Timeline of Split

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

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Prior to the 19th century

Medieval overlords of Split, 998-1420
980 — – 1000 — – 1020 — – 1040 — – 1060 — – 1080 — – 1100 — – 1120 — – 1140 — – 1160 — – 1180 — – 1200 — – 1220 — – 1240 — – 1260 — – 1280 — – 1300 — – 1320 — – 1340 — – 1360 — – 1380 — – 1400 — – 1420 — – 1440 —
Hungary and Croatia[1]   Venice   Byzantium   Croatia[1][2]   Bosnia   Counts of Bribir

• 3rd or 2nd C. BCE – Split founded as a colony of Issa[3]
• 78 BCE – Salona taken by Romans.[4]
• 310 CE – Diocletian's Palace built near Salona.[4]
• 4th C. CE – Diocletianus Aqueduct constructed.
• 639 – Salona sacked by Avars;[4] 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).[5]
• 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][6]
• 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][7]
• 1096 – Emperor Alexius grants the administration of Dalmatia to the Doge of Venice.[7]
• 1100 – Bell tower of the Cathedral of Saint Domnius constructed.
• 1105 – Split surrenders to King Coloman of Hungary.[4][8]
• 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.[5]
• 1244 – King Bela IV transfers^[clarification needed] the election of Dalmatian city governors, that were previously done by cities themselves, to the Ban of Croatia.[9][10]
• 1327 – Venice reclaims the city.[4]
• 1357 – Venetian forces expelled from Split, Hungary back in power.[4]
• 1390 – Tvrtko I of Bosnia in power.[4][4]
• 1391 – Death of Tvrtko I, Split returns to Hungarian overlordship.[4]
• 1420 – City becomes a possession of Venice, and remains under Venetian rule for the following 377 years.[11]
• 1432 – Loggia built.[12]
• 1481 – Hrvoja Tower built.[12]
• 1670 – An outer ring of modern walls is built.[4]
• 1797 – Split ceded to the Habsburg monarchy by the Treaty of Campo Formio.[13]

19th century

• 1805 – After the defeat of the Third Coalition and the consequent Treaty of Pressburg, Split becomes part of the Kingdom of Italy.[14]
• 1806 – Split becomes part of the French Empire.[14]
• 1809 – Illyrian Provinces established.[15]
• 1813 – Split occupied by Austria.[16]
• 1815 – Split officially ceded to Austria following the Congress of Vienna.[17]
• 1820 Split Archaeological Museum, oldest museum in Croatia, established by a decree of the Dalmatian government.[18]
• 1830 – Catholic diocese of Spalato-Macarsca established.[19]
• 1851 – Population: 10,787.[20]
• 1860 – Antonio Bajamonti of the Autonomist Party becomes mayor.[21]
• 1864 – Bajamonti relieved of duties due to his opposition to Austrian centralism, Frano Lanza appointed mayor.[22]
• 1865 – Bajamonti reelected for mayor.[23]
• 1880 – Split county council dissolved, Aleksandar Nallini appointed commissary of Split.[24]
• 1882 – People's Party wins elections for the first time,[25] Dujam Rendić-Miočević becomes mayor.[26]
• 1885 – Gajo Bulat becomes mayor.
• 1893 – Split Municipal Theatre opens.
• 1900 – Population: 27,198.[4]
• 1922- New building of Split Archaeological Museum opened to public.[18]

20th century

• 1911 – HNK Hajduk Split football team formed.
• 1918 – Ivo Tartaglia becomes mayor.
• 1924 – Museum of Natural History founded.[27]
• 1925 – Zagreb-Split railway constructed.[8]
• 1929 – Split becomes seat of the Littoral Banovina administrative region of Yugoslavia.[28]
• 1931 – Gallery of Fine Arts founded.[29]
• 1941 – Split annexed by Italy, becomes part of the Governorate of Dalmatia and capital of the province of Spalato.[8]
• 1943
  • Split liberated by Yugoslav Partisans following the capitulation of Italy, later retaken by Nazi Germany[8]
  • 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 [hr; sh] founded.[30]
• 1960 – Split Festival of music begins.
• 1966 – Split Airport opens in Kaštela.
• 1971 - Population: 152,905.[31]
• 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.[32]
• 1993
  • Split-Dalmatia County assembly begins meeting.^[citation needed]
  • Sister city relationship established with Los Angeles, USA.[33]
• 1995 – 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.[34]
• 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;[35] metro 349,314.
• 2013 - 1 July: Croatia becomes part of the European Union.

