1995
21 November	BiH, Croatia and FRY successfully conclude peace negotiations in Dayton, Ohio
8-9 December	Peace Implementation Conference in London; the Peace Implementation Council ( PIC) and its Steering Board are established
12 December	Implementation Force (IFOR) begins deployment in Bosnia and Herzegovina
14 December	Dayton Peace Agreement is signed in Paris
18 December	First meeting of PIC Steering Board
20-21 December	First EU/World Bank Donors’ Conference for BiH in Brussels launches the $5.1 billion Priority Reconstruction Program. An initial $600 million is pledged

1996
January	First High Representative, Carl Bildt, and his German Deputy Michael Steiner arrive in Sarajevo; the Sarajevo OHR Office is established
9 January	The humanitarian airlift to Sarajevo, the longest airlift ever, ends
3 Feb-19 March	Transfer from one Entity to the other of areas specified in the DPA, notably around Sarajevo
13 April	Second EU/World Bank Donors’ Conference for BiH in Brussels, boycotted by the RS. Pledges made: $ 1.3 billion
7 May	First international war crimes trial since Nuremberg and Tokyo begins at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague; the defendant is Dusan Tadic, a Bosnian Serb prison camp guard. In January 2000, after completion of the appeals process, he is sentenced to 20 years imprisonment
13-14 June	PIC Conference in Florence
19 July	Radovan Karadzic resigns from public and party offices
31 August	Formal deadline for dissolution of “Herceg-Bosna”
7 September	OBN (Open Broadcast Network), BiH's first independent, cross-entity TV network, goes on air
14 September	General elections in BiH. Alija Izetbegovic (SDA), Momcilo Krajisnik (SDS) and Kresimir Zubak (HDZ) are elected to the BiH Presidency; Biljana Plavsic (SDS) is elected President of the RS
20 December	IFOR officially hands over its duties to the Stabilisation Forces (SFOR)

1997
14 February	Roberts Owen declares interim international supervision of the Brcko area for not less than one year
7 March	US Ambassador Bill Farrand is named international Supervisor for Brcko
13 April	First ever visit to Sarajevo by Pope John Paul II
23 May	First working session of the BiH Constitutional Court
30 May	PIC Steering Board meets at the ministerial level in Sintra, Portugal; the High Representative is directed to suspend media that violate the DPA
1 June	US Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright pays her first visit to BiH
1 June	The Standing Committee on Military Matters, the last of the remaining common institutions to be set up, is established
18 June	Carlos Westendorp arrives in Sarajevo to take over from Carl Bildt as High Representative in BiH
30 June	War-crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic is discovered to have registered to vote. As a result the Provisional Election Commission amends its Rules and Regulations disallowing such persons to vote
3 July	RS President Biljana Plavsic dissolves the RSNA and calls for new RS parliamentary elections, sparking a power struggle in the RS
10 July	SFOR detain Milan Kovacevic, an indicted war criminal, in Prijedor. Simo Drljaca is killed when he opens fire on SFOR
15 July	Slobodan Milosevic elected as FRY President
23-24 July	Third EU/World Bank Donors’ Conference in Brussels. Pledges made: $1.24 billion
11 August	BiH Constitutional Court is set up The Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina officially commences operations
28 August	OSCE confirms that more than 2.5 million people have registered to vote in the municipal elections in BiH on 13 and 14 September
5 September	Creation of BiH Department of Civil Aviation
13-14 September	Municipal elections in BiH
On 17 September 1997, five members of the OHR - Senior Deputy High Representative Gerd Wagner, Charles Morpeth, Leah Melnick, Thomas Reinhardt and Juergen Schauf - and seven members of UNMIBH lost their lives in a helicopter crash near Fojnica in central Bosnia. On the first anniversary in 1998, a memorial monument was erected near the crash site
19 September	BiH Presidency session, Lukavica - adoption of the Decision on 30 appointments for ambassadors. Additional consultations would be held for three further appointments
19 September	The European Commission opens a number of inter-Entity telephone lines for local subscribers
26 September	Border crossing points connecting BiH and Croatia at Gradiska, Samac, Dubica and Brod opened
1 October	SFOR takes control of Serb Radio-Television (SRT) transmitters in the RS; Banja Luka becomes SRT main office, SRT restructuring begins
6 October	Ten Bosnian Croats indicted for war crimes surrender to the International Criminal Tribunal in The Hague
21 October	Opposition leader Milo Djukanovic wins elections in Montenegro.
18 November	Banja Luka airport reopens for commercial air traffic
22-23 November	Early National Assembly elections in the RS; SDS/ SRS lose majority
9-10 December	PIC Conference in Bonn; the High Representative is asked to dismiss obstructive public officials and impose legislation if BiH’s legislative bodies fail do so
22 December	President Clinton visits Sarajevo and meets US troops in Tuzla

