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Name: Kingdom of Bosnia

Type: Polity

Start: 1377 AD

End: 1463 AD

Nation: bosnia

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This article is about the specific polity Kingdom of Bosnia and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

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Was a medieval state, and the first form of the Bosnian state. In 1377, it was elevated to a kingdom. It was nominally under Hungarian sovereignty, but was independent in practice. It ended with its conquest by the Ottomans.

Establishment


  • October 1377: Tvrtko's coronation as king of Bosnia and Serbia was held in the fall of 1377 (probably 26 October, the feast day of Saint Demetrius), but there is no consensus as to where it took place.
  • Chronology


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    1. Wars of Mehmed II


    Wars during the rule of Mehmed II in the Ottoman Sultanate.

  • June 1463: Mehmed led a campaign against the Kingdom of Bosnia and annexed it to the Ottoman Empire.

  • 2. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)


  • June 1385: Recognition of Bosnian Ban Tvrtko's possession of Kotor in the spring of 1385.

  • August 1387: Tvrtko took control of the Klis Fortress in July 1387.

  • December 1387: Ostrovica Fortress submitted to Bosnian forces in November, followed by Trogir.

  • June 1389: The Dalmatian cities are conquered by Tvrtko I of Bosnia.

  • June 1390: In May 1390, the cities and the Dalmatian islands finally surrendered to Tvrtko.

  • January 1410: The fortress of Novigrad was part of Republic of Venice from 1409.

  • January 1413: As a reward for Stefan Lazarević's help and loyalty, the Bosnian king transferred Srebrenica with its surroundings to the Serbian Despotate in 1411 or 1412.

  • January 1421: The city of Cattaro, shortly before the fall of Moravian Serbia, fearing being annexed to the Ottoman Empire, submitted to the Republic of Venice.

  • January 1421: During the 20-year Hungarian civil war between King Sigismund and the Capetian House of Anjou of the Kingdom of Naples, the losing contender, Ladislaus of Naples, sold his disputed rights on Dalmatia to the Venetian Republic for 100,000 ducats. Acting on the pretext, the Republic took over Split by the year 1420.

  • January 1421: Venice acquired control of Dalmatia in 1420 (with the exception of the Republic of Ragusa) which remained under Venetian rule for a period of 377 years.

  • January 1421: In 1420, the city of Kotor, a major trading port in the Adriatic Sea, recognized Venetian rule.

  • June 1433: Despot Đurađ annexed parts of Usora, together with the trade outpost Zvonik and fortress Teočak.

  • January 1436: Partition of the kingdom of Bosnia after the death of Tvrtko I.

  • Disestablishment


  • June 1463: Mehmed led a campaign against the Kingdom of Bosnia and annexed it to the Ottoman Empire.
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