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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.

1342 - Stefan Dušan crowns himself the Emperor of Serbs and Greeks in Skopje. The Serbian Empire portrays itself as the heir of the crumbling Byzantine Empire. The Serbian Orthodox Church becomes the Serbo-Greek Imperial Patriarchate, its spiritual capital being in Kosovo (Patriarchate of Peć).

1355 - Czar Stefan Dušan The Great dies of poisoning, following clashes with Hungarians and invading Turks. Stefan Uroš V of Serbia assumes the throne of Serbian Empire, triggering dynastic clashes among Serbian nobility. Simeon Uroš declares himself the Emperor in Thessaly, Balšići took over Montenegro, Mrnjavčevići - Macedonia, Lazarevići - Moravian Serbia, Brankovići - Kosovo, etc.

1389 - Kosovo field - A 40,000 strong Serbian army led by Prince Lazar Hrebeljanović of Rascia, Vlatko Vuković of Bosnia, Miloš Obilić and most other prominent nobles faced the better equipped and trained Ottoman army in Battle of Kosovo. Casualties on both sides were extremely high - both leaders died in the battle (Serbian Lazar Hrebeljanović and Ottoman sultan Murad I), and most of the Serbian aristocracy became extinct. Most of the Empire was now in Ottoman hands, save for the Serbian Despotate, Montenegro and Bosnia, which soon followed.

1908 - The Young Turk Revolution starts within the Ottoman Empire. As Bulgaria proclaims independence, Serbia starts looking toward Kosovo and Macedonia in the south, having to accept the Bosnian occupation.

1912 - Albania proclaims independence from the Ottoman Empire, and are approved in the Treaty of London, forcing Serbo-Montenegrin troops to withdraw from the country.

1912: The Balkan Wars, Serbia gains control of Kosovo from the Turks, recognised by 1913 Treaty of London.

1914 - The Battle of Cer marks the First Allied Victory in the War, as the Serbian First Army under field marshal Stepa Stepanović pushes the Austro-Hungarian Army across the Drina and Sava rivers, expelling them from the Kingdom of Serbia. Serbia suffers 16,000 casualties, compared to 30,000 Austro-Hungarian casualties in this part of the Serbian Campaign.

10 June 1999: The Kosovo War comes to an End and Kosovo becomes a UN governed province by UNMIK under UNSC Resolution 1244.

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