1998
17 January	Milorad Dodik is elected new RS Prime Minister by the RS National Assembly
17 January	The International Commission for Missing Persons, chaired by US Senator Bob Dole, visits Sarajevo
31 January	RS Parliament session in Banja Luka – new RS government sworn in and the Parliament votes to move the seat of the government from Pale to Banja Luka
2 February	Launch of neutral car license plates in BiH
3 February	Sarajevo Conference: adoption of the Sarajevo Declaration, which promotes minority return to Sarajevo and calls for Sarajevo to become a model of multi-ethnic tolerance
6 February	New flag of BiH raised outside the UN Headquarters in New York
6 April	Agreement on the establishment of the public BiH Railway Corporation signed
20 April	Exhumations of mass graves near Srebrenica start
7-8 May	Fourth Donors’ Conference for BiH in Brussels. Pledges made: $1.24 billion
11 June	Independent Media Commission (IMC) established. The IMC regulates both technical and editorial aspects of electronic broadcasting in BiH
7 July	Opening of Mostar Airport
22 July	Privatisation framework of Enterprises and Banks in BiH introduced
27 July	Start of regular passenger service on the Sarajevo-Capljina train route
9 September	Agreement between BiH and Republic of Croatia on the use of Ploce Harbour initialed
12-13 September	General elections in BiH. Alija Izetbegovic (SDA), Ante Jelavic (HDZ) and Zivko Radisic (SPRS) elected to the BiH Presidency; Nikola Poplasen (SRS) elected RS President
18 November	Two Commissions for Missing Persons from the Federation, for the first time, jointly exhume a mass grave, in Modrica
2 December	General Radoslav Krstic detained by SFOR

1999
19 February	Command of the Armed Forces in BiH transferred to the BiH Presidency
5 March	HR removes Nikola Poplasen from the office of RS President
5 March	Brcko Arbitration Tribunal announces Final Arbitration Award: the pre-war municipality of Brcko is given the status of a district to be held by the two Entities as a condominium, and administered by independent district authorities
15 March	Regular bus lines from Sarajevo to Brcko and Bijeljina opened.
16 March	Federation Deputy Minister of Interior Jozo Leutar fatally wounded in a car bomb blast in Sarajevo
24 March	NATO begins air strikes against military targets in the FRY.
20-21 May	Fifth Donors' Conference for BiH in Brussels. Pledges made: $1.05 billion
27 May	The ICTY Tribunal in the Hague indicts Slobodan Milosevic for murder, persecution and deportation in Kosovo
7 June	Inaugural session of the Municipal Assembly in Srebrenica following the 1997 municipal elections is finally held after OSCE-brokered agreement
6 August	Opening ceremony of Dubrovnik-Trebinje border crossing
9 August	Bosnian Croat war-crimes suspect Vinko Martinovic "Stela" surrendered to ICTY in The Hague by the Republic of Croatia
16 August	Wolfgang Petritsch takes up his duties as High Representative
27 October	Property and housing legislation in the Entities finalised, providing the authorities with detailed instructions on the application of relevant laws
15 November	Joint BiH Presidency submit a Declaration to the UN Security Council committing themselves, inter alia, to the establishment of a Border Service, Bosnia and Herzegovina’s integration in Europe and the full implementation of the property and housing laws
10 December	Croatian President Franjo Tudjman dies; in 1995 Tudjman signed the Dayton Peace Agreement on behalf of the Republic of Croatia

2000
21 January	BiH’s upper air space turned over to local civilian aviation authorities
3 April	SFOR detain Momcilo Krajisnik, who was under a sealed indictment by the ICTY for war crimes
8 April	Municipal Elections held in BiH
16 April	BiH Auditors appointed, providing an independent system of auditing financial activities.
16 June	Entity Ministers of Education establish Higher Education Coordination Board.
4 July	BiH Constitutional Court announces Decision interpreting the BiH Constitution in relation to the Constitutions of the Entities
27 July	BiH CoM approves single BiH passport
8 September	High Representative removes 15 Public Officials for Obstructing Property Law
26 September	Education Ministers agree to teach both Cyrillic and Latin script in BiH schools
25 October	High Representative Decision allocating a site for the Srebrenica cemetery and memorial
11 November	General Elections in BiH
15 December	Bosnia and Herzegovina establishes diplomatic relations with FR Yugoslavia

