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

prehistory

  • 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.

Roman History

  • 630: - Slavs came to the territories of roughly modern-day Kosovo in the 6th-7th centuries, with the largest waves coming in the 630s.

1300-1399

  • 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).
  • 1306 Shen Premte / Bogorodica Ljeviska / The Church of Our Lady of Ljeviš in Prizren (built in about 1306/07)
  • 1330 the 14th century St Saviour Church Built around 1330
  • 1331 St. Nicholas Church - is located in the center of Prizren, and was built in 1331.
  • 1345 end of the capitol of prizren(1300-1345) Capitals_of_Serbia
  • 1346 creation of the Serbian_Empire
  • 1347 Holy Archangels Monastery built
  • 1352 the Ottoman Turks conducted their first incursion into Thrace subduing it completely within a matter of two decades and occupying it for five centuries. Thrace
  • 1353 the Osmans defeated the Serbs at Didymonteichos, and Kantakuzenos appointed his son Matthaios co-regent.
  • 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.
  • 1355 Then Stephan Dusan died in 1355, and with him died the hopes of saving Europe from the yoke of Islam.
  • 1360 PrizrenThe city became a part of the domain of the House of Mrnjavčević under Serbian King Vukašin in the 1360s.
  • 1371 Lazar Hrebeljanovic, Prince (1371 - 1389), assumes royal name Stefan Pomoravlje (river Morava basin)
  • 1371 Vuk Brankovic (ca. 1371 - 1397) Kosovo
  • 1371 Church World Week Црква Свет Недељ
  • 1371 Dissolution of the House_of_Nemanjić
  • 1371 Dissolution of the Serbian_Empire
  • 1371 Following the Battle of Marica in 1371, and the deaths of Volkashin and Uglesha, the Ohrid Archbishopric began to lose its gains.
  • 1371 When the Serbian Empire fragmented into a conglomeration of principalities in 1371, Kosovo became the hereditary land of the House of Branković. Kosovo
  • 1371 Battle_of_Maritsa September 26, 1371
  • 1372 : Prizren The House of Branković under Vuk Branković then became the City's owners, under vassalage to the House of Lazarević that managed to reunite the former Serb Lands. Lazarevićs' founder, hero Prince Lazar was educated in Prizren. The dynasty would switch allegiances to the Ottoman Empire before returning under the Serbian Despot Stefan Lazarević, son of Lazar.
  • 1372 Balšić took Prizren
  • 1372 With the final disintegration of the Serbian Empire, Zeta's ruler Đurađ I of the House of Balšić dynasty took the City with the surroundings in 1372. Zeta_(state)
  • 1375 In 1375 the Serb Patriarch was forced to send a delegation to Constantinopole to appeal for the lifting of the schism from the Serbian Orthodox Patriarchy that was established during the time of Dushan. In the last decade of the fourteenth century, Macedonia was already under Ottoman rule,
  • 1387 The important city of Thessaloniki was captured from the Venetians in 1387
  • 1389 Stefan Lazarevic, Prince (1389 - 1402), assumes title Despot Pomoravlje (river Morava basin)
  • 1389 The Ottoman Turks defeated the Serbian Empire (Yugoslavia) at the battle of Kosovo where Serbian independence is lost for the next five hundred years. The Slavs of Bosnia-Herzegovina (Yugoslavia) are slowly converted to Islam (Muslim) during this period.
  • 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.
  • 1389 Albanian ruler of Durrës invites Ottoman forces to intervene against a rival.
  • 1389 Battle of Kosovo, Ottoman forces defeated a coalition of Serbs, Albanians, and Bosnians led by the Prince Lazar Hrebeljanović. Soon after parts of Serbia accepted Turkish vassalage and Lazar's daughter was married to the Sultan to seal peace. Kosovo
  • 1389 Having this in mind as well as the constant danger from the Turks, Djuradj II Balsic maintained good family ties with Serbian rulers of the time, Prince Lazar Hrebeljanovic. His mother, Milica Mrnjavcevic, was a sister of Prince Vukasin of Serbia, and he married Jelena who was a daughter of Prince Lazar of Serbia. In order to help Prince Lazar to defend his state from Turkish invasion, Djuradj II sent his troops with Ban Tvrtko's forces (with whom he had a dispute over Kotor) to meet the Turkish army at Kosovo Polje. Despite Sultan Murat death, the orthodox coalition suffered a defeat in the epic Battle of Kosovo (1389).
  • 1389 Stefan became Prince in 1389,Stefan_Lazarević
  • 1389 Battle_of_Kosovo June 28 , 1389
  • 1389 in a bloody battle at Kosovo polje on June 15, 1389, Prince Lazar, the Turkish Sultan Murad, and thousands of warriors on both sides were killed. In later historical tradition, this battle would be remembered as the decisive defeat of the Serbs, the end of the Serbian state.
  • 1389 the Turkish victory at the Battle of Kosovo in 1389 effectively marked the end of Serbian power in the region, paving the way for Ottoman expansion into Europe.
  • 1392 Vuk Brankovic, unjustly remembered in epic tradition as a traitor who slipped away from the battle field, resisted them until 1392, when he was forced to become their vassal. The Turks took Brankovic's lands and gave them to a more loyal vassal, Prince Stefan Lazarevic, son of Prince Lazar thereby creating a rift between their heirs
  • 1394 and participated as an Ottoman vassal in the Battle of Karanovasa in 1394, Stefan_Lazarević
  • 1395, the Battle of Rovine in 1395,Stefan_Lazarević
  • 1396 The Battle of Nicopolis in 1396, widely regarded as the last large-scale crusade of the Middle Ages, failed to stop the advance of the victorious Ottomans.
  • 1396 the Battle of Nicopolis in 1396, Stefan_Lazarević
  • 1397 Widow Mara Brankovic with sons (1397 - 1412) Kosovo
  • 1397 The Turks quickly recovered and imposed their own rule over Lazar's successors, and after 1392 over Vuk Brankovic, who had become a leading figure until the Turks overthrew him and imprisoned him in .

