Kingdom of Serbia

This article is about the specific polity Kingdom of Serbia and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

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Establishment

• March 1882: In 1882 Serbia was elevated to the status of kingdom.

Chronology

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1. Serbo-Bulgarian War

Was a war between the Kingdom of Serbia and the Principality of Bulgaria.

• November 1885: In 1885, during the Serbo-Bulgarian War, the Bulgarian Army, led by Knyaz Alexander I, successfully flanked the Serbian position in Pirot, forcing the Serbians to abandon the town. This military occupation of Pirot by Bulgaria was a significant event in the conflict between the two neighboring countries.
• March 1886: According to the terms of a peace treaty signed in Bucharest, no changes were made to the Bulgarian-Serbian border (status quo ante bellum).

2. Balkan Wars

Were two wars fought in southeastern Europe in 1912-1913 during which the states of the Balkan League (Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro and Serbia) first conquered Macedonia and much of Thrace from the Ottomans and then clashed with each other over the division of the conquered lands.

2.1. Second Balkan War

Was a war fought by Bulgary against a coalition of Balkan states. During the First Balkan War the Balkan League had conquered most of the Ottoman Balkan territories. Bulgaria was dissatisfied by the territorial partition and invaded its former allies.

2.1.1. Treaty of Bucarest

Was the treaty that ended the Second Balkan War.

• August 1913: The eastern frontier of Serbia was drawn from the top of Patarika and followed the watershed between the Vardar and Struma rivers to the Greek-Bulgarian border, except for the Strumica valley which remained in Bulgaria.
• August 1913: After the First Balkan War of 1912, territories of Kosovo and north-western Macedonia were internationally recognised as a part of Serbia and northern Metohija as a part of Montenegro at the Treaty of London of May 1913. The final borders were ratified at the Treaty of Bucharest of 1913.

3. World War I

Was a global conflict between two coalitions, the Allies (primarily France, the United Kingdom, Russia, Italy, Japan, and the United States) and the Central Powers (led by Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire). It was mainly caused by the competition of the western countries over domain in Europe and in the rest of the world with their colonial empires. The war ended with the defeat of the Central Powers. The war also caused the Russian Revolution and the ensuing Russian Civil War.

3.1. World War I Balkan Theatre

Was the theatre of war in the Balkan Peninsula during World War I.

3.1.1. Albania during World War I

Albanian theatre of World War I.

3.1.1.1. Collapse of Albania

Invasion of Albania by the central powers during World War I.

3.1.2. Serbia during World War I

Serbian theatre of World War I.

3.1.2.1. Invasion of Serbia

Invasion of Serbia by the Central Powers during World War I.

3.1.3. Liberation of the Balkan States

Was the liberation of the Balkan states from the Central Powers during World War I.

• September 1918: Serbian and French forces liberated Skopje.
• October 1918: Vranje was liberated on 5 October.
• October 1918: The 2nd Serbian Army under Stepa Stepanovic, with French forces, advanced northwest towards Kosovo. Pristina was liberated by the 11th French Colonial Division on 10 October.
• October 1918: Niš conquered by Kingdom of Serbia.
• October 1918: Peć conquered by Kingdom of Serbia.
• November 1918: Belgrade conquered by Kingdom of Serbia.
• November 1918: The Serbian army reached the border with Bosnia-Hercegovina at Dobor Pole.

3.2. Aftermath of World War I

Were a series of treaties and military events that can be considered a direct consequence of World War I.

• November 1918: The short history of the Banat Republic ended on November 15, 1918 with the invasion of Serbian troops, who took over the administration.

3.2.1. Aftermath of World War I in Yugoslavia

Events that happened shortly after the end of World War I in Yugoslavia.

• November 1918: The Kingdom of Serbia absorbed the Kingdom of Montenegro at the Podgorica Assembly.
• December 1918: Serbia united with the newly created State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs to form a new southern Slav state, the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.

Disestablishment

• September 1918: Serbian and French forces liberated Skopje.
• October 1918: Vranje was liberated on 5 October.
• October 1918: The 2nd Serbian Army under Stepa Stepanovic, with French forces, advanced northwest towards Kosovo. Pristina was liberated by the 11th French Colonial Division on 10 October.
• October 1918: Niš conquered by Kingdom of Serbia.
• October 1918: Peć conquered by Kingdom of Serbia.
• November 1918: Belgrade conquered by Kingdom of Serbia.
• November 1918: The Serbian army reached the border with Bosnia-Hercegovina at Dobor Pole.
• November 1918: The short history of the Banat Republic ended on November 15, 1918 with the invasion of Serbian troops, who took over the administration.
• November 1918: The Kingdom of Serbia absorbed the Kingdom of Montenegro at the Podgorica Assembly.
• December 1918: Serbia united with the newly created State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs to form a new southern Slav state, the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.

Selected Sources

• Cook, C. / Stevenson, J. (2006): The Routledge Companion to World History since 1914, Routledge, p.4