2001
9 January	Biljana Plavsic surrenders voluntarily to The Hague after being presented with an ICTY indictment for war crimes
19 January	FRY President Vojislav Kostunica pays his first official visit to BiH
28 February	Ante Jelavic, the Croat member of the BiH Presidency and the leader of the HDZ, proclaims that the Federation is from now on a solely Bosniak Entity.
2 March	Single Communications Regulator for Bosnia and Herzegovina (CRA) established from the IMC
3 March	At a session in Mostar, the Croat National Assembly (HNS) declares interim "Croat self-rule" in BiH
7 March	High Representatives removes Ante Jelavic from his positions as a member of the Presidency of BiH
26 March	BiH State Border Service officially takes over three border crossings – rail, road and river in Brcko District
1 April	Former Yugoslav leader Slobodan Milosevic arrested in Belgrade.
6 April	High Representative Appoints Provisional Administrator for Hercegovacka Banka.
7 May	PBS and Federation Radio launched
7 May	Violent outbreaks in Banja Luka organised to prevent the laying of the corner stone of the Ferhadija Mosque. Murat Badic, attending the ceremony, is injured and dies three weeks later as a result
25 May	The five successor states to the former Socialist Federative Republic of Yugoslavia initial an Agreement on Succession in Vienna.
9 May	BiH Council of Ministers adopts the Citizens' Identification Protection System - CIPS
18 June	With the assistance of senior RS officials and security provided by more than 2000 police, the Islamic Community holds the cornerstone-laying ceremony for the reconstruction of the Ferhadija Mosque in Banja Luka
28 June	Slobodan Milosevic transferred to The Hague
29 June	The Foreign Ministers of BiH, FRY, Croatia, Slovenia and Macedonia sign in Vienna the framework agreement on the succession to the former Socialistic Federative Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY)
23 August	BiH Election Law adopted in both houses of BiH Parliament

2002
24 April	BiH Accession to the Council of Europe
9 May	Court of BiH established
27 May	Paddy Ashdown becomes High Representative
30 July	PIC and BiH Council of Ministers agree on the five “Jobs and Justice” reform priorities
7 August	BiH Prosecutor’s Office established
22 August	High Representative harmonises the Prosecutorial systems in the FBiH, the Cantons and the RS
2 September	High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council becomes operational
12 September	OHR opens all advertised positions to BiH citizens
5 October	First elections organised by the BiH authorities under BiH Election Law
12 November	“Bulldozer” initiative – to remove or amend laws that act as barriers to business – launched
4 December	High Representative testifies against Radoslav Brdjanin and Momir Talic before the ICTY

2003
1 January	EUPM launched
13 January	OHR, ICTY and BiH experts begin talks on prosecuting war crimes in BiH
27 January	Court of BiH opens
6 February	BiH Civil Service Agency becomes fully operational
12 February	Indirect Tax Policy Commission established
25 February	Bulldozer Committee completes first list of bureaucratic roadblocks to business in BiH
7 March	High Representative acts to undermine networks that support war criminals. The US and EU follow up with Presidential orders and visa bans
8 May	HR Decision establishesDefence Reform Commission
29 May	HR Decision establishesIntelligence Reform Commission
18 June	BiH Security Policy reviewed and accepted by BiH Presidency outlining for the first time BiH state policy objectives and aspirations within this sphere
7 July	High Representative freezes the assets of 14 people deemed to have helped indicted war criminals evade arrest.
25 September	Defence Reform Commission members sign a Report outlining legislation required for BiH PfP membership that establishes state level command and control of the armed forces
30 October	Donors Raise 15.7 million Euros to establish War Crimes Chamber in the BiH Court
12 November	Implementation of Property Laws in BiH reaches 90 percent
19 November	European Commission agrees a Feasibility Study for BiH
3 December	Defence Reform Laws approved in Entity and State Parliaments
29 December	BiH Parliament adopts Indirect Taxation Authority reform Laws
30 December	BiH Institutions assume responsibility for the return process

2004
15 March	Mostar Administration unified as one City
23 March	BiH Parliament adopts Law on a single Intelligence and Security Agency
16 April	High Representative announces measures to support the work of the RS Srebrenica Commission
19 April	Radoslav Krstic sentenced to 35 years' imprisonment. Confirmed genocide verdict
21 May	BiH Parliament Adopts Law on Single BiH HJPC
30 June	HR announces measures against those preventing BiH meeting its international obligations to the ICTY
5 July	Police Restructuring Commission established
19 July	High Representative extends deadline for RS Srebrenica Commission to complete its work
24 August	OHR Announces Downsizing in line with BiH’s Progress towards full statehood
2 October	Municipal Elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina, including the Brcko District, the first local elections since the founding of the District in March  2000
16 November	EU Assets Freeze on all ICTY indictees
2 December	NATO successfully concludes the mission of the Stabilisation Force (SFOR) and the European Union launches EUFOR Operation Althea
16 December	High Representative maps out Process to Tackle War Criminal Networks and to Reform BiH’s Security Institutions (includes: removals of 9 officials, blocking of bank accounts)
31 December	HR Decision to extend the Defence Reform Commission until 31 December 2005

