| Brief history of Croatia |
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 croatia 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 Agreement with the European Union |
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