1400-1499

  • 1402 Stefan Lazarevic (1402 - 1427) Despots of restored Serbia
  • 1402 Stefan Lazarevic, Prince (1389 - 1402), assumes title Despot Pomoravlje (river Morava basin) END
  • 1402 Battle of Ankara in 1402 Battle_of_Ankara
  • 1402 He became the Despot of Serbia in 1402 after the Ottoman state temporarily collapsed following Timur's invasion of Anatolia with the Battle of Ankara, and in Stefan_Lazarević
  • 1402 In the feud between Turkish vassal Djuradj Brankovic and his uncle Stevan Lazarevic (son of Prince Lazar) who later received the title of Byzantine despot, Djuradj II sided with Stevan. Due to Djuradj's support, Stevan defeated Turkish forces led by Djuradj Brankovic in the battle of Gracanica on Kosovo field (21 June 1402) (J. Jovanovic, Stvaranje Crnogorske Drzave i Razvoj Crnogorske Nacionalnosti, Obod, Cetinje 1947, p. 36).
  • 1402 Part of the Ottoman territories in the Balkans (such as Thessaloniki, Macedonia and Kosovo) were temporarily lost after 1402.
  • 1402 Tamerlane invaded Anatolia with the Battle of Ankara in 1402,
  • 1402 and in the Battle of Ankara in 1402.Stefan_Lazarević
  • 1402 when chaos reigned in the Ottoman Empire following the defeat of Sultan Bayezid I in 1402 by the Mongol warlord Timur (Tamerlane). Although Mehmed Çelebi was confirmed as sultan by Tamerlane, his brothers refused to recognize his authority. Ottoman_Interregnum The capture of Bayezid I threw the Turks into disorder. The state fell into a civil war which lasted from 1402 to 1413, as Bayezid's sons fought over succession. It ended when Mehmed I emerged as the sultan and restored Ottoman power, bringing an end to the Interregnum. Ottoman_Empire
  • 1403 proclaimed Belgrade his capital. He built a fortress with a citadel which was destroyed during the Great Turkish War in 1690; only the Despot Stefan Tower remains today. Stefan_Lazarević
  • 1404 Stefan Tvrtko II Tvrtkovic Bosnian rule
  • 1406 Gjergj Kastrioti Skanderbeg (6 May 1405 – 17 January 1468) was born Skanderbeg
  • 1406 Stefan defeated and killed his brother-in-law Bayezid I's son Musa during the Battle of Despotovac in 1406. After the battle, Serbia had peace with the Ottomans for a long time. Stefan_Lazarević
  • 1408, After John's death in 1408, the Emperor Manuel II Palaeologus gave Thessalonica under the rule of his son Despot Andronicus who was ailing and weakling and could do nothing to strenghten the main city in Macedonia - second of importance in all the empire.
  • 1408, Ohrid as well. The Ottomans did not encroach upon the authocephality of the Ohrid Archbishopric. In their conquests, they showed tolerance towards the Christian faith
  • 1409 Stefan Ostoja (1409 - 1418), second reign
  • 1409 Stefan Tvrtko II Tvrtkovic Stephen Ostoja (restored) (1409–1418) House_of_Kotromanić
  • 1410 Lekë Dukagjini (1410–81) was born Lekë_Dukagjini
  • 1412 After the battle of Angora in 1402, Prince Stefan took advantage of the chaos in the Ottoman state. In Constantinople he received the title of despot, and upon returning home, having defeated Brankovic's relatives he took control over the lands of his father. Despite frequent internal conflicts and his vassal obligations to the Turks and Hungarians, despot Stefan revived and economically consolidated the Serbian state, the center of which was gradually moving northward. Under his rule Novo Brdo in Kosovo became the economic center of Serbia where in he issued a Law of Mines in 1412
  • 1412 Widow Mara Brankovic with sons (1397 - 1412) Kosovo END
  • 1412 Mosque of Suziut # 1412 -1413
  • 1412 Name is Suziut Rennovated in 1995 Built in (1412/1413) Questionable if this is corrent.
  • 1412 Stefan_Lazarević Under his rule, he issued a Code of Mines in 1412 in Novo Brdo, the economic center of Serbia. In his legacy, Resava-Manasija monastery (Pomoravlje District), he organized the Resava School, a center for correcting, translating, and transcribing books.
