Yugoslavia
Overview
 
Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans
Balkans
The Balkans is a geopolitical and cultural region of southeastern Europe...

 during most of the 20th century.

The first country to be known by this name was the Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
The Kingdom of Yugoslavia was a state stretching from the Western Balkans to Central Europe which existed during the often-tumultuous interwar era of 1918–1941...

, which before 3 October 1929 was known as the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. It was established on 1 December 1918 by the union of the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs
State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs
The State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs was a short-lived state formed from the southernmost parts of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy after its dissolution at the end of the World War I by the resident population of Slovenes, Croats, and Serbs...

 and the Kingdom of Serbia
Kingdom of Serbia
The Kingdom of Serbia was created when Prince Milan Obrenović, ruler of the Principality of Serbia, was crowned King in 1882. The Principality of Serbia was ruled by the Karađorđevic dynasty from 1817 onwards . The Principality, suzerain to the Porte, had expelled all Ottoman troops by 1867, de...

 (to which the Kingdom of Montenegro
Kingdom of Montenegro
The Kingdom of Montenegro was a monarchy in southeastern Europe during the tumultuous years on the Balkan Peninsula leading up to and during World War I. Legally it was a constitutional monarchy, but absolutist in practice...

 was annexed on 13 November 1918, and the Conference of Ambassadors in Paris gave international recognition to the union on 13 July 1922).
Timeline

1941    World War II: Yugoslavian Air Force officers topple the pro-axis government in a bloodless coup.

1943    The second session of AVNOJ, the Anti-fascist council of national liberation of Yugoslavia, is held in Jajce, Bosnia and Herzegovina, determining the post-war ordering of the country.

1963    An earthquake in Skopje, Yugoslavia (now in the Republic of Macedonia) leaves 1,100 dead.

1980    President Josip Broz Tito of Yugoslavia dies in Ljubljana at the age of 87.

1988    Serbian communist representative and future Serbian and Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic publicly declares that Serbia is under attack from Albanian separatists in Kosovo as well as internal treachery within Yugoslavia and a foreign conspiracy to destroy Serbia and Yugoslavia.

1988    Serbian communist representative and future Serbian and Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic publicly declares that Serbia is under attack from Albanian separatists in Kosovo as well as internal treachery within Yugoslavia and a foreign conspiracy to destroy Serbia and Yugoslavia.

1990    History of Slovenia: In a referendum, 88% of Slovenia's population vote for independence from Yugoslavia.

1991    Yugoslavia begins a naval blockade of 7 Adriatic port cities.

1991    Croatia votes to sever constitutional relations with Yugoslavia, making the country fully independent

2000    Yugoslav president Slobodan Milošević resigns.

 
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