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| 1999 | Milosevic, Slobodan Bombing of Yugoslavia |  |
| 24th Mar Kosovo NATO's bombing campaign lasted from March 24 to June 11, 1999, involving up to 1,000 aircraft operating mainly from bases in Italy and aircraft carriers stationed in the Adriatic |
| 24th Mar Kosovo On the ground, the ethnic cleansing campaign by the Serbians is stepped up and within a week of the war starting, over 300,000 Kosovo Albanians had fled into neighboring Albania and Macedonia, with many thousands more displaced within Kosovo |
| 24th Mar Kosovo Yugoslavia is bombed so Serbian troops would have to leave Kosovo and be replaced by international peacekeepers in order to ensure that the Albanian refugees could return to their homes |
| May Kosovo NATO aircraft attack an Albanian refugee convoy, believing it was a Yugoslav military convoy, killing around 50 people, NATO admits its mistake 5 days later, but the Serbs accused NATO of deliberately attacking the refugees |
| 7th May Belgrade NATO bombs hit the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade, killing three Chinese journalists and outraging Chinese public opinion |
| 1999 | Milosevic, Slobodan Independence of Kosovo | |
| 18th Mar Kosovo The Serbian assembly accepts the principle of autonomy for Kosovo |
| 1999 | Milosevic, Slobodan Rambouillet Accords | |
| 18th Mar Kosovo A force of 30,000 NATO troops to maintain order in Kosovo |
| 18th Mar Kosovo The Rambouillet Accords, the Serbian and Russian delegations refuse to sign, calls for the NATO administration of Kosovo as an autonomous province within Yugoslavia |
| 1999 | Milosevic, Slobodan Rule of Kosovo | |
| 18th Mar Kosovo The Rambouillet Accords, the Serbian and Russian delegations refuse to sign, calls for the NATO administration of Kosovo as an autonomous province within Yugoslavia |
| 18th Mar Kosovo The Serbian assembly accepts the principle of autonomy for Kosovo |
| 24th Mar Kosovo On the ground, the ethnic cleansing campaign by the Serbians is stepped up and within a week of the war starting, over 300,000 Kosovo Albanians had fled into neighboring Albania and Macedonia, with many thousands more displaced within Kosovo |
| 24th Mar Kosovo Yugoslavia is bombed so Serbian troops would have to leave Kosovo and be replaced by international peacekeepers in order to ensure that the Albanian refugees could return to their homes |
| April Kosovo The United Nations reports that 850,000 people-the vast majority of them Albanians-had fled their homes in Kosovo |
| 11th June Kosovo The war ends, leaving Kosovo in chaos and Yugoslavia as a whole facing an unknown future |
| 12th June Kosovo Milosevic accepts NATO conditions, KFOR enters Kosovo, a NATO force, which had been preparing to conduct combat operations but in the end its mission is only peacekeeping |
| 1999 | Milosevic, Slobodan Siege of Kosovo | |
| 3rd June Kosovo Announces intention to end the war in Kosovo |
| 9th June Kosovo Serb generals sign a military pact agreeing terms for withdrawal |
| 11th June Kosovo The war ends, leaving Kosovo in chaos and Yugoslavia as a whole facing an unknown future |
| 12th June Kosovo Milosevic accepts NATO conditions, KFOR enters Kosovo, a NATO force, which had been preparing to conduct combat operations but in the end its mission is only peacekeeping |
