Serbian Democratization
A history of Serbian democratization.
For the less democratic side of these events, see the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.
Occupations
Serbia spent centuries under a variety of foreign powers. Under Hungary it was organized as the banates of Macsó (alternatively Mačva) and Belgrade. Under Byzantine influence, it was organized a a despotate. Under the Ottomans, it was organized as the sanjaks of Smederevo (alternatively Semendire) and Vidin within Rumelia. Under the Habsburgs, it was temporarily re-raised to a kingdom.
Serbs rebelled repeatedly against the Ottomans between 1804 and 1835. These led to concessions from the Ottomans, including autonomy as a principality.
Serbs also rebelled against the Austrians in 1848, establishing the short-lived Serbian Vojvodina.
Yugoslavia
The Treaty of Berlin recognized the full independence of Serbia, which shortly thereafter was raised to a kingdom.
Following the Treaty of Trianon, lands occupied by Slavs in the Austro-Hungarian Empire were granted to the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes. This kingdom shortly became known as Yugoslavia.