27 BC: Gaius Octavianus becomes sole ruler of Rome and as Augustus the first emperor.
395: After the death of Theodosius I of the Theodosian dynasty, the Roman Empire is partitioned in the (Eastern) Roman Empire, also rendered as Byzantine Empire,[1] a Greek dominated empire, and the (Western) Roman Empire. The region becomes part of the Eastern part of the Empire.
1455: Kosovo becomes part of the Ottoman Empire. Kosovo is populated mainly by Serbs, but during the Ottoman period Albanians become the mayority.
1878: Albanians in Kosovo form the League of Prizren, an organization that strives after unifications of the Albanians inside the Ottoman Empire in a Albanian entity.
1991: After its declaration of independence, Yugoslavia attacksSlovenia. Also Croatia declares independence. Albanian members of the provincial parliament of Kosovo declare a republic and secede unilateraly from Yugoslavia. Serbia dissolves the parliament and government of Kosovo. In a referendum with an high turnout, but boycotted by Serbs living in the region, over 99% of voters vote in favour of independence.
1992: The former members of parliament declare an independent republic. The Kosovo government organizes parallel structures. The government is responsible to the Assembly of Kosovo.
2001: The administration establishes provisional institutions of self-government, a parliament elected in free multi-party elections on a universal suffrage, with seats reserved for ethnic minorities as well as a president elected by this parliament. The government is responsible to the parliament.
2004: Violent unrest against ethnic Serbs in Nothern Kosovo takes place.