The intensive colonization of the fields surrounding the Vrbanja river occurred during the construction of a narrow-rails railway and the regional road in the direction of Šiprage and Maslovare, i.e. Teslić to Doboj.

The history of this area commemorates the battle on The Field of Večići, approximately Mlâvâ locality, on the Vrbanja river, where was the clash between the Ottomans army and repressed pro Bosnian forces, from almost the entire State of Bosnia.

During the World War II, this area was alternately ruled by partisans (the Third and Fourth Proletarian Brigade) and the German occupiers with the assistance of Ustasha and Chetniks.

[4][5] During the last War in Bosnia (1992–1995), Serb paramilitary and police forces have committed crimes against the civilian population in Vrbanjci and surrounding villages.

Since 1995, parents of Bosniak's pupils at the local Elementary school "Sveti Sava" have been running a lengthy court case to exercise their Constitutional right to teach in their native Bosnian language.