Timeline of Split

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

Prior to 20th century

Medieval overlords
of Split, 998-1420

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 Hungary and Croatia^[1]

 Venice

 Byzantium

 Croatia^[1][2]

 Bosnia

 Counts of Bribir

• 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

• Timeline of Rijeka
• Timeline of Zagreb

References

1. Split, Encyclopaedia Britannica
2. Grga Novak: Prošlost Dalmacije; Knjiga prva - Od najstarijih vremena do Kandijskog rata, Split, Marjan tisak, 2004. p. 48-50
3. "Spalato", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424
4. Thomas Graham Jackson (1887), "Spalato", Dalmatia, Oxford: Clarendon Press
5. David Luscombe, Jonathan Riley-Smith: The New Cambridge Medieval History IV, c.1024 - c.1198 part II, p. 272
6. Ferdo Šišić: Povijest Hrvata; pregled povijesti hrvatskog naroda 600. - 1918., Zagreb, p. 153
7. Stephen Clissold, ed. (1968). A Short History of Yugoslavia from Early Times to 1966. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-09531-0.
8. John Van Antwerp Fine: The Early Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Sixth to the Late Twelfth Century, 1991, p. 150-152
9. Ferdo Šišić, Povijest Hrvata; pregled povijesti hrvatskog naroda 600. - 1918., Zagreb, p. 200
10. Eric R. Dursteler, ed. (2013). Companion to Venetian History, 1400-1797. Brill's Companions to European History. Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-25252-3.
11. "Spalato". Austria-Hungary, Including Dalmatia and Bosnia. Leipzig: Karl Baedeker. 1905. OCLC 344268.
12. Cölestin Wolfsgruber (1913). "Spalato-Macarsca (Salona)". Catholic Encyclopedia. NY.
13. 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
14. "Prirodoslovni muzej i zoološki vrt: O muzeju" (in Croatian). Zagreb: Muzejski dokumentacijski centar. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
15. Sabrina P. Ramet (2006). The Three Yugoslavias: State-Building and Legitimation, 1918-2005. Indiana University Press. ISBN 0-253-34656-8.
16. Don Rubin, ed. (2001). World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre. 1: Europe. Routledge. ISBN 9780415251570.
17. "Sister Cities of Los Angeles". USA: City of Los Angeles. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
18. "Croatian Rally Protests U.N. and Demands Early Elections". New York Times. 12 February 2001.
19. 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.

External links

• Europeana. Items related to Split, various dates.

Coordinates: 43°30′N 16°26′E / 43.500°N 16.433°E