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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

  • 3rd or 2nd century BCE – Split founded as a colony of Issa
  • 78 BCE – Salona taken by Romans.
  • 310 CE – Diocletian's Palace built near Salona.
  • 4th century CE – Diocletianus Aqueduct constructed.
  • 639 – Salona sacked by Avars; 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).
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 1091 – Byzantine Emperor Alexius joins the old Theme of Dalmatia to the Empire.
  • 1096 – Emperor Alexius grants the administration of Dalmatia to the Doge of Venice.
  • 1100 – Bell tower of the Cathedral of Saint Domnius constructed.
  • 1105 – Split surrenders to King Coloman of Hungary.
  • 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.
  • 1244 – King Bela IV transfers the election of Dalmatian city governors, that were previously done by cities themselves, to the Ban of Croatia.
  • 1327 – Venice reclaims the city.
  • 1357 – Venetian forces expelled from Split, Hungary back in power.
  • 1390 – Tvrtko I of Bosnia in power.
  • 1391 – Death of Tvrtko I, Split returns to Hungarian overlordship.
  • 1420 – City becomes a possession of Venice, and remains under Venetian rule for the following 377 years.
  • 1432 – Loggia built.
  • 1481 – Hrvoja Tower built.
  • 1670 – An outer ring of modern walls is built.
  • 1797 – Split ceded to the Habsburg Monarchy by the Treaty of Campo Formio.

    • 19th century

  • 1805 – After the defeat of the Third Coalition and the consequent Treaty of Pressburg, Split becomes part of the Kingdom of Italy.
  • 1806 – Split becomes part of the French Empire.
  • 1809 – Illyrian Provinces established.
  • 1813 – Split occupied by Austria.
  • 1815 – Split officially ceded to Austria following the Congress of Vienna.
  • 1830 – Catholic diocese of Spalato-Macarsca established.
  • 1851 – Population: 10,787.
  • 1860 – Antonio Bajamonti of the Autonomist Party becomes mayor.
  • 1864 – Bajamonti relieved of duties due to his opposition to Austrian centralism, Frano Lanza appointed mayor.
  • 1865 – Bajamonti reelected for mayor.
  • 1880 – Split county council dissolved, Aleksandar Nallini appointed commissary of Split.
  • 1882 – People's Party wins elections for the first time, Dujam Rendić-Miočević becomes mayor.
  • 1885 – Gajo Bulat becomes mayor.
  • 1893 – Split Municipal Theatre opens.

    • 20th century

  • 1900 – Population: 27,198.
  • 1911 – HNK Hajduk Split football team formed.
  • 1918 – Ivo Tartaglia becomes mayor.
  • 1924 – Museum of Natural History founded.
  • 1925 – Zagreb-Split railway constructed.
  • 1929 – Split becomes seat of the Littoral Banovina administrative region of Yugoslavia.
  • 1931 – Gallery of Fine Arts founded.
  • 1941 – Split annexed by Italy, becomes part of the Governorate of Dalmatia.
  • 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 – Split Summer Festival founded.
  • 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.
  • 1995 – Radio Dalmacija begins broadcasting.
  • 1998 – Croatia Boat Show begins.
  • 1999 – Splitska Televizija (television station) founded.

    • 21st century

  • 2001 – February: Political protest.
  • 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; 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.

    • References

    Timeline of Split Wikipedia
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