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"Vucedol hen-pigeon", the archeological provement of life in Eastern Croatia.
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Around 400BC |
Greeks founded the first colonies on Adriatic islands.
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Around 100BC |
Romans ruled over the east coast of the Adriatic Sea.
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305 |
Diocletian, the Roman emperor, founded a town in present-day Split.
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Around 600 |
Croats started to move to today's Croatia.
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852 |
The name Croatia was first time mentioned by Duke Trpimir's Charter, the official document.
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925 |
The first Croatian king Tomislav, known as the unifier of Pannonian and Dalmatian Croatia.
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1102 |
When Petar Svacic, the last Croatian king died, Croatia entered into the union with Hungary.
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1242 |
Hugarian King Bela IV issued the Golden Bull, Zagreb proclaimed a Free Royal City.
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1433 |
The fight against the Turks began, they occupied the larger part of Croatian territory.
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1527 |
The Croatian Assembly had decided that the dynasty of Habsburg came to the Croatian throne.
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1699 |
Croatia mainly liberated of Turks. Continental Croatia Habsburg. Largest part of Adriatic coast and islands -Venice. Dubrovnik - independent.
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1847 |
Croatian became the official language of Croatia, replacing the Latin l.
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1848 |
Ban (Viceroy) Josip Jelacic united all Croatian provinces.
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1866 |
Bishop Josip Juraj Strossmayer founded the Croatian Academy of Arts and Science, the first in southeastern Europe.
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1918 |
Croatia became a part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, later proclaimed Yugoslavia.
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1941 |
Croatian antifascists under the guidance of Josip Broz Tito organized partisan resistance.
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1945 |
Croatia became a federative republic of the Federative Socialist
Republic of Yugoslavia.
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1990 |
The first multiparty elections after World War II were held in Croatia.
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1991 |
Croatia proclaimed independence. Local Serbs and the Yugoslav National Army occupied ? of its territory. The war started. 1992 - The Republic of Croatia became a member of the United Nations.
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2005 |
Accession negotiatons between Croatia and European Union have started.
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2007 |
Our school is the first school in Croatia that participates in the GVC project.
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