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| 1945 | Birth |  |
| 19th June Petnjica Birth of Radovan Karadzic |
| 1960 | Education | |
| Sarajevo Karadzic moved to Sarajevo to pursue his studies in psychiatry at the Sarajevo University School of Medicine. |
| 1970 | Education | |
| N‘stved Studies neurotic disorders and depression at N‘stved Hospital in Denmark |
| 1985 | Trial | |
| Sentenced to three years in prison for embezzlement and fraud, as he had already spent over a year in detention, Karadzic never had to serve this sentence |
| 1989 | Serbian Democratic Party | |
| Co-founds the Serbian Democratic Party (Srpska Demokratska Stranka) in Bosnia and Herzegovina which aimed at gathering the Republic's Bosnian Serb community and joining Croatian Serbs in leading them in staying part of Yugoslavia |
| 1991 | Referendum | |
| The Bosnian Serbs hold a referendum which results in an overwhelming vote in favour of staying in a federal state with Serbia and Montenegro, as part of Yugoslavia |
| 1991 | Serb Assembly | |
| 24th Oct A separate Serb Assembly is founded in order to exclusively represent the Serbs in Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| 1991 | Serb Autonomous Provinces | |
| The leading Serb political party in Bosnia and Herzegovina, led by Radovan Karadzic, organizes the creation of "Serb autonomous provinces" (SAOs) within Bosnia and the establishment of an assembly to represent them |
| 1992 | Constitution | |
| 28th Feb The constitution of the Serb Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina is adopted and declared that the state's territory includes Serb autonomous regions, municipalities, and other Serbian ethnic entities in Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| 1992 | Independence | |
| 1st Mar A referendum on the independence of Bosnia and Herzegovina from Yugoslavia is held, many Serbs boycot the referendum while Bosniaks and Croats and pro-secession Serbs vote, 64% of eligible voters vote 98% in favor of independence |
| 6th April Bosnia is recognized by the UN as an independent state |
| 1992 | Lisbon Agreement | |
| All three sides sign up to the agreement; Izetbegovic for the Bosniaks, Radovan Karadzic for the Serbs and Mate Boban for the Croats |
| 1992 | Referendum | |
| 1st Mar A referendum on the independence of Bosnia and Herzegovina from Yugoslavia is held, many Serbs boycot the referendum while Bosniaks and Croats and pro-secession Serbs vote, 64% of eligible voters vote 98% in favor of independence |
| 1992 | Republic Serb People of Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
| 9th Jan The Bosnian Serb Assembly proclaims the Republic of the Serb people of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| 1992 | Rule of Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
| 1st Mar A referendum on the independence of Bosnia and Herzegovina from Yugoslavia is held, many Serbs boycot the referendum while Bosniaks and Croats and pro-secession Serbs vote, 64% of eligible voters vote 98% in favor of independence |
| 6th April Bosnia is recognized by the UN as an independent state |
| June Karadzic declares the independent Serbian Republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina, renamed Republika Srpska |
| 1992 | Serbian Republic of Bosnia Herzegovina | |
| 13th May Pale Assumes de jure powers, as described in the constitution of the Bosnian Serb administration, includes commanding the army of the Bosnian Serb administration in times of war and peace |
| 13th May Pale Karadzic becomes President of the Bosnian Serb administration in Pale after the breakup of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia |
| June Karadzic declares the independent Serbian Republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina, renamed Republika Srpska |
| 1992 | Siege of Sarajevo | |
| 5th April Sarajevo Fought during the Bosnian War between poorly equipped defending forces of the Bosnian government, who had declared independence from Yugoslavia, and the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) and Bosnian Serb forces (Army of Republika Srpska) (VRS) |
| 5th April Sarajevo It is estimated that of the more than 12,000 people who were killed and 50,000 who were wounded during the siege, 85% were civilians, because of killing and forced migration, by 1995 the population decreased to 334,663 - 64% of the prewar population |
| 5th April Sarajevo The Siege of Sarajevo becomes the longest siege in the history of modern warfare, conducted by the Serb forces of self-proclaimed Republika Srpska and Yugoslav People's Army, lasting from April 5, 1992 to February 29, 1996 |
| 1995 | Siege of Sarajevo | |
| Sarajevo A cease fire is reached in October 1995, and the Dayton Agreement is reached later that year bringing peace to the country |
| Sarajevo After the second Markale massacre, in which 37 people were killed and 90 were wounded, the international forces firmly turn against the besiegers |
| Sarajevo Fighting escalates, this time with the joint Bosnian and Croatian forces on the offensive, and the Serbs slowly lost more and more ground both in Sarajevo area and elsewhere, heating, electricity, and water would eventually come back to the city |
| Sarajevo Indicted by the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, 5 counts of crimes against humanity, 3 counts of violations of the laws of war, 1 count of grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions & unlawful transfer of civilians |
| Sarajevo When the Serb forces raid a UN-monitored weapons collection site, NATO jets attack Bosnian Serb ammunition depots and other strategic military targets |
| 1995 | Trial | |
| Sarajevo Indicted by the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, 5 counts of crimes against humanity, 3 counts of violations of the laws of war, 1 count of grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions & unlawful transfer of civilians |
| 1996 | ICTY | |
| A fugitive from 1996 until July 2008 after having been indicted for war crimes by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) |
| 1996 | Siege of Sarajevo | |
| 29th Feb Sarajevo The Bosnian government officially declares the siege of Sarajevo over, when Serbian forces left positions in and around Sarajevo, over 200,000 Serbian civilians and Sarajevo's citizens left Serbian suburbs |
| 1996 | Trial | |
| A fugitive from 1996 until July 2008 after having been indicted for war crimes by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) |
| 2008 | Trial | |
| 21st July Arrested and brought before Belgrade's War Crimes Court |
| 2008 | War Crimes Court | |
| 21st July Arrested and brought before Belgrade's War Crimes Court |
