KOSOVO BATTLE (1389)
The original reason why is Vidovdan so sacred are the stories of heroism, sacrifice, spiritual rise after the heavy defeat and choosing the Kingdom of Heaven instead of the Earth. The death of Serbian fighters in Kosovo is the largest event in Serbian history and one of the most significant for the forming of national identity.
Foto: Wikimedia
SECRET CONVENTION OF SERBIA AND AUSTRO-HUNGARY (1881)
By this agreement, Serbia committed itself not to conclude any political or economic agreements with other countries, without the prior approval of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. In exchange for complete subordination to Vienna, the Serbian state and the Obrenovic dynasty became internationally recognized independence as a kingdom.
BALKAN WAR (1913)
Just a few hours after the celebration of the Vidovdan was over, Bulgarians performed an attack on Bregalnica, which was the introduction to the Second Balkan War.
Bratski sastanak srpske i crnogorske vojske kod Lješa tokom Prvog balkanskog rata 1912. godine
THE ASSASSINATION ON FERDINAND (1914)
The plan of the Austro-Hungarian Crown Prince Franc Ferdinand was to humiliate and discipline disobedient Serbs in Sarajevo on Vidovdan. However, on the wings of the Kosovo myth of sacrifice, Gavrilo Princip shot at Ferdinand and killed him.
Foto: Wikimedia
TREATY OF VERSAILLES WITH GERMANY (1919)
The Versailles Agreement, which ended the First World War, was signed on June 28, 1919, in which there is a real symbolism since the war began with the attack on Serbia.
Foto: Tanjug/AP/National World War I Museum and Memorial
VIDOVDAN CONSTITUTION OF SCS (1921)
The highest legal act of future Yugoslavia started the period of the common life of the Slovenian people, but already in the process of its creation, there were visible potential political conflicts that would ruin the country in the next decades.
RESOLUTION OF THE INFORMBIRO (1948)
Another Vidovdan, when Serbia, then within Yugoslavia, had to choose between the East and the West. On this day, the relations between Tito’s Yugoslavia and the Eastern Bloc were definitely interrupted which consisted of the Soviet Union and other satellite states.
THE RISE OF MILOSEVIC ON GAZIMESTAN (1989)
Precisely on Vidovdan, Slobodan Milosevic became a national leader of Serbs in the eyes of his opponents and the entire world when he held the speech on Gazimestan on the occasion of 600 years of Kosovo Battle.
Foto: Profimedia
SERBS IN CROATIA (1990)
On June 28, 1990, with the deliberate symbolism, with the amendments to the Croatian Constitution, the Serbs ceased to be the constituent people of this republic.
MILOSEVIC EXTRADITED TO HAGUE (2001)
Exactly 12 years after the Gazimestan speech, Milosevic was extradited to The Hague. The extradition date almost caused more criticism than the event itself. Some say that it is a national humiliation, while others believe that with this date, Milosevic was given a chance to into history again on Vidovdan.
Source: telegraf
