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Timeline of Split

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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Split, Croatia.

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Prior to the 19th century

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{{History of Croatia}}

  • 3rd or 2nd C. BCE – Split founded as a colony of Issa{{Sfn|Novak|1957|p=18}}
  • 78 BCE – Salona taken by Romans.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 310 CE – Diocletian's Palace built near Salona.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 4th C. CE – Diocletianus Aqueduct constructed.
  • 639 – Salona sacked by Avars;{{sfn|Britannica|1910}} 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).{{sfn|Jackson|1887}}
  • 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.{{Sfn|Novak|2004a|pp=48–50}}David Luscombe, Jonathan Riley-Smith: The New Cambridge Medieval History IV, c.1024 - c.1198 part II, p. 272
  • 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.{{Sfn|Novak|2004a|pp=48–50}}
  • 1091 – Byzantine Emperor Alexius joins the old Theme of Dalmatia to the Empire.{{Sfn|Novak|2004a|pp=48–50}}{{Sfn|Šišić|page=153}}
  • 1096 – Emperor Alexius grants the administration of Dalmatia to the Doge of Venice.{{Sfn|Šišić|page=153}}
  • 1100 – Bell tower of the Cathedral of Saint Domnius constructed.
  • 1105 – Split surrenders to King Coloman of Hungary.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 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.{{sfn|Jackson|1887}}
  • 1244 – King Bela IV transfers{{Clarify|date=June 2016}} the election of Dalmatian city governors, that were previously done by cities themselves, to the Ban of Croatia.John Van Antwerp Fine: The Early Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Sixth to the Late Twelfth Century, 1991, p. 150–152{{Sfn|Šišić|page=200}}
  • 1327 – Venice reclaims the city.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 1357 – Venetian forces expelled from Split, Hungary back in power.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 1390 – Tvrtko I of Bosnia in power.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 1391 – Death of Tvrtko I, Split returns to Hungarian overlordship.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 1420 – City becomes a possession of Venice, and remains under Venetian rule for the following 377 years.{{cite book|title=Companion to Venetian History, 1400-1797 |year= 2013|publisher=Brill |isbn=978-90-04-25252-3 |editor=Eric R. Dursteler |series=Brill's Companions to European History }}
  • 1432 – Loggia built.{{sfn|Baedeker|1905}}
  • 1481 – Hrvoja Tower built.{{sfn|Baedeker|1905}}
  • 1670 – An outer ring of modern walls is built.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 1797 – Split ceded to the Habsburg monarchy by the Treaty of Campo Formio.{{Sfn|Novak|1965|p=8}}

19th century

  • 1805 – After the defeat of the Third Coalition and the consequent Treaty of Pressburg, Split becomes part of the Kingdom of Italy.{{Sfn|Novak|1965|p=39}}
  • 1806 – Split becomes part of the French Empire.{{Sfn|Novak|1965|p=39}}
  • 1809 – Illyrian Provinces established.{{Sfn|Novak|1965|pp=47–48}}
  • 1813 – Split occupied by Austria.{{Sfn|Novak|1965|pp=85–86}}
  • 1815 – Split officially ceded to Austria following the Congress of Vienna.{{Sfn|Novak|1965|pp=87–88}}
  • 1820 Split Archaeological Museum, oldest museum in Croatia, established by a decree of the Dalmatian government.{{cite news |last1=Alduk |first1=Sara |title=Split Archeology Museum Marks Its 200th Anniversary |url=https://www.total-croatia-news.com/news/46006-split-archeology-museum |access-date=4 June 2022}}
  • 1830 – Catholic diocese of Spalato-Macarsca established.{{cite book |title=Catholic Encyclopedia |chapter=Spalato-Macarsca (Salona) |author=Cölestin Wolfsgruber |author-link=:de:Cölestin Wolfsgruber |chapter-url= https://archive.org/stream/catholicencyclop14herbuoft#page/207/mode/1up |location=NY |year=1913 |title-link=Catholic Encyclopedia }}
  • 1851 – Population: 10,787.{{cite book|author=Georg Friedrich Kolb |author-link=:de:Georg Friedrich Kolb |language=de |title=Grundriss der Statistik der Völkerzustands- und Staatenkunde |year=1862 |location=Leipzig |publisher=A. Förstnersche Buchhandlung |chapter=Die europäischen Großmächte: Oesterreich |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=QkBVAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA30 |quote= Größere Städte ... in Dalmatien }}
  • 1860 – Antonio Bajamonti of the Autonomist Party becomes mayor.{{Sfn|Novak|1965|pp=309–310}}
  • 1864 – Bajamonti relieved of duties due to his opposition to Austrian centralism, Frano Lanza appointed mayor.{{Sfn|Novak|1965|p=317}}
  • 1865 – Bajamonti reelected for mayor.{{Sfn|Novak|1965|p=321}}
  • 1880 – Split county council dissolved, Aleksandar Nallini appointed commissary of Split.{{Sfn|Novak|1965|pp=340–341}}
  • 1882 – People's Party wins elections for the first time,{{Sfn|Novak|1965|p=355}} Dujam Rendić-Miočević becomes mayor.{{Sfn|Novak|1965|p=364}}
  • 1885 – Gajo Bulat becomes mayor.
  • 1893 – Split Municipal Theatre opens.
  • 1900 – Population: 27,198.{{sfn|Britannica|1910}}
  • 1922- New building of Split Archaeological Museum opened to public.