2005
12 January	BiH House of Representatives adopts the VAT law, at a single 17 percent rate
16 January	Transfer by the authorities of Republika Srpska of ICTY indictee Savo Todovic to ICTY, first such transfer in nine years
31 January	HRbrings to bring to an end the International Community supervisory regimes in Zepce and Gornji Vakuf-Uskoplje municipalities
4 April	BiH Election Commission fully nationalised
13 April	European Commission approves Feasibility Report assessing the readiness of Serbia and Montenegro to negotiate a Stabilisation and Association Agreement
16 April	Incidents in Manjaca and Bileca at the occasion of taking solemn oath during military induction ceremonies
20 May	DRC agrees to a new defence structure to replace the Entity MODs and to transfer all control of the armed forces to the state level
9 June	HR lifts ban on participating in political life for Two Nikola Grabovac and Blasko Jevric
10 June	Budget for Mostar city adopted
17 July	Mostar’s Old Bridge and Old Town included in UNESCO’s list of world heritage sites
18 July	DRC members sign DRC Report "AFBiH: A Single Military Force for the 21st Century" creating a single army with no Entity components
19 July	High Representative announces proposal to transform the OHR to an EU-Led Mission
22 August	OHR announces further downsizing, OHR’s budget is reduced
31 August	RSNA adopts transfer of Entity defence powers to the state level
29 September	Transfer of Radovan Stanković from the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) to the BiH Court 's War Crimes Chamber. This is the first case referred to the jurisdiction of a domestic court in one of the countries of the Former Yugoslavia
5 October	BiH Parliamentary Assembly passes the legislation necessary for the creation of a BiH single and unified army
6 October	RSNA adopts police reform in accordance with EC Principles
21 October	European Commission recommends that EU Member States open negotiations on a Stabilisation and Association Agreement with BiH
21 November	EU Member States give the European Commission the green light to start Stabilisation and Association negotiations
25 November	EU Commissioner for Enlargement Olli Rehn travels to Sarajevo to open SAA negotiations
28 November	High Representative allows removed officials to hold non-managerial public positions
8 December	Ante Gotovina arrested
14-15 December	PIC Steering Board Political Directors meeting in Paris appoint Christian Schwarz-Schilling as HR

2006
1 January	Bosnia and Herzegovina 's new VAT system launched
26 January	The First meeting of BiH Directorate for Police Restructuring
1 February	Christian Schwarz-Schilling takes up Mandate as High Representative in BiH
1 February	High Representative Chairs Roundtable on BiH Civil Society
9 March	High Representative organizes meeting of German and BiH businesses at CEBIT
10 March	HR lobbies EU states for EU Visa Regime relaxation in order to boost BiH competitiveness and create jobs
11 March	Slobodan Milosevic, former FRY President and a co-signatory of the Dayton Peace Agreement, dies in his prison cell in The Hague
15 March	PIC Steering Board Political Directors meeting in Vienna say the time for transition from the OHR to an EUSR Office is approaching; they encourage the HR to cooperate closely with the EU in preparing the transition
18 March	Constitutional Reform Agreement agreed by 6 leading political Parties in BiH
21 March	High Representative's press conference announcing new removal repeal measures
23 March	US lifts Lautenberg sanctions on Foca
24 March	HR at a meeting of the BiH Economic Coordination Board emphasises that job creation is the number-one priority
27 March	HR calls on civil society to hold political parties accountable, at a seminar on civil society organized in Sarajevo by the Heinrich-Boell Foundation
4 April	HR Decision further limiting the scope of the ban from public office in the removal Decisions issued by the HR
13 April	Brcko District Office established within CoM BiH
27 April	BiH House of Representatives fails to adopt constitutional amendments
21 May	Montenegro independence referendum. Montenegro ends its union with Serbia
24 May	HR first address to the BiH Parliament - 100 Days to Make History
1 June	State-level Draft Law on Higher Education, an obligation for BiH within the European Partnership context is adopted
21 July	BiH Council of Ministers issues Opinion on the Law on Settlement of Frozen Foreign Currency Accounts and calls on BiH parliamentarians to act in the best interest of the country
4 August	Brcko Supervisor Susan Johnson issues Supervisory Order abolishing the application of Entity legislation in Brcko District
17 August	High Representative Christian Schwarz-Schilling lifts bans on holding public office againstIvan Mandic, Emin Skopljak, Ahmed Smajic and Mirko Stojcinovic
3 September	Raffi Gregorian is appointed Brcko Supervisor and Deputy High Representative.
1 October	General electionsin BiH
5 October	Senior Deputy High Representative Peter Bas-Backer and Deputy EUFOR Commander Brigadier Aylwin-Foster visit BiH Armed Forces ammunition storage sites to highlight the need for proper supervision of weapons, ammunition and military equipment in BiH
11 November	Senior Deputy High Representative Peter Bas-Backer calls for separation of religion and politics in BiH, at a conference on political-religious dialogue in Bratislava
15 November	Principal Deputy High Representative Larry Butler meets with FBiH Finance Minster Dragan Vrankic to call foraffordable settlement of Frozen Foreign Currency Accounts
22 December	BiH CoM announces a national review mechanism for police officers denied certification by the UN’s International Police Task Force. The PIC Steering Board expresses its concern over this move

