1878    Treaty of Berlin: the European powers redraw the map of the Balkans. Serbia, Montenegro and Romania become completely independent of the Ottoman empire.

1911    Dedë Gjon Luli Dedvukaj, leader of the Malësori Albanians, raises the Albanian flag in the town of Tuzi, Montenegro, for the first time after Gjergj Kastrioti (Skenderbeg).

1912    First Balkan War begins: Montenegro declares war against Turkey.

1912    Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia declare war on the Ottoman Empire, joining Montenegro in the First Balkan War.

1912    Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro, and Serbia (the Balkan League) sign an armistice with Turkey, ending the two-month long First Balkan War.

1913    Second Balkan War: delegates from Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, and Greece sign the Treaty of Bucharest, ending the war.

1941    World War II: Montenegrins start a popular uprising against the Axis Powers (''Trinaestojulski ustanak'').

1946    Yugoslavia's new constitution, modeling the Soviet Union, establishes six constituent republics (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia).

1979    A disastrous earthquake (of M 7.1) occurs on Montenegro coast.

1992    The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, comprising Serbia and Montenegro, is proclaimed.

2006    The union of Serbia and Montenegro comes to an end with Montenegro's formal declaration of independence.

2006    The Republic of Montenegro is admitted as the 192nd Member of the United Nations by General Assembly.