croatia decalre independence from Croatia. |
| 1990-12 | Milosevic reelected Serbian president. Croatia amends Croatian constitution to allow secession. |
| 1991-01 | Federal army ordered to disarm all paramilitary groups. Macedonia amends Macedonian constitution to allow secession. |
| 1991-05 | Serbia, Kosovo and Vojvodina attempt to prevent Stipe Mesic, a Croatian, from assuming his scheduled rotation of the federal presidency. |
| 1991-06 | Croatia and Slovenia declare independence. Serbia invades Croatia and Slovenia. |
| 1991-08 | Serbia withdraws from Slovenia. Negotiations and diplomacy begin. |
| 1991-09 | Kosovo and Macedonia declare independence. UN imposes arms embargo on Yugoslavia. |
| 1991-11 | Croatia begins military operations in Serbia. |
| 1991-12 | Mesic resigns as federal president. Serbian regions of Croatia declare independence from Croatia. |
| 1992-01 | European Community recognizes independence of Slovenia and Croatia. |
| 1992-03 | Bosnia-Herzegovina declares independence. Serbian regions of Bosnia declare independence from Bosnia. |
| 1992-04 | New Republic of Yugoslavia established, consisting of Serbia, Kosovo, Vojvodina and Montenegro. |
| 1992-05 | Federal Republic resumes formal hostilites with Croatia. Croatia, Bosnia and Slovenia admitted to the UN. |
| 1992-06 | UN dipatches peacekeeping force to Sarajevo. |
| 1993-04 | UN begins enfocring flight ban over Bosnia. I begin publishing Yugo Digest, a more detailed newsletter. |