  • 1413 After the Ottoman Interregnum, when Mehmed stood as victor in 1413, he crowned himself sultan in Edirne.
  • 1413 The Interregnum lasted until 1413, when Mehmed Çelebi emerged as victor in the strife, crowned himself sultan, and restored the empire. Ottoman_Interregnum
  • 1415 possible submission of kastriot of albania
  • 1415, Wallachia accepted the suzerainty of the Ottoman Empire; this lasted until the 19th century, albeit with brief periods of Russian occupation between 1768 and 1854 Walachia
  • 1417, Ottoman forces captured Vlora and then Gjirokastra. But their grip on the country was weak, and Albania had not yet given up
  • 1418 Stephen Ostojić (1418–1421) House_of_Kotromanić
  • 1421 Stefan Ostojic (1418 - 1421) END
  • 1421 Tvrtko II (restored) (1421–1443) House_of_Kotromanić BEGIN
  • 1422 the new Turkish sultan Murad II laid a long and heavy siege to Thessalonica which at the end left its inhabitants without any hope for salvation. Next summer Despot Andronicus and the municipality of Thessalonica decided to commit the government of the town to the Venitians hoping that they Would help against the merciless foes. But the Venitians too acted inconsistently and hesitatingly - they could neither defense the town effectively nor rule it properly and gradually they antagonized the inhabitants of Thessalonica.
  • 1422, began the Siege of Thessalonika and Constantinople. Byzantine-Ottoman_wars Siege of Thessalonica (1422–1430) Siege_of_Thessalonika_(1422)
  • 1427 Djuradj Brankovic (1427 - 1456) Despots of restored Serbia
  • 1427 Stefan_LazarevićStefan Lazarević died suddenly in 1427, leaving the throne to his nephew Đurađ Branković.
  • 1430 but were later recovered by Murad II between the 1430s and 1450s.
  • 1430 the sultan's troops who had laid a passive siege till now started a direct assault against the town to capture it. Three days later Thessalonica was taken by the Turks and thus the whole Macedonia was conquered.
  • 1439 the Ottomans captured Smederevo, the Branković's capital. Đurađ_Branković
  • 1443 Tvrtko II (restored) (1421–1443) House_of_Kotromanić END
  • 1443, the Ottoman army was defeated, at the Serbian town of Niš, by a crusade under a multi-national leadership which included the Hungarian hero János Hunyadi. At this point Skanderbeg, an Albanian nobleman who had been trained as a soldier in the Ottoman army, raised a rebellion from his family seat at Kruja.
  • 1444 Battle_of_Varna 1444
  • 1448 Battle_of_Kosovo_(1448)
  • 1453 Fall of Constantinople in 1453.
  • 1455 Kërëk Mosque 1455 Kërëk Xhamia 1455
  • 1455 Mosque of Xhumasë # 1455
  • 1455 The Holy Archangels church, however, due to its ill-fated destiny, was destroyed when Prizren fell under Turkish domination in 1455
  • 1455 The Ottomans occupied Prizren on June 21, 1455, and that is when the oriental urban development of Prizren began
  • 1455 Kosovo was part of the Ottoman Empire from 1455 to 1912, at first as part of the eyalet of Rumelia, and from 1864 as a separate province (vilayet).
  • 1455, it was finally and fully conquered by the Ottoman Empire. Kosovo
  • 1456 Lazar Brankovic (1456 - 1458) Despots of restored Serbia
  • 1456 Siege of Belgrade, 1456
  • 1458 Stefan Brankovic and Helen Palaiologos, Regency (1458 - 1459) Despots of restored Serbia
  • 1459 Stefan Tomasevic (1459) Despots of restored Serbia
  • 1459 Serbia proper was annexed by the Ottoman Empire in 1459. List_of_Serbian_rulers
  • 1459 Serbia was beaten by the Turks, Serbs#History
  • 1471 a dependent Serbian state was established by the Hungarians mostly on the territory of Vojvodina and Syrmia.List_of_Serbian_rulers
  • 1496 the small Serbian territories of Bosnia and Montenegro were lost by 1496 Serbs#History

1500-1599

1600-1699

1700-1799

1800-1899

1900-1999

2000-Present

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