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around 400 BC - the first Greek colonies
are founded on Adriatic islands
around 100 BC - Romans rule over the east coast of the
Adriatic
305. - Roman emperor Diokletian starts to live in his
palace in present-day Split
around 600. - Croats start moving to what is today's
Croatia
852. - Duke Trpimir issues the charter in which the name
Croatia is mentioned in official documents for the first time
925. - Tomislav, the first Croatian king, is mentioned,
unifier of Pannonian and Dalmatian Croatia
1102. - after the death of Petar Svacic, the last
Croatian king, Croatia enters into a union with Hungary
1527. - because of the danger of the breakthrough of
Turks, by the decision of the Croatian Parliament, the Habsburg
dynasty ascends to the Croatian throne
1699. - Croatia is largely liberated of Turkish rule
1815. - after the short-term rule of the French, almost
all of today's Croatia is included within the Habsburg monarchy
1847. - Croatian becomes the official language of Croatia
1848. - Ban (Vice-Roy) Josip Jelacic defends Croatia
against attempts of Hungarian occupation and unites all Croatian
provinces ban Josip Jelacic
1918. - after the downfall of the Austro-Hungarian
Monarchy in World War I, Croatia becomes a part of the Kingdom
of Serbs, Croats and Slovenians, later proclaimed Yugoslavia
1941. - German and Italian forces occupy Yugoslavia; the
Partisan resistance, which was put up by Croatian antifascists
within Yugoslavia, started to be organized
1945. - the Federative Socialist Republic of Yugoslavia
is proclaimed, and within this, today's Croatia is a federative
republic
1990. - the first multi-party elections after World War
II are organized in Croatia
1991. - Croatian declared independence; after which the
Serbian rebellion supported by the Yugoslavian People's Army
started from Belgrade
1992. - the Republic of Croatia becomes a member of the
United Nations
1995. - the Croatian army quenched the separatist
rebellion
2001. - Croatia signed the Stabilization and Association
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