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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Split, Croatia.
Prior to the 19th century
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- 3rd or 2nd C. BCE – Split founded as a colony of Issa[3]
- 78 BCE – Salona taken by Romans.[4]
- 310 CE – Diocletian's Palace built near Salona.[4]
- 4th C. CE – Diocletianus Aqueduct constructed.
- 639 – Salona sacked by Avars;[4] refugees settle at nearby Spalatum.
- 998 – Venetian Doge Pietro Orseolo is granted the title of "Duke of Dalmatia" by the Emperor Basil II (Venice is a nominal vassal of the Byzantine Emperors).[5]
- 1019 – First Bulgarian Empire destroyed, direct Byzantine rule restored to Split by Basil II (Venice stops using the title "Duke of Dalmatia").
- 1069 – Split acknowledges nominal suzerainty of Croatian King Peter Krešimir IV.[1][2][6]
- 1084 – The title of "Duke of Dalmatia" granted once more to Venetian doges by Emperor Alexius I Comnenus, but the town remains under overlordship of King Demetrius Zvonimir.[2]
- 1091 – Byzantine Emperor Alexius joins the old Theme of Dalmatia to the Empire.[2][7]
- 1096 – Emperor Alexius grants the administration of Dalmatia to the Doge of Venice.[7]
- 1100 – Bell tower of the Cathedral of Saint Domnius constructed.
- 1105 – Split surrenders to King Coloman of Hungary.[4][8]
- 1116 – Venetian Doge Ordelafo Faliero de Doni retakes the city from Hungary.
- 1117 – Ordelafo Faliero is defeated and falls in battle with the Hungarians, city submits to Hungary.
- 1118 – Doge Domenico Michele defeats Stephen II of Hungary and re-establishes Venetian sovereignty
- 1124 – While Domenico Michele is engaged in battle with Byzantium, Stephen II retakes Split and the other Dalmatian cities.
- 1125 – Doge Domenico Michele returns and retakes Split and the Dalmatian cities.
- 1141 – Géza II of Hungary conquers Bosnian lands and re-establishes Hungarian rule in the city.
- 1171 – Emperor Manuel I Comnenus of the Byzantine Empire restores Imperial control in Split for the last time.
- 1180 – Death of Manuel I, Hungary re-assumes sovereignty.
- 1241 – City unsuccessfully besieged by Tartar forces.[5]
- 1244 – King Bela IV transfers[clarification needed] the election of Dalmatian city governors, that were previously done by cities themselves, to the Ban of Croatia.[9][10]
- 1327 – Venice reclaims the city.[4]
- 1357 – Venetian forces expelled from Split, Hungary back in power.[4]
- 1390 – Tvrtko I of Bosnia in power.[4][4]
- 1391 – Death of Tvrtko I, Split returns to Hungarian overlordship.[4]
- 1420 – City becomes a possession of Venice, and remains under Venetian rule for the following 377 years.[11]
- 1432 – Loggia built.[12]
- 1481 – Hrvoja Tower built.[12]
- 1670 – An outer ring of modern walls is built.[4]
- 1797 – Split ceded to the Habsburg monarchy by the Treaty of Campo Formio.[13]
19th century
[edit]- 1805 – After the defeat of the Third Coalition and the consequent Treaty of Pressburg, Split becomes part of the Kingdom of Italy.[14]
- 1806 – Split becomes part of the French Empire.[14]
- 1809 – Illyrian Provinces established.[15]
- 1813 – Split occupied by Austria.[16]
- 1815 – Split officially ceded to Austria following the Congress of Vienna.[17]
- 1820 Split Archaeological Museum, oldest museum in Croatia, established by a decree of the Dalmatian government.[18]
- 1830 – Catholic diocese of Spalato-Macarsca established.[19]
- 1851 – Population: 10,787.[20]
- 1860 – Antonio Bajamonti of the Autonomist Party becomes mayor.[21]
- 1864 – Bajamonti relieved of duties due to his opposition to Austrian centralism, Frano Lanza appointed mayor.[22]
- 1865 – Bajamonti reelected for mayor.[23]
- 1880 – Split county council dissolved, Aleksandar Nallini appointed commissary of Split.[24]
- 1882 – People's Party wins elections for the first time,[25] Dujam Rendić-Miočević becomes mayor.[26]
- 1885 – Gajo Bulat becomes mayor.
