Ceramic found in Butmir near Sarajevo, which was inhabited since Neolit Era

At the beginning of the Christian era Bosnia made part of the Roman Empire. After the fall of Rome, it was contested between Byzantium and Rome’s successors in the West. - 7th century: Bosnia settled by Slavs (South Slav tribes) forming a number of counties and duchies. - 10th century: Bosnia mentioned for the first time in the Byzantium document "Administrando Imperio". The oldest site of the Bosnian culture, "Humacka ploca" ("Plaque from Hum") is also from this period.

- 11th century: Formed the State, integrated by several counties headed by the Ban of Bosnia. - 1154- 1163: Bosnia ruled by Ban Boric. - 1167- 1203: Bosnia ruled by Ban Kulin, "the Great Ban of Bosnia" for the second time. He is known for the famous Declaration (1189) allowing the Republic of Dubrovnik a free trade within his territory. Ban Kulin celebrated a meeting with the Pope’s envoy (1203) on Bilino Polje (Valley of Bila) where he was asked to give up the independent Bosnian Church (Crkva bosanska) what he refused to do.

Old Roman Bridge at Ilidza, suburb of Sarajevo

- 1252: The Catholic Church Bishop was forced to leave Bosnia and moved to Djakovo, which became his permanent Seat place.
- 1292: The Franciscan priests (Catholics) arrived to Bosnia.

"Stecak" - monument in Zgosca, dating from the Middle Eages

- 1314- 1353: During the period of Ban Stjepan Kotromanic Bosnia was established within its actual borders.- 1340: Bosnian Franciscan order was established. - 1377: Bosnia reaches the top peak of its power under Tvrtko I Kotromanic (1353- 13910) ("Kralj Srbljem i Bosne i Primorju"). Tvrtko I expanded his territory to both east and west and to the south as well, so that the European literature states Tvrtko’s Bosnia the largest of the medieval south Slavic states.

Its population was entirely Christian, but in a tolerant environment unusual for the Middle Ages there were three different Christian churches: the schismatic Bosnian Church, Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox. None of them had really strong organization, reason why a large part of Bosnian people abandon Christianity for Islam afterwards

The independent medieval Kingdom of Bosnia endured for more than 260 years. - 1463: The crash of the State of Bosnia.

Gold money issued by Bosnian King Stjepan Tomasevic

- 1463: Bosnia become a part of the Ottoman Empire (an Islamic state originating in Asia Minor) establishing the Bosnia Sandzak.
- 1470: Herzegovina Sandzak was founded.
- Bosnia became the most prominent province of the Ottoman Empire.

Sarajevo in Ottoman period

Bosnian cities were embellished with splendid mosques, Islamic schools, libraries, orphanages, public kitchens and other forms of welfare were introduced. A proper Bosnian- Muslim culture took form and the distinctive Bosnian style in architecture, literature and folklore remains until nowadays. At this point Islam started to be widely accepted by Bosniacs and the Bosnian Church faded away.

The Ottomans were tolerant to the non- Muslim minorities who had a full freedom to worship, live and trade.
- 1492: After being expelled from Spain, Jews started settling down in Bosnia.
- 1580: Bosnia ejalet, an administartive unit formed by seven sandzaks: Bosnia, Herzegovina, Klis, Lika, Pakrac, Pozega and Zvornik, remained a part of the Ottoman Empire for more then four hundred years.
- 1699: Turks Ottomans lost the war against Austria and Venice (1689- 1699) and Bosnia ejalet lost its territories of Slavonia and Lika sandzak as well as some parts of Klis and Herzegovina sandzak.
- 1737: Bosniaks won against Austria in the Battle of Banja Luka.
- 1831- 1832: Husein- Kapetan Gradascevic ("Zmaj od Bosne"- the "Dragon of Bosnia") rejected the reforms made by Constantinople and organized a movement against the Ottoman Empire.- 1878: Having both internal and external problems, the Empire was forced by the Great Powers to hand over some of its territories. The Berlin Congress (Austria- Hungary, France, Italy, Germany, Russia and Great Britain on one side and the Ottoman Empire on the other), recognized Bosnia’s borders as they remained unchanged during the Austro- Hungarian occupation and administration.
- 1908: Annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the Austro- Hungarian Empire. For forty years further on, the Empire tried to make Bosnia a "model colony"- they built railroads, new schools, public buildings and parks and developed industries.

- 1914: Assassination of the heir to the Austro- Hungarian throne by a Serb nationalist Gavrilo Princip took place in Sarajevo and the First World War started killing millions throughout Europe.

- 1918: Disintegration of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Bosnia and Herzegovina entered into a newly established Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovens which afterwards was renamed Yugoslavia.

- 1919: The Peace Agreement signed with Austia in Saint Germain and the "Vidovdan" Constitution (1921) assured Bosnia’s territorial integrity. In the paragraph #135 of this very rigid and unitarist Constitution, it was determined that Bosnia and Herzegovina "remains within its present borders". - 1920- 1930: Extremely centralist and dictatorial regime caused the atmosphere of dissatisfaction among the non-Serbs. After the royal coup (1929), internal borders were redrawn and the newly formed provinces were placed under the military governors sent from Belgrade.

- 1941: Unresolved economic and social issues helped with the global economic depression of the 1930s accompanied Yugoslavia when it was invaded by Hitler and the country was parceled out between Nazi Germany’s allies and the locals. Bosnia entered into the newly formed Independent State of Croatia.- The Yugoslav communists, led by Josip Broz Tito, organized their multi-ethnic resistance group to fight against the Nazis as well as against the local ultra- nationalist armed groups who did not support their struggle.
- 1943: On the ZAVNOBIH Assembly, celebrated in Mrkonjic- grad on November 25- 26, Bosnia and Herzegovina was established as one of the federal state units (republics) of the new Democratic Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
- 1945: On the third session of ZAVNOBIH in Sarajevo (April 26- 28), it became the National Assembly and the Bosnian National Government was established.
- 1992: At the end of February, a referendum took place and more than 65% of the citizens with the right to vote gave their vote for the independent and sovereign state within its historical borders.
- 1992: On April 7, the International Community recognized the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina and in May it occupied its seat as a full member of the OUN.
- 1992- 1995: War for the independence of Bosnia and Herzegovina.