Croatia
Historical timeline
| 38000 BC | First settlements in what is today the country's territory |
| 12000 BC | The Brijuni islands come into being |
| 2000 BC | Thracian tribes migrate in |
| 1250 BC | Illyrian tribes migrate in |
| 800 BC | Illyrian tribes settle. Agriculture and piracy are the main sources of income |
| 700 BC | Greeks settle and colonise the land. Hvar, Vis and Korčula are founded |
| 229 - 228 BC | First war between Romans and Illyrians |
| 33 BC | The country becomes a Roman province |
| 284 AD | Construction of Diocletian's Palace begins |
| 313 AD | Emperor Constantine decrees that Christianity be recognised and that no Christians may any longer be persecuted on account of their faith |
| 375 AD | Huns take the country |
| 600 AD | Slavs take the country. Presumably from Asia Minor |
| 788 AD | Charlemagne occupies Istria |
| 795 - 796 | Franks settle and missionise the Slavs |
| 819 - 823 | Uprising of the Slavs against the Franks |
| 845 - 864 | Tripimir I unites Croatia. The principality comes into being |
| 870 | Prince Branimir makes the first attempts to win Croatia's independence |
| 925 | Croatia's first king is elected: Tomislav I. The "triune kingdom" comes into being. It consists of Croatia, Dalmatia and Slavonia |
| 1000 | Venice begins to conquer the Adriatic islands |
| 1076 | The kingdom falls under the feudal overlordship of the Pope |
| 1089 | King Laszlo I conquers Slavonia. His nephew is installed here as king |
| 1102 | The "pacta de conventa" is concluded and the Croatian princes retain a large part of their rights despite foreign rule. Feudal dues are henceforth paid to the Avars |
| 1205 | Ragusa (today: Dubrovnik) is conquered by the Venetians |
| 1301 | The royal family of the Árpáds dies out and a new king is elected |
| 1342 | The house of Anjou provides the new king: Louis I |
| 1353 | The Ottomans push into the country |
| 1358 | A peace treaty between Hungary and Venice is concluded |
| 1389 | The Battle of Kosovo between Serbs and Ottomans turns out in favour of the Turkish army |
| 1409 | For 100,000 ducats King Ladislaus sells Zadar and the legal title to Dalmatia to the Venetians |
| 1421 | The whole of Dalmatia is under Venetian rule |
| 1527 | King Ferdinand I is recognised by the Croats, Dalmatians and Slavs as well. A new empire comes into being. |
| 1699 | The Habsburgs conquer southern Croatia, Slavonia and northern Serbia and conclude the Peace of Karlowitz |
| 1712 | Croatia is recognised as having autonomous status and its historical and political individuality vis-à-vis Austria-Hungary is respected |
| 1797 | In a peace treaty Napoleon and Francis II agree to annex Istria and Dalmatia to the Austrian Empire, which also includes the coastal strip along with the Venetian war fleet |
| 1809 | Austria has to cede the territories back to France. The French Illyrian province is now governed from Ljubljana |
| 1814 | The Illyrian province is once again placed under Austrian rule and governed from Vienna |
| 1918 | The Kingdom of Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia is proclaimed. Istria, Rijeka and Zadar go to Italy |
| 1929 | The Kingdom of Yugoslavia is founded |
| 1941 | Tito and his partisan groups succeed in reconquering some territories lost in the Second World War |
| 1945 | The Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia is proclaimed |
| 1956 | Tito calls the first conference of the Non-Aligned States. 20 countries take part |
| 1990 | Serb uprising in the Krajina |
| 1991 | A referendum decides that Croatia no longer belongs to Yugoslavia |
| 1992 | Croatia becomes a member of the UN |
| 1991 - 1995 | The Balkan war |
| 1996 | Tourism becomes ever more popular, yet it will take until 2001 for as many people to visit the country again as before the war |
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