Chronology: 1996
January | February | March | April | May | June
By The Associated Press
Jan. 3 - U.S. Defense Secretary Perry visits Bosnia to see war devastation and NATO deployment.
Jan. 4 - Serbs bow to international pressure, free 16 civilians. Italian military engineer injured by sniper in Sarajevo; Italian soldiers return fire to defend him.
Jan. 5 - Shooting of two Muslim policemen heightens tensions in Mostar.
Jan. 6 - Croat policeman killed by gunfire in Mostar; NATO deploys troops, armored vehicles to help keep peace.
Jan. 9 - Grenade fired by rebel Serbs slams into Sarajevo streetcar, killing one and injuring 19.
Longest U.N. aid airlift in history - to Sarajevo - ends.
Jan. 11 - As Sarajevo Serbs torch houses, prepare to flee, their leaders urge American envoy to delay reunification of city.
Jan. 13 - President Clinton visits front-line troops in Bosnia, along with Bosnian, Croat and Serb leaders.
Jan. 14 - Several thousand Muslim, Croat and Serb troops pull back from confrontation line in British sector, beating deadline by five days.
Serbs release two Muslims who crossed into Sarajevo suburb around
Jan. 19 - Planned prisoner release falls far short of goal, with 225 of 900 freed.
Jan. 27 - Croats, Muslims, free 250 prisoners of war, but Serbs renege on promise to release dozens.
Jan. 31 - Serb-held Grbavica reattached to Sarajevo with opening of Bridge of Brotherhood and Unity.
Feb. 3 - U.S. military sustains first casualty when Sgt. 1st Class Donald A. Dugan is killed by explosion.
Rebel Serbs withdraw forces from Sarajevo suburbs.
Feb. 4 - Serb police remain in Serbian districts of Sarajevo after Bosnian government takes control of entire city.
Feb. 5 - Bosnian government admits it detained Serb Gen. Djordje Djukic, seven others as suspects in or witnesses to war crimes.
Feb. 7 - War crimes tribunal supports Bosnian government seizure of high-ranking Serb officers suspected in mass killings; Serbs sever ties with Bosnian leaders.
Irate Croats surround European Union mission, attack car carrying EU administrator Hans Koschnick in response to his plan to reunify Mostar.
Feb. 8 - Bosnian Serb army breaks off contacts with NATO over detention of suspected war criminals, bans civilians in Serb territory from crossing into federation lands, threatens to arrest Muslims and Croats crossing into Serb territory.
Feb. 10 - Serb political leaders reinstate contacts with NATO; government frees four detained Serb soldiers.
Feb. 12 - Two captured Serb officers sent to war crimes tribunal.
Feb. 18 - Leaders at Rome summit agree to reunify Sarajevo and Mostar and to conform to procedures for arresting suspected war criminals. Bosnian Serbs agree to resume contact with NATO.
Feb. 20 - Some Bosnian Serb leaders organize mass exodus from suburbs, while moderates urge residents to remain.
Feb. 22 - Bosnia's President, Alija Izetbegovic, is rushed to hospital with heart problems.
Feb. 23 - Violence, vandalism mark transition of Serb-held Vogosca to government. Mayor's office is trashed, Bosnian flag is raised over municipal offices, police wear federation insignia, and fleeing Serbs are stoned, insulted.
Feb. 27 - Security Council lifts sanctions against Bosnian Serbs.
Feb. 29 - Sarajevo siege officially ends.
March 1 - Tribunal indicts Djukic for war crimes and crimes against humanity for role in shelling of Sarajevo.
March 2 - Serbia's President, Slobodan Milosevic, is overwhelmingly re-elected head of Socialist party.
March 6 - Thousands of people stream into Hadzici as suburb is handed over to federation.
March 9 - 20,000 in Belgrade rally against Milosevic.
March 11 - U.S. pledges $100 million to rearm Bosnia, draws criticism from European leaders.
March 12 - Thousands pour into Ilidza after it's abandoned by Serbs, while looters, arsonists hit Grbavica.
March 13 - Gangs from Sarajevo terrorize Serb surburbs after handover.
March 14 - Top Croatian politicians fly to Sarajevo to discuss federation as NATO, others fear federation is falling apart.
March 16 - Violence eases in Ilidza, but troubles continue in Grbavica.
More than 100 Serb complaints filed with international agencies in four days.
March 18 - Serbs go on final looting, arson spree before last Serb-held suburb reverts to federation control.
March 19 - Sarajevo reunited.
March 21 - Suspected mass grave found in cave near notorious Serb prison camp Omarska.
March 23 - Bosnian government releases 109 Serb prisoners.
March 26 - Bosnia criticized for presence of foreign fighters; Izetbegovic claims only 50 or 60 Islamic civilians remain.
April 2 - War crimes investigators begin to examine fields in eastern Bosnia.
April 3 - Air Force plane carrying U.S. Commerce Secretary Ron Brown and 34 others crashes on approach to Dubrovnik airport.
War crimes investigators find human remains and other evidence of mass grave 18 miles from Srebrenica.
April 5 - Government frees 18 Bosnian Serb POWs.
Report says Air Force commander of 76th Airlift Squadron in Germany, responsible for Brown's plane, relieved from duty 5 days before for raising concerns about safety of flying VIPs around former Yugoslavia.
Mass grave in northern Bosnia contains 181 bodies; thought to be Serbs killed by Croats in Mrkonjic Grad.
April 6 - Bosnian Serbs fail to release prisoners, imperiling opportunity to participate in conference on rebuilding Bosnia. Bosnian Croats release 28 POWs and transfer 12 suspected war criminals to central jail in Sarajevo.
April 8 - U.S. officials admit Clinton knew of illegal arms shipments from Iran to Bosnia.
April 9 - Serbs free three prisoners not suspected of war crimes.
April 10 - Serbs release 211 Bosnian men.
Eight Croats go on trial for killing 18 elderly Serbs.
April 13 - Nations pledge $1.23 billion to rebuild federation-held section of Bosnia. Offer little aid to Bosnian Serbs until suspected war criminals are turned over to tribunal. federation work.
April 17 - Persian Gulf countries to donate $100 million to help with upgrade of Bosnian government forces.
April 18 - NATO says all sides miss deadline to pull back weapons and soldiers, despite efforts to comply.
April 19 - Czech troops have to break up confrontation between refugees wanting to return home and Serbs who control Bosanski Novi.
April 21 - Bosnian government frees Krsmanovic and 10 other Serb war crimes suspect; Serbs release one Croat and one Muslim.
April 24 - Croats prevent Serb refugees from visiting homes in Glamoc.
Tribunal releases Djukic on humanitarian grounds.
April 26 - Pentagon says that even if the NATO-led peace mission in Bosnia ends as scheduled in December, a substantial number of U.S. troops will remain at least until January.
April 28 - U.S. troops interpose themselves between Muslims trying to visit former homes and Serbs now in those homes.
April 29 - Two Muslims killed in northern Bosnia while trying to visit homes now held by Serbs. Serbs attack buses with Muslims trying to visit former homes south of Sarajevo.
