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Multiple timeline of Kosovo
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- The Republic of Kosovo (Republika e Kosovës / Република Косово-Republika Kosovo) is a limited recognized republic, considered by Serbia as its Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija, with a parliament, the Assembly of Kosovo, elected in free multi-party elections, a president elected by the parliament and a government responsible to the parliament.
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Roman Republic
- 168 BC: Present-day Kosovo, populated by Illyrian tribes, is annexed to the Roman Empire.
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Roman Empire
- 27 BC: Gaius Octavianus becomes sole ruler of Rome and as Augustus the first emperor.
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Huns
- 441: The region is conquered by the Huns
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Kingdom of the Ostrogoths
- 454: The Huns are defeated at Nedao and withdraw from the region. The region is conquered by the Ostrogoths.
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Kingdom of the Goths and the Romans
- 493: King Theodericus defeats Odoacer and conquers Italy, making it the centre of its kingdom.
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Roman Empire
- 527: The region is reabsorbed into the Roman Empire.
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Principality of Bulgaria
- 839: The region is conquered by Bulgaria.
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Roman Empire
- 1018: The region is reabsorbed into the Roman Empire.
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Grand Principality of Rascia
- 1180/1216: Kosovo becomes part of Rascia.
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Kingdom of Serbia
- 1217: Rascia is continued by Serbia.
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Empire of the Serbs and Greeks
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Branković Land
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Serbian Despotate
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Subleme Ottoman Empire
- 1455: Kosovo becomes part of the Ottoman Empire. Kosovo is populated mainly by Serbs, but during the Ottoman period Albanians become the mayority.
- 1878: Albanians in Kosovo form the League of Prizren, an organization that strives after unifications of the Albanians inside the Ottoman Empire in a Albanian entity.
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Kingdom of Serbia
- 1913: After the Ottomans' defeat in the First Balkan War, Western Kosovo is ceded to Montenegro and Eastern Kosovo is ceded to Serbia.
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Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
- 1918: Serbia becomes part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes , a.ka. Yugoslavia.
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Kingdom of Yugoslavia
- 1929: Yugoslavia is renamed.
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Albanian Kingdom
- 1941: Kosovo is annexed to Italian Albania.
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- 1943: Albania becomes a German puppet state.
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Kingdom of Yugoslavia
- 1944: Kosovo is reincorporated into Yugoslavia.
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Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia
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Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
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Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
- 1991: After its declaration of independence, Yugoslavia attacks Slovenia. Also Croatia declares independence. Albanian members of the provincial parliament of Kosovo declare a republic and secede unilateraly from Yugoslavia. Serbia dissolves the parliament and government of Kosovo. In a referendum with an high turnout, but boycotted by Serbs living in the region, over 99% of voters vote in favour of independence.
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Republic of Kosovo
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- ^ The name Byzantine Empire for the (Eastern) Roman Empire since 395 is used by historicans afterwards, but that was never a contemporary name.