History of Montenegro. Montenegro chronology

History of Montenegro

Montenegro Chronology

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Montenegro Chronology

Ancient Montenegro
500-600 AD	The Montenegrin Slavs came to the Balkans from the Baltic Sea. Their tribes were known as the Velet and Odobriti tribes. The Montenegrins were pagans, but they accepted Christianity from the Romans after a time of mutual agreement and neighbouring.
600-700 AD	The Serbs and the Croats also settled in the region which was later to become Montenegro and thus enriched the genetic fond of Montenegro people.

Medieval Montenegro
15th-18th Centuries	Under the rule of the Ottoman Empire, Montenegro had a significant level of autonomy.
1798	Montenegro was recognised as independent province by the Ottoman Empire.

19th and beginning of 20th Century
1910	Montenegro was admitted to be a kingdom.
1918	Following World War I, Montenegro was a part of the newly created Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.
1929	The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes was renamed to the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.

Post World Wars Montenegro
1945	Montenegro became one of the republics of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia under the dictatorship of Josip Broz Tito.
1980	Josip Broz Tito died and left the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ready for a structural change.
1991	Prime minister of Montenegro became Milo Djikanovic. Montenegro was thrilled about the idea of a union with Serbia, Slovenia, Macedonia, Croatia and Bosnia, and wanted to break away from such a union.
1992	Montenegro joined Serbia in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. At the same time increasing nationalist aspirations caused fierce conflict with both Croats and Bosnian Muslims. Therefore the UN sanctioned the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
1997	Milo Djukanovic was the new Montenegrin president after he defeated the other, pro-Milosevic candidate in the presidential elections.
1999	Milo Djukanovic denied that Montenegro was a part of the conflict over Kosovo after NATO started its vicious air strikes against the actions of the Serbian president Milosevic. The monetary unit of Montenegro is changed to adopt the German Mark.

21st Century Montenegro
2000	Montenegrin leadership was quite independence-minded after Milosevic was taken down by the pro-European reformers in Serbia's capital Belgrade.
2002 January	Montenegro adopted the Euro as its currency.
2002 March	Leaders of Yugoslavia, Montenegro and Serbia signed the EU proposed accord to create a new state which was to be called Serbia and Montenegro, which was supposed to replace Yugoslavia.
2002 April	Serbia and Montenegro disagreed on their opinions of the new union. This caused the government to crush.
2002 October	Milo Djukanovic won the general elections in Montenegro with the help of a coalition of parties. He gave up his post as president to become coalition premier.
2003 January	Serbia and Montenegro's parliaments approve of the constitutional charter to form a Union of Serbia and Montenegro.
2003 May	Filip Vujanovic became president of the united Serbia and Montenegro.
2004 May	Dusko Jovanovic, renowned journalist and critic of the Montenegrin government, was killed. His newspaper 'Dan' was seen as the main opposition against independence.
2005 February	Montenegrin leaders suggest to the Serbians replacing the Union of Serbia and Montenegro with two independent republics. Prime minister of Serbia Vojislav Kostunica refused to accept the offer.
2006 May	In Montenegro a referendum about the independence was held and 55 per cent of the voters say ‘yes’ to independence, the percentage is just over the required.
2006 June	Montenegro declared its independence and was followed by Serbia which declared itself an independent sovereign successor to the Union of Serbia and Montenegro. Montenegro became a member of the United Nations and was UN's 192nd member.
2006 August	Montenegro said it would depend on a small professional army as it let go of its compulsory military service.
2006 October	Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic declined his post and was replaced by Zeljko Sturanovic, Djukanovic’s ally from the Democratic Party of Socialists.
2006 December	Montenegro becomes a part of NATO's Partnership for Peace program.
2007 January	The IMF and the World Bank admit Montenegro as a member.
2007 March	Montenegro took its first little step towards European Union membership by starting to work for a stabilisation and association agreement.