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Kingdom of Yugoslavia

the official name of Yugoslavia during the period of 1929–1941 (de facto)/1945 (de jure)

13 dated entries naming Kingdom of Yugoslavia, drawn from 9 separate years between 1917 CE and 1945 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

Also written as Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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20th century

  • 1917July 20 – The Corfu Declaration, which enables the establishment of the post-war Kingdom of Yugoslavia, is signed by the Yugoslav Committee and the Kingdom of Serbia.source
  • 1920November 13 – The White Army's last units and civilian refugees are evacuated from the Crimea onboard 126 ships, "Wrangel's fleet" (the remnants of the Imperial Russian Navy's Black Sea Fleet), to Turkey, Tunisia and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, accompanied by wide-scale civilian massacres. The total number of evacuees amounts to approximately 150,000 people, of which 20% are civilians.source
  • 1921June 28 – The Constitutional Assembly of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes passes the Vidovdan Constitution, despite a boycott of the vote by the communists, and Croat and Slovene parties.source
  • 1921July 17 – The Republic of Mirdita is proclaimed near the Albanian-Serbian border, with Yugoslav support.source
  • 1924January–February – 1924 Winter Olympics held in Chamonix, in which the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes was represented by a delegation of four sportsmen, including Croats Dušan Zinaja and Mirko Pandaković who competed in cross-country skiingsource
  • 1924February 22 – Treaty of Rome: The Kingdom of Italy annexes the Free State of Fiume, and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes absorbs Sušak.source
  • 1927February 14 – A magnitude 6.1 earthquake, with a maximum MSK intensity of VII–VIII (Very strong – Damaging), kills 50 in Yugoslavia.source
  • 1927June 4 – Yugoslavia severs diplomatic relations with Albania.source
  • 1929October 3 – The country officially known as the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes changes its name to the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.source
  • 1934February 9 – Greece, Romania, Turkey and Yugoslavia form the Balkan Pact.source
  • 1941May 13 – WWII: Yugoslav General Draža Mihailović and a group of 80 soldiers and officers cross the Drina river in Bosnia and Herzegovina, arrive at Ravna Gora, in western Nazi-occupied Serbia and start fighting with German occupation troops.source
  • 1945March 8 – Josip Broz Tito forms a Provisional Government of the Democratic Federal Yugoslavia, in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.source
  • 1945May 6–7 – The government of the Independent State of Croatia, the Nazi-affiliated fascist puppet state established in occupied Yugoslavia, flees Zagreb for a location near Klagenfurt in Austria, but is captured in the Bleiburg repatriations, leading to mass executions.source

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