The congress also decides that Bosnia and …
Years: 1878 - 1878
July
The congress also decides that Bosnia and Herzegovina, while remaining notionally under Turkish sovereignty, will be occupied and governed by Austria-Hungary.
Austro-Hungarian troops take control of Bosnia in 1878, overcoming vigorous resistance from local Bosnian forces; they also occupy the neighboring sanjak of Novi Pazar, which had been one of the seven Bosnian sanjaks in the late Ottoman period.
Locations
Groups
- Albanians
- Ottoman Empire
- Bosnia, Sanjak of
- Montenegro, prince-bishopric of
- Russian Empire
- Serbia, (Ottoman vassal) Principality of
- Novi Pazar, Sanjak of
- Romania
- Austria-Hungary
- German Empire (“Second Reich”)
- Bulgaria (Ottoman vassal), Principality of
