History glossary
Dayton Accords
the 1995 peace agreement that ended the Bosnian War and created Bosnia's postwar constitutional structure.
- Category
- Agreement
- Region
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Date range
- 1995
What it means
The Dayton Accords were the 1995 peace agreement that ended the Bosnian War. They preserved Bosnia and Herzegovina as one state but divided it into two highly autonomous entities, reflecting the territorial and political realities created by the war.