2007
4 January	BiH Presidency nominates Nikola Spiric as Chair of the CoM following agreement among representatives of seven political parties to form state-level government
9 February	New BiH government is formed by Prime Minister Nikola Špirić
29 March	PDHR Gregorian stresses the need for full cooperation with the ICTY, during visit to Zvornik
30 April	UN Security Council Presidency lifts lifetime ban on employment in law enforcement agencies for former police officers denied certification by the UN/IPTF Mission
1 June	ICTY indictee Zdravko Tolimir arrested
5 June	Brcko District Spatial Plan adopted
15 June	HR Christian Schwarz-Schilling amends the BiH Law on the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council
2 July	Miroslav Lajčák succeeds Christian Schwarz-Schilling as High Representative and EU Special Representative
9 July	HR Lajcak signs a series of Orders and Decisions that will make it easier for BiH prosecutors and police to investigate and prosecute persons suspected of war crimes and those who help them evade justice
13 July	FBiH Government adopts new Public Broadcasting legislation
18 July	RS National Assembly amends Criminal Code on the Law on Execution of Criminal Sanctions, bringing the Entity’s legislation in line with state-level legislation
30 July	Higher Education Law adopted by BiH Parliament
20 September	HR Lajcak meets Croatian President Stjepan Mesic during his visit to Bosnia
30 September	RS President Mladen Jelic dies
30 November	Both BiH Houses of the Parliament approve a deal to bring their Rules of Procedure in line with the Constitution ending a month of political instability
3 December	BiH Council of Ministers adopts Mostar Declaration and Action Plan on Police Reform
4 December	European Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn initials Stabilization and Association Agreement with BiH

2008
1 January	Slovenia assumes chairmanship of EU Presidency
1 January	Serge Brammertz succeeds Carla Del Ponte as Chief Prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
8 January	HR Lajcak amends Law on Indirect Taxation System and re-appoints Peter Nicholl as Chair or the Indirect Taxation Authority’s Governing Board
15 February	The reci.ba website goes online giving citizens the opportunity to voice their opinions and put questions directly to HR/EUSR Lajcak
22 February	RS National Assembly passes a resolution that claims the right to organize a referendum on its legal status
27 March	State and Entity Government representatives sign an Agreement on movable defense property
28 March	Brcko District Assembly adopts new Law on Primary and Secondary Education, making it the first in BiH to have a law on education that meets the requirements of the European Partnership Program
3 April	NATO leaders in Bucharest grant BiH “Intensified Dialogue” status
11 April	BiH House of Representatives adopts police reform laws, opening the way for the signature of the Stabilization and Association Agreement with the EU
6 May	Brcko Supervisor Raffi Gregorian issues Supervisory Order improving functionality in the Brcko District Assembly
7 May	Both Houses of BiH Parliament adopt changes to the BiH Election Law enabling all former residents of Srebrenica to vote in this municipality in the October 2008 elections, regardless of where they are currently registered
30 May	HR Lajcak orders seizure of travel documents of 16 individuals linked to ICTY indictee at large Stojan Zupljanin
11 June	Stojan Zupljanin, indicted by the ICTY in December 1999, arrested and transferred to The Hague
16 June	Bosnia and Herzegovina signs Stabilization Association Agreement with the EU in Luxemburg
24-25 June	PIC Steering Board meets in Sarajevo