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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.

Roman Republic 168 BC: Present-day Kosovo, populated by Illyrian tribes, is annexed to the Roman Empire. Roman Empire 27 BC: Gaius Octavianus becomes sole ruler of Rome and as Augustus the first emperor. 395: After the death of Theodosius I of the Theodosian dynasty, the Roman Empire is partitioned in the (Eastern) Roman Empire, also rendered as Byzantine Empire, a Greek dominated empire, and the (Western) Roman Empire. The region becomes part of the Eastern part of the Empire. Huns 441: The region is conquered by the Huns Kingdom of the Ostrogoths 454: The Huns are defeated at Nedao and withdraw from the region. The region is conquered by the Ostrogoths. Kingdom of the Goths and the Romans 493: King Theodericus defeats Odoacer and conquers Italy, making it the centre of its kingdom. Roman Empire 527: The region is reabsorbed into the Roman Empire. Principality of Bulgaria 839: The region is conquered by Bulgaria. Roman Empire 1018: The region is reabsorbed into the Roman Empire. Grand Principality of Rascia 1180/1216: Kosovo becomes part of Rascia. Kingdom of Serbia 1217: Rascia is continued by Serbia. Empire of the Serbs and Greeks 1346: King Stefan Dušan becomes emperor of Serbia. Branković Land 1371: Kosovo is controlled by Vuk Branković, who creates his own semi-independent country. 1389: After a war of eight years, the Ottoman Empire, led by sultan Murat, has a strategic victory at Kosovo over the Serbian army of prince Lazar Hrebeljanović. Serbian Despotate 1412: Despote Stefan Lazarević annexes the Branković Land. 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. 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. Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes 1918: Serbia becomes part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes , a.ka. Yugoslavia. Kingdom of Yugoslavia 1929: Yugoslavia is renamed. Albanian Kingdom 1941: Kosovo is annexed to Italian Albania. 1943: Albania becomes a German puppet state. Kingdom of Yugoslavia 1944: Kosovo is reincorporated into Yugoslavia. Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia 1945: Serbia becomes one of the constituent republics of Yugoslavia. 1946: Kosovo becomes inside the Yugoslav republic of Serbia an autonomous district as the Autonomous District of Kosovo and Metohija. Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1963: Kosovo gets more autonomy as the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija. 1974: Kosovo is renamed into Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo. 1990: Kosovo is renamed into Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija. 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. Republic of Kosovo 1992: The former members of parliament declare an independent republic. The Kosovo government organizes parallel structures. The government is responsible to the Assembly of Kosovo. 1996: The Kosovo Liberation Army (UÇK) starts the Kosovo War against Serbia. 1999: The Kosovo Force (KFOR) of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization sanctioned by the United Nations enters Kosovo. The armed struggle ends with the Kumanovo Agreement between Serbia and the NATO. It leads to the de facto independence of Kosovo The United Nations establish the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). 2001: The administration establishes provisional institutions of self-government, a parliament elected in free multi-party elections on a universal suffrage, with seats reserved for ethnic minorities as well as a president elected by this parliament. The government is responsible to the parliament. 2004: Violent unrest against ethnic Serbs in Nothern Kosovo takes place. 2008: The parliament of Kosovo declares the independence of Kosovo, which is broadly but not general recognized. Serbia considers it still as the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija. 2011–2013: Civil unrest between ethnic Serbs and the Kosovar governments takes place. The unrest ends with the Brussels Agreement.