- 1893 – Split Municipal Theatre opens.
- 1900 – Population: 27,198.[4]
- 1922- New building of Split Archaeological Museum opened to public.[18]
20th century
[edit]- 1911 – HNK Hajduk Split football team formed.
- 1918 – Ivo Tartaglia becomes mayor.
- 1924 – Museum of Natural History founded.[27]
- 1925 – Zagreb-Split railway constructed.[8]
- 1929 – Split becomes seat of the Littoral Banovina administrative region of Yugoslavia.[28]
- 1931 – Gallery of Fine Arts founded.[29]
- 1941 – Split annexed by Italy, becomes part of the Governorate of Dalmatia and capital of the province of Spalato.[8]
- 1943
- Split liberated by Yugoslav Partisans following the capitulation of Italy, later retaken by Nazi Germany[8]
- Slobodna Dalmacija newspaper begins publication.
- 1944 – Split liberated for the second and final time, becomes part of the Federal State of Croatia of Yugoslavia.
- 1954 – Split Summer Festival founded.[30]
- 1960 – Split Festival of music begins.
- 1966 – Split Airport opens in Kaštela.
- 1971 - Population: 152,905.[31]
- 1974 – University of Split established.
- 1976 – Museum of Croatian Archaeological Monuments opens.
- 1979 – Poljud Stadium built.
- 1990 – City hosts 1990 European Athletics Championships.
- 1991
- 6 May: Protest against Yugoslav People's Army.
- 14–16 November: Battle of the Dalmatian Channels occurs near city.
- Population: 200,459.[32]
- 1993
- Split-Dalmatia County assembly begins meeting.[citation needed]
- Sister city relationship established with Los Angeles, USA.[33]
- 1995 – Radio Dalmacija begins broadcasting.
- 1997 - Croatian Maritime Museum established.
- 1998 – Croatia Boat Show begins.
- 1999 – Splitska Televizija (television station) founded.
21st century
[edit]- 2001 – February: Political protest.[34]
- 2005 – A1 motorway (Zagreb-Split) constructed.
- 2006 – Split Suburban Railway begins operating.
- 2008 – Spaladium Arena opens.
- 2009 – 24 July: Train derailment at Rudine, near Split.
- 2011
- Split Pride begins.
- Population: 178,192;[35] metro 349,314.
- 2013 - 1 July: Croatia becomes part of the European Union.
See also
[edit]- History of Split
- List of mayors of Split
- Timelines of other cities in Croatia: Rijeka, Zagreb
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Split, Croatia - Spalato, Britannica.com
- ^ a b c d Novak 2004a, pp. 48–50.
- ^ Novak 1957, p. 18.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Britannica 1910.
- ^ a b Jackson 1887.
- ^ David Luscombe, Jonathan Riley-Smith: The New Cambridge Medieval History IV, c.1024 - c.1198 part II, p. 272
- ^ a b Šišić, p. 153.
- ^ a b c d Stephen Clissold, ed. (1968). A Short History of Yugoslavia from Early Times to 1966. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-09531-0.
- ^ John Van Antwerp Fine: The Early Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Sixth to the Late Twelfth Century, 1991, p. 150–152
- ^ Šišić, p. 200.
- ^ Eric R. Dursteler, ed. (2013). Companion to Venetian History, 1400-1797. Brill's Companions to European History. Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-25252-3.
- ^ a b Baedeker 1905.
- ^ Novak 1965, p. 8.
- ^ a b Novak 1965, p. 39.
- ^ Novak 1965, pp. 47–48.
- ^ Novak 1965, pp. 85–86.
- ^ Novak 1965, pp. 87–88.