20th century

  • 1911 – HNK Hajduk Split football team formed.
  • 1918 – Ivo Tartaglia becomes mayor.
  • 1924 – Museum of Natural History founded.{{cite web |url= http://hvm.mdc.hr/prirodoslovni-muzej-i-zooloski-vrt,600%3aSLT/hr/info/|title=Prirodoslovni muzej i zoološki vrt: O muzeju |language=hr |publisher=Muzejski dokumentacijski centar |location=Zagreb |access-date=27 December 2013}}
  • 1925 – Zagreb-Split railway constructed.
  • 1929 – Split becomes seat of the Littoral Banovina administrative region of Yugoslavia.{{cite book|author=Sabrina P. Ramet|title=The Three Yugoslavias: State-Building and Legitimation, 1918-2005 |year=2006|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=0-253-34656-8 }}
  • 1931 – Gallery of Fine Arts founded.{{Cite web|url=http://www.galum.hr/en/info/o-nama/|title=Galerija umjetnina Split - About Us|website=Galerija umjetnina Split|access-date=2017-01-08}}
  • 1941 – Split annexed by Italy, becomes part of the Governorate of Dalmatia and capital of the province of Spalato.{{cite book|editor=Stephen Clissold|title=A Short History of Yugoslavia from Early Times to 1966|year=1968|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-09531-0|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/shorthistoryofyu0000clis}}
  • 1943
  • Split liberated by Yugoslav Partisans following the capitulation of Italy, later retaken by Nazi Germany
  • 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 – {{illm|Split Summer Festival|hr|3=Splitsko ljeto|4=sh|5=Splitsko ljeto}} founded.{{cite book |editor=Don Rubin |title=World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre |volume=1: Europe |year=2001 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9780415251570 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/worldencyclopedi0002unse_j6c2 }}
  • 1960 – Split Festival of music begins.
  • 1966 – Split Airport opens in Kaštela.
  • 1971 - Population: 152,905.{{cite book |chapter-url= https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/1970_round.htm |title=Demographic Yearbook 1975 |year=1976 |author=United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office |location=New York |chapter=Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants |pages=253–279 }}
  • 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.{{cite book |chapter-url= https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/1990_round.htm |title=1995 Demographic Yearbook |year=1997 |author=United Nations Department for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis, Statistics Division |location=New York |chapter=Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants |pages=262–321 }}
  • 1993
  • Split-Dalmatia County assembly begins meeting.{{citation needed|date=December 2013}}
  • Sister city relationship established with Los Angeles, USA.{{cite web | url=http://sistercities.lacity.org/ | title=Sister Cities of Los Angeles | publisher=City of Los Angeles |location=USA | access-date= 30 December 2015 }}
  • 1995 – {{illm|Radio Dalmacija|hr||sh}} begins broadcasting.
  • 1997 - Croatian Maritime Museum established.
  • 1998 – Croatia Boat Show begins.
  • 1999 – Splitska Televizija (television station) founded.

21st century

  • 2001 – February: Political protest.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/02/12/world/12CROA.html |title=Croatian Rally Protests U.N. and Demands Early Elections |date=12 February 2001 |work=New York Times }}
  • 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;{{citation |url=http://www.dzs.hr/default_e.htm |title=2011 Census |location= Zagreb |publisher= Croatian Bureau of Statistics |quote=Population in major towns and municipalities }} metro 349,314.
  • 2013 - 1 July: Croatia becomes part of the European Union.

See also

References

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This article incorporates information from the Croatian Wikipedia.

