Timeline of Serbian history


This is a timeline of Serbian history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Serbia and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of Serbia. See also the list of Serbian monarchs and list of presidents of Serbia.

9th century

YearDateEvent
800Radoslav of Serbia, was a Serbian Prince who ruled over the Serbs from 800 to 822, he succeeded his father Višeslav, who was the first ruler known by name of the early medieval Principality of Serbia. His son Prosigoj succeeded him in ca. 822
822Ljudevit Posavski, Prince of Pannonian Slavs, becomes a Prince of Serbs in Pagania's city of Srb as the Franks approach the Serbian lands. This Serbo-Croatian defence union expires in 823.
825In the Principality of Serbia, the House of Višeslavić-Vlastimirović strengthens the state against its immediate neighbors the Frankish Empire, the First Bulgarian Empire and the Byzantine Empire. Vlastimir of Serbia repels Bulgarian attacks led by Khan Boris.
863Missionaries Sts. Cyrill and Methodius are sent to Serbia on the order of Byzantine emperor Michael the III to fully convert Serbs to christianity.
900Višeslav's son, or grandson, ruled during the uprisings of Ljudevit Posavski against the Franks in 819–822. According to the Royal Frankish Annals, in 822, Ljudevit went from his seat in Sisak to the Serbs somewhere in western Balkans – the Serbs are mentioned as reportedly holding the great/large part of Dalmatia.
900The Magyars settle in Slavic Pannonia effectively splitting the South Slavs from the West Slavs. Occasional clashes with Byzantine, Bulgarian and Serbian forces in frontier regions.

10th century

YearDateEvent
1000The First Bulgarian Empire annexes inner regions of the Principality of Serbia
1000Prince Časlav Klonimirović-Vlastimirović liberates inner Serbia from the Bulgarians in 927 AD and then proceeds towards uniting all Serbian principalities into a single state. He dies in a clash with the Magyars and his realm disintegrates in defensive wars against Croatia, Byzantines, Bulgaria and the Kingdom of Hungary.
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