Timeline of the Bosnian Conflict199131/1/1991 Yugoslav federalARMYreleases a document committing the Yugoslav army to the defense of communism in Yugoslavia16/3/1991 Slobodan Milosevic declared Yugoslavia dead as a nation and ordered special forces of Serbia onto the streets to keep the peace.25/6/1991 Croatia and Slovenia declare independence.2/7/1991 The Yugoslav army chief invades Slovenia from bases in Croatia.8/7/1991 Yugoslav federal government accepts the EEC Brioni agreement, which ends the conflict in Slovenia.19/7/1991 Serbian irregulars attack Vinkovci and Vukovar7/8/1991 Cease fire begins.24/8/1991 Serbs attack Vukovar in eastern Croatia8/9/1991 Macedonia votes for independence in referendum25/9/1991 The UN imposes an arms embargo on all factions involved in the Yugoslav civil war.1/10/1991 Yugoslav forces attack on Dubrovnik.7/10/1991 Yugoslav air force attacks Zagreb and bomb the Presidential palace.19/11/1991Vukovar falls, Serbian attention now turns to Osijek and Vinkovci.27/11/1991 The UN passedresolution 721, the first step to deploying observers and providing an international peacekeeping forces later.19927/1/1992 Yugoslav Mig21 shoots down EC helicopter north of Zagreb, all five UN observers aboard are killed.29/2/1992 Referendum on independence for Bosnia Herzegovina begins, lasts two days.1/3/1992 First barricades go up in Sarajevo and there is a shooting at a Serb wedding in Sarajevo.27/3/1992 Serbs in Bosnia proclaim their own constitution.3/4/1992 Fighting in northern Bosnia, Serb irregulars attack Bijeljina. Barricades areERECTEDaround Banja Luka.6/4/1992 Serbs fire on peace demonstrators in Sarajevo. Suada Dilberovic and Olga Sucic become the first two victims of the war in Bosnia.6/4/1992 EC ministers decide to recognize Bosnia Herzegovina as an independent state.8/4/1992 Yugoslav air force launches attacks throughout Bosnia.30/4/1992 Bridges connecting Bosnia and Croatia at Brcko and Bosanski Samac are destroyed.2/5/1992 An EC peace monitor is killed near Mostar. For more on the peacekeeping efforts,click here.11/5/1992 ECWITHDRAWSambassadors from Belgrade in protest of the continuing siege of Sarajevo.27/5/1992 Sarajevo bread queue mortared by Serbs with heavy loss ofLIFE, harrowing TV pictures increase pressure for sanctions against Serbia.29/5/1992 Serb forces resume bombardment of Dubrovnik.30/5/1992 The UN imposes a comprehensive arms embargo on Serbia and Montenegro.8/6/1992 UN Security Council votes to reopen Sarajevo airport for relief flights.20/6/1992 Bosnia Herzegovina declares state of war and begins general mobilization.3/7/1992Sarajevo airliftbegins.UNHCRconfirms three millionPEOPLEforced from their homes in the first year of Yugoslav fighting.7/10/1992The UN security council voted unanimously on providing evidence for war trials during the Yugoslavian civil wars.1993Article: Peter Maas:Sarajevo: Terror in the Crosshairs23/2/1993 UN votes to setup war crimes tribunal for Yugoslavia to try 'persons responsible for serious violations of international humanitarian law in the territory of the former Yugoslavia since 1991.'30/7/1993 Bosnian factions agree to a cease fire after negotiations in Brussels.31/5/1993 UN Security Council authorized aircraft to enforce theno-fly zoneover Bosnia-Herzegovina, although they would not protectUN safe Havensand UN troops on the ground, and only attack ground targets in self-defense.199405/2/1994 Bosnia Serb shelling of Sarajevo marketplace in Sarajevo kills 67.A survivor's story and map of the Seize area.9/2/1994 The North Atlantic Council decided that heavy weapons not removed from a 20 mile exclusion zone around Sarajevo or turned over to UN control would be subject to NATO air attacks.28/2/1994 NATO downs four Serbian planes in Bosnian no-fly zone.11/4/1994 Serb position bombed by NATO aircraft (US F/A-18As) for second day running as the Serb forces advanced on the Muslim safe haven ofGorazde.26/4/1994 Serb forces complied with a NATO deadline to move their heavy weaponsAWAYfrom Gorazde. A UN convoy reached Gorazde after being blocked by the Serbs.26/7/1994 Bosnian Serbs demand closure of civil and commercial traffic route to Sarajevo by this date; UN complies closing the only route into Sarajevo for civilian and commercial traffic, leaving theCITYdependent on relief aid.19/11/1994 Serb warplanes bomb the Muslim-controlled Bihac enclave for the second time; UN deliberates on a response and grants NATO powers to attack Serb facilities in Croatia.25/11/1994 Bosnian Serb forces take control of a quarter of the UN Safe Haven aroundBihacby force.7/12/1994 Up to half the 1,200 UN troops in Bihac are withdrawn as a result of the Serb blockade on food and fuel to thepeacekeepers in Bihac.199515/3/1995 NATO studies plans for an armed force to evacuate UN troops from Bosnia-Herzegovina.28/5/1995 An emergency meeting of Parliament was also called after 33 British soldiers were taken ashostagesby the Serbs in Gorazde.31/5/1995 Serbs attack Gorazde, forcing 350 British and 100 Ukrainian peacekeeper to take cover as Serb and Bosnian Government troops battle for theCITY.8/6/1995 Britain and France decide to quit Bosnia unless the Serbs allow unimpeded movement for peacekeepers and UN convoys to UN safe areas.26/7/1995 The UN relinquishes authority for the use of air power in Bosnia-Herzegovina to the UN peacekeepers command, General Bernard Janvier.25/8/1995 Attack on the market hall in Sarajevo. 43 killed and many wounded.14/12/1995 Dayton peace accord is signed by Bosnian factions in Paris, France. The text of the accords is available at:The Dayton Peace Accords18/12/1995 UNPROFOR ends its mission, IFOR - Implementation Force - takes over.