Bibliography

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;published in 18th-19th centuries

  • {{Cite book |publisher = Robert Adam |location = London |url = http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/DLDecArts.AdamRuins|title = Ruins of the palace of the Emperor Diocletian at Spalatro in Dalmatia |date = 1764 }}
  • {{Citation |publisher = J. Murray |location = London |author = John Gardner Wilkinson |title = Dalmatia and Montenegro |date = 1848 |chapter=(Spalato) |chapter-url= https://archive.org/stream/dalmatiamonteneg01wilk#page/114/mode/2up

|author-link = John Gardner Wilkinson }}

  • {{cite book|author=Andrew A. Paton|title=Highlands and Islands of the Adriatic: Including Dalmatia, Croatia, and the Southern Provinces of the Austrian Empire |year=1849|publisher=Chapman and Hall |volume=1 |page=232+ |chapter=(Spalato) |chapter-url= http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008366290

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  • {{Citation |publisher = R. Bentley |location = London |title = The eastern shores of the Adriatic in 1863 |author = Emily Anne Beaufort Smythe Strangford |date = 1864 |oclc = 1475159 |chapter=Dalmatia (Spalato) |chapter-url= https://archive.org/stream/easternshoresad00stragoog#page/n241/mode/2up

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  • {{Citation |publisher = Macmillan and Co. |location = London |title = Sketches from the subject and neighbour lands of Venice |author = Edward Augustus Freeman |date = 1881 |oclc = 679333 |chapter=Spalato |chapter-url= https://archive.org/stream/sketchesfromsubj00freeiala#page/136/mode/2up

|author-link = Edward Augustus Freeman }}

  • {{Citation |publisher = Clarendon Press |location = Oxford |author = Thomas Graham Jackson |title = Dalmatia |date = 1887 |chapter=Spalato |chapter-url= https://archive.org/stream/dalmatiaquarnero02jackuoft#page/n11/mode/2up

| ref = {{harvid|Jackson|1887}}

|author-link = Thomas Graham Jackson }}

  • {{Cite book |publisher = J. Murray |location = London |author = R. Lambert Playfair |author-link = Lambert Playfair |title = Handbook to the Mediterranean |edition=3rd |date = 1892 |chapter-url= https://archive.org/stream/handbooktomedit01firgoog#page/n36/mode/1up |chapter= Spalato

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;published in 20th century

  • {{Cite book |title = Austria-Hungary, Including Dalmatia and Bosnia |publisher = Karl Baedeker |location=Leipzig |date = 1905 |oclc = 344268 |chapter-url= https://archive.org/stream/austriahungaryi00firgoog#page/n465/mode/1up |chapter= Spalato

| ref = {{harvid|Baedeker|1905}}

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  • {{Citation |publisher = E.P. Dutton |location = New York |title = Shores of the Adriatic |author = F. Hamilton Jackson |date = 1908 |oclc = 7584841 |chapter=Spalato |chapter-url= https://archive.org/stream/shoresofadriatic01jack#page/292/mode/2up

|author-link = Frederick Hamilton Jackson }}

  • {{Cite book |publisher = McClurg & Co. |author = F.K. Hutchinson |location = Chicago |title = Motoring in the Balkans |chapter-url = https://archive.org/stream/motoringinbalkan00hutc#page/104/mode/2up |date = 1909 |oclc = 8647011 |chapter= Spalato

}}

  • {{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Spalato |volume= 25 | pages = 591–592 |date=1910 |ref= {{harvid|Britannica|1910}} |short= 1}}
  • {{Cite book |publisher = Sturgis & Walton Company |location = New York |title = Roman Cities in Italy and Dalmatia |author = Arthur L. Frothingham |date = 1910 |chapter-url = https://archive.org/stream/romancitiesinita00frotuoft#page/308/mode/2up |chapter = Spalato

|author-link = Arthur Frothingham }}

  • {{Cite book|title=Povijest Splita|volume=I|last=Novak|first=Grga|author-link=Grga Novak|publisher=Matica Hrvatska|year=1957|location=Split}}
  • {{Cite book|title=Povijest Splita|volume=II|last=Novak|first=Grga|publisher=Matica Hrvatska|year=1961|location=Split}}
  • {{Cite book|title=Povijest Splita|volume=III|last=Novak|first=Grga|publisher=Matica Hrvatska|year=1965|location=Split

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  • {{cite book |editor=Trudy Ring |title=Southern Europe |work=International Dictionary of Historic Places |volume=3 |year= 1996 |publisher=Fitzroy Dearborn |oclc=31045650 |chapter=Split

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;published in 21st century

  • {{Cite book|title=Prošlost Dalmacije|volume=I|last=Novak|first=Grga|publisher=Marjan Tisak|year=2004a|location=Split|isbn=953-214-181-2}}
  • {{Cite book|title=Prošlost Dalmacije|volume=II|last=Novak|first=Grga|publisher=Marjan Tisak|year=2004b|location=Split|isbn=953-214-182-0

}}

  • {{Cite book|title=Povijest Hrvata; pregled povijesti hrvatskog naroda 600. - 1918.|last=Šišić|first=Ferdo|location=Zagreb}}{{Publisher missing|date=March 2017}}{{Year missing|date=March 2017}}

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