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The Timeline of Kosovo History is the chronological history of Kosovo.

1300 BC: A supposed prehistoric Illyrian invasion of the Balkans, which involves a great movement of Illyrian tribes from the lowlands of central Europe (modern Hungary), towards southeastern Europe and the Balkan peninsula is estimated to have occurred around the 13th century BC
600 BC: the Dardani developed a class society .
160 BC: Illyria was conquered by Rome.
1189: - Holy Roman Emperor Friedrich Barbarossa and his 100,000 men army are hosted by the Grand Prince Stefan Nemanja in Niš, during the Third Crusade. Their alliance would give the Serbian Grand Prince enough time to take Kosovo and Northern Macedonia from the Greeks.

1217: King Stefan the First-Crowned's brother, Prince Rastko Nemanjić (Saint Sava), establishes an autocephalous Serbian Orthodox Church with the support of the Patriarch of Constantinople, putting an end to religious divisions among Serbs. Kosovo becomes the spiritual, cultural and political core of the Serbian realm. Stefan Nemanja becomes another patron saint of the SOC, known as Saint Simeon.
1912: The Balkan Wars, Serbia gains control of Kosovo from the Turks, recognised by 1913 Treaty of London.
10 June 1999: The Kosovo War comes to an End and Kosovo becomes a UN governed province by UNMIK under UNSC Resolution 1244.
17 February 2008: Kosovo declares Independence from Serbia.

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