Timeline of Split
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Split, Croatia.
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- 78 BCE - Salona taken by Romans.[3]
- 310 CE - Diocletian's Palace built near Salona.[3]
- 4th century CE - Diocletianus Aqueduct constructed.
- 639 - Salona sacked by Avars;[3] 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).[4]
- 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][5]
- 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][6]
- 1096 - Emperor Alexius grants the administration of Dalmatia to the Doge of Venice.[6]
- 1100 - Bell tower of the Cathedral of Saint Domnius constructed.
- 1105 - Split surrenders to King Coloman of Hungary.[3][7]
- 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.[4]
- 1244 - King Bela IV transferres the election of Dalmatian city governors, that were previously done by cities themselves, to the Ban of Croatia.[8][9]
- 1327 - Venice takes the city again.
- 1357 - Venetian forces expelled from Split, Hungary back in power.
- 1390 - Tvrtko I of Bosnia in power.[3]
- 1391 - Death of Tvrtko I, Split returns to Hungarian overlordship
- 1420 - City becomes a possession of Venice, and remains such for the following 377 years.[10]
- 1432 - Loggia built.[11]
- 1481 - Hrvoja Tower built.[11]
- 1670 - An outer ring of modern walls is built.[3]
- 1815 - City becomes part of the Habsburg Kingdom of Dalmatia.
- 1830 - Catholic diocese of Spalato-Macarsca established.[12]
- 1851 - Population: 10,787.[13]
- 1885 - Gajo Bulat becomes mayor.
- 1893 - Split Municipal Theatre opens.
20th century
- 1900 - Population: 27,198.[3]
- 1911 - HNK Hajduk Split football team formed.
- 1918 - Ivo Tartaglia becomes mayor.
- 1924 - Museum of Natural History founded.[14]
- 1925 - Zagreb-Split railway constructed.[7]
- 1929 - Split becomes seat of the Littoral Banovina administrative region of Yugoslavia.[15]
- 1931 - Gallery of Fine Arts founded.
- 1941 - Split becomes part of the protectorate of Italy.[7]
- 1943
- Split taken by Yugoslav Partisans.[7]
- Slobodna Dalmacija newspaper begins publication.
- 1944 - Split becomes part of the Federal State of Croatia of Yugoslavia.
- 1954 - Split Summer Festival founded.[16]
- 1960 - Split Festival of music begins.
- 1966 - Split Airport opens in Kaštela.
- 1971 - Population: 129,203.
- 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.
- 1993
- Split-Dalmatia County assembly begins meeting.
- Sister city relationship established with Los Angeles, USA.[17]
- 1995 - Radio Dalmacija begins broadcasting.
- 1998 - Croatia Boat Show begins.
- 1999 - Splitska Televizija (television station) founded.
21st century
- 2001 - February: Political protest.[18]
- 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;[19] metro 349,314.
- 2013
- 24 May: Split local elections, 2013 held.
- 7 June: Ivo Baldasar becomes mayor.
- 1 July: Croatia becomes part of the European Union.
See also
- Split history
- History of Split
- List of mayors of Split
- Other cities in Croatia
References
- 1 2 3 Split, Encyclopaedia Britannica
- 1 2 3 4 Grga Novak: Prošlost Dalmacije; Knjiga prva - Od najstarijih vremena do Kandijskog rata, Split, Marjan tisak, 2004. p. 48-50
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Spalato", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424
- 1 2 Thomas Graham Jackson (1887), "Spalato", Dalmatia, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ↑ David Luscombe, Jonathan Riley-Smith: The New Cambridge Medieval History IV, c.1024 - c.1198 part II, p. 272
- 1 2 Ferdo Šišić: Povijest Hrvata; pregled povijesti hrvatskog naroda 600. - 1918., Zagreb, p. 153
- 1 2 3 4 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
- ↑ Ferdo Šišić, Povijest Hrvata; pregled povijesti hrvatskog naroda 600. - 1918., Zagreb, 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.
- 1 2 "Spalato". Austria-Hungary, Including Dalmatia and Bosnia. Leipzig: Karl Baedeker. 1905. OCLC 344268.
- ↑ Cölestin Wolfsgruber (1913). "Spalato-Macarsca (Salona)". Catholic Encyclopedia. NY.
- ↑ Georg Friedrich Kolb (1862). "Die europäischen Großmächte: Oesterreich". Grundriss der Statistik der Völkerzustands- und Staatenkunde (in German). Leipzig: A. Förstnersche Buchhandlung.
Größere Städte ... in Dalmatien
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ Don Rubin, ed. (2001). World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre. 1: Europe. Routledge. ISBN 9780415251570.
- ↑ "Sister Cities of Los Angeles". USA: City of Los Angeles. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- ↑ "Croatian Rally Protests U.N. and Demands Early Elections". New York Times. 12 February 2001.
- ↑ 2011 Census, Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics,
Population in major towns and municipalities
This article incorporates information from the Croatian Wikipedia.
Further reading
Published in the 18th-19th century
- 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. 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
- R. Lambert Playfair (1892). "Spalato". Handbook to the Mediterranean (3rd ed.). London: J. Murray.
Published in the 20th century
- 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.
- Arthur L. Frothingham (1910). "Spalato". Roman Cities in Italy and Dalmatia. New York: Sturgis & Walton Company.
- Trudy Ring, ed. (1996). "Split". Southern Europe. International Dictionary of Historic Places. 3. Fitzroy Dearborn. OCLC 31045650.
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