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Kosovo

11 periods and events, 1346 – 2008.

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Periods and events

When	Period or event	Kind	Source
1346	Patriarchate of Peć佩奇牧首区 Seat of the Serbian Orthodox Church; Kosovo's medieval monasteries are later UNESCO sites.	Religion	Source
1389	Battle of Kosovo科索沃战役 Serbian and Ottoman armies clash; both rulers are killed. Central to Serbian memory.	War	Source
1455 – 1912	Ottoman rule奥斯曼统治 Under Ottoman rule Albanians become the majority.	Colonial	Source
1878 – 1881	League of Prizren普里兹伦联盟 Albanian leaders unite in Prizren to defend Albanian lands, starting the national awakening.	Movement	Source
1912	Taken by Serbia被塞尔维亚夺取 Serbia captures Kosovo in the First Balkan War.	War	Source
1945 – 1990	Autonomous province in Yugoslavia南斯拉夫的自治省 An autonomous province of Serbia, with near-republic powers under the 1974 constitution.	Politics	Source
1981	1981 protests1981年抗议 Albanian students demand republic status; protests are put down by force.	Movement	Source
1989	Autonomy revoked自治权被取消 Milošević strips Kosovo's autonomy.	Politics	Source
1991 – 1998	Rugova's parallel state鲁戈瓦的平行国家 Ibrahim Rugova leads nonviolent resistance with parallel schools and institutions.	Movement	Source
1998 – 1999	Kosovo War科索沃战争 Fighting between the KLA and Serbian forces ends after NATO intervention.	War	Source
1999 – 2008	UN administration联合国托管 The UN governs Kosovo until its declaration of independence in 2008.	Politics	Source

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