See also

• History of Split
• List of mayors of Split
• Timelines of other cities in Croatia: Rijeka, Zagreb

References

1. Split, Croatia - Spalato, Britannica.com
2. Novak 2004a, pp. 48–50.
3. Novak 1957, p. 18.
4. Britannica 1910.
5. Jackson 1887.
6. David Luscombe, Jonathan Riley-Smith: The New Cambridge Medieval History IV, c.1024 - c.1198 part II, p. 272
7. Šišić, p. 153.
8. Stephen Clissold, ed. (1968). A Short History of Yugoslavia from Early Times to 1966. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-09531-0.
9. John Van Antwerp Fine: The Early Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Sixth to the Late Twelfth Century, 1991, p. 150–152
10. Šišić, p. 200.
11. Eric R. Dursteler, ed. (2013). Companion to Venetian History, 1400-1797. Brill's Companions to European History. Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-25252-3.
12. Baedeker 1905.
13. Novak 1965, p. 8.
14. Novak 1965, p. 39.
15. Novak 1965, pp. 47–48.
16. Novak 1965, pp. 85–86.
17. Novak 1965, pp. 87–88.
18. Alduk, Sara. "Split Archeology Museum Marks Its 200th Anniversary". Retrieved 4 June 2022.
19. Cölestin Wolfsgruber [in German] (1913). "Spalato-Macarsca (Salona)". Catholic Encyclopedia. NY.
20. Georg Friedrich Kolb [in German] (1862). "Die europäischen Großmächte: Oesterreich". Grundriss der Statistik der Völkerzustands- und Staatenkunde (in German). Leipzig: A. Förstnersche Buchhandlung. Größere Städte ... in Dalmatien
21. Novak 1965, pp. 309–310.
22. Novak 1965, p. 317.
23. Novak 1965, p. 321.
24. Novak 1965, pp. 340–341.
25. Novak 1965, p. 355.
26. Novak 1965, p. 364.
27. "Prirodoslovni muzej i zoološki vrt: O muzeju" (in Croatian). Zagreb: Muzejski dokumentacijski centar. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
28. Sabrina P. Ramet (2006). The Three Yugoslavias: State-Building and Legitimation, 1918-2005. Indiana University Press. ISBN 0-253-34656-8.
29. "Galerija umjetnina Split - About Us". Galerija umjetnina Split. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
30. Don Rubin, ed. (2001). World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre. Vol. 1: Europe. Routledge. ISBN 9780415251570.
31. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office (1976). "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1975. New York. pp. 253–279.
32. United Nations Department for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis, Statistics Division (1997). "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". 1995 Demographic Yearbook. New York. pp. 262–321. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)
33. "Sister Cities of Los Angeles". USA: City of Los Angeles. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
34. "Croatian Rally Protests U.N. and Demands Early Elections". New York Times. 12 February 2001.
35. 2011 Census, Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics, Population in major towns and municipalities

This article incorporates information from the Croatian Wikipedia.

Bibliography

published in 18th-19th centuries

• 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. Vol. 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
• Thomas Graham Jackson (1887), "Spalato", Dalmatia, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• R. Lambert Playfair (1892). "Spalato". Handbook to the Mediterranean (3rd ed.). London: J. Murray.

published in 20th century

• "Spalato". Austria-Hungary, Including Dalmatia and Bosnia. Leipzig: Karl Baedeker. 1905. OCLC 344268.
• 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.
• "Spalato" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 25 (11th ed.). 1910. pp. 591–592.
• Arthur L. Frothingham (1910). "Spalato". Roman Cities in Italy and Dalmatia. New York: Sturgis & Walton Company.
• Novak, Grga (1957). Povijest Splita. Vol. I. Split: Matica Hrvatska.
• Novak, Grga (1961). Povijest Splita. Vol. II. Split: Matica Hrvatska.
• Novak, Grga (1965). Povijest Splita. Vol. III. Split: Matica Hrvatska.
• Trudy Ring, ed. (1996). "Split". Southern Europe. Vol. 3. Fitzroy Dearborn. OCLC 31045650. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)

published in 21st century

• Novak, Grga (2004a). Prošlost Dalmacije. Vol. I. Split: Marjan Tisak. ISBN 953-214-181-2.
• Novak, Grga (2004b). Prošlost Dalmacije. Vol. II. Split: Marjan Tisak. ISBN 953-214-182-0.
• Šišić, Ferdo. Povijest Hrvata; pregled povijesti hrvatskog naroda 600. - 1918. Zagreb.^[publisher missing]^[year missing]

External links

• Europeana. Items related to Split, various dates.

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