- ^ a b Alduk, Sara. "Split Archeology Museum Marks Its 200th Anniversary". Retrieved 4 June 2022.
- ^ Cölestin Wolfsgruber [in German] (1913). "Spalato-Macarsca (Salona)". Catholic Encyclopedia. NY.
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- ^ Novak 1965, pp. 309–310.
- ^ Novak 1965, p. 317.
- ^ Novak 1965, p. 321.
- ^ Novak 1965, pp. 340–341.
- ^ Novak 1965, p. 355.
- ^ Novak 1965, p. 364.
- ^ "Prirodoslovni muzej i zoološki vrt: O muzeju" (in Croatian). Zagreb: Muzejski dokumentacijski centar. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
- ^ Sabrina P. Ramet (2006). The Three Yugoslavias: State-Building and Legitimation, 1918-2005. Indiana University Press. ISBN 0-253-34656-8.
- ^ "Galerija umjetnina Split - About Us". Galerija umjetnina Split. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
- ^ Don Rubin, ed. (2001). World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre. Vol. 1: Europe. Routledge. ISBN 9780415251570.
- ^ United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office (1976). "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1975. New York. pp. 253–279.
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- ^ "Croatian Rally Protests U.N. and Demands Early Elections". New York Times. 12 February 2001.
- ^ 2011 Census, Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics,
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Bibliography
[edit]- published in 18th-19th centuries
- Ruins of the palace of the Emperor Diocletian at Spalatro in Dalmatia. London: Robert Adam. 1764.
- John Gardner Wilkinson (1848), "(Spalato)", Dalmatia and Montenegro, London: J. Murray
- Andrew A. Paton (1849). "(Spalato)". Highlands and Islands of the Adriatic: Including Dalmatia, Croatia, and the Southern Provinces of the Austrian Empire. Vol. 1. Chapman and Hall. p. 232+.
- Emily Anne Beaufort Smythe Strangford (1864), "Dalmatia (Spalato)", The eastern shores of the Adriatic in 1863, London: R. Bentley, OCLC 1475159
- Edward Augustus Freeman (1881), "Spalato", Sketches from the subject and neighbour lands of Venice, London: Macmillan and Co., OCLC 679333
- Thomas Graham Jackson (1887), "Spalato", Dalmatia, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- R. Lambert Playfair (1892). "Spalato". Handbook to the Mediterranean (3rd ed.). London: J. Murray.
- published in 20th century
- "Spalato". Austria-Hungary, Including Dalmatia and Bosnia. Leipzig: Karl Baedeker. 1905. OCLC 344268.
- F. Hamilton Jackson (1908), "Spalato", Shores of the Adriatic, New York: E.P. Dutton, OCLC 7584841
- F.K. Hutchinson (1909). "Spalato". Motoring in the Balkans. Chicago: McClurg & Co. OCLC 8647011.
- Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 25 (11th ed.). 1910. pp. 591–592. .
- Arthur L. Frothingham (1910). "Spalato". Roman Cities in Italy and Dalmatia. New York: Sturgis & Walton Company.
- Novak, Grga (1957). Povijest Splita. Vol. I. Split: Matica Hrvatska.
- Novak, Grga (1961). Povijest Splita. Vol. II. Split: Matica Hrvatska.
- Novak, Grga (1965). Povijest Splita. Vol. III. Split: Matica Hrvatska.
- Trudy Ring, ed. (1996). "Split". Southern Europe. Vol. 3. Fitzroy Dearborn. OCLC 31045650.
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- published in 21st century
- Novak, Grga (2004a). Prošlost Dalmacije. Vol. I. Split: Marjan Tisak. ISBN 953-214-181-2.
- Novak, Grga (2004b). Prošlost Dalmacije. Vol. II. Split: Marjan Tisak. ISBN 953-214-182-0.
- Šišić, Ferdo. Povijest Hrvata; pregled povijesti hrvatskog naroda 600. - 1918. Zagreb.[publisher missing][year missing]
External links
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