Timeline / 1550 to 1800 / CROATIA
Date Country | Description
1556 A.D. Croatia
Nikola Zrinski defeats the Pasha of Budim near Bobocsa. The fall of Kostajnica and the arrival of Ottomans in Turopolje.
1565 A.D. Croatia
On the initiative of the Council of Trent the Bishop of Zagreb, Juraj Draškovi#, establishes the Zagreb Seminary (Seminarium Clericorum) to promote theology.
1566 A.D. Croatia
The siege of Siget. Nikola Šubi# Zrinski holds out against the army of the Sultan Sulayman I and falls during the last attack.
1599 A.D. Croatia
Zagreb and a major part of Croatia are stricken by plague of epidemic proportions.
1606 A.D. Croatia
Arrival of Jesuits in Zagreb. In 1607 they established the Classical Gymnasium, the first gymnasium (high school) that still exists today. Arrival of the first pharmacist J. Gasparini in Zagreb.
1609 A.D. Croatia
King Matyas II approves the new Statute of the Zagreb Gradec.
1615 A.D. Croatia
Venice conquers Karlobag attacking Novi Vinodolski, the city of the Frankopans. This marks the beginning of the Austro-Venetian war, at this stage known as the Uskok war.
1618 - 1648 A.D. Croatia
Around 30,000 Croatian soldiers, mainly cavalry, participate in the Thirty Years’ War. Croatian troops fight against Miklós Bethlen (1642–1716) in Bohemia and Hungary.
1620 A.D. Croatia
Jesuits build the Church of St Catherine in Zagreb, from its architecture and inventory one of the most outstanding Jesuit churches in Croatia.
1638 A.D. Croatia
Jesuits build their church in Rijeka. Dedicated to St Vitus it is the first and the biggest circular Baroque building in Croatia. Date Country | Description
1642 A.D. Croatia
Jesuits build their church in Varaždin dedicated to the Assumption of Virgin. The church is considered to follow the style of the Roman church Il Gesù.
1656 A.D. Croatia
Governor Camilio Gonzaga establishes the city of Split. He proposed to the Venetian Senate to build a bulwark to defend the town. The Paulist School of philosophy was established.
1670 A.D. Croatia
In the church of Our Lady of Pirates in Komiža on the island of Vis Stjepan Killarevich from Krakow builds one of three preserved 17th-century organs in Croatia.
1671 A.D. Croatia
Petar Zrinski and Fran Krsto Frankopan executed in Wiener Neustadt (Be#ko Novo Mjesto). Building of Dubrovnik Cathedral after the plan of A. Buffalini from Urbino which displays features of developed Roman Baroque.
1673 A.D. Croatia
Jesuit Stjepa Glava#, a professor of the Zagreb Academy, publishes the first domestic geographic map of Croatia, which meets the high standards of cartography of that time in Europe.
1684 A.D. Croatia
Great victories over Turks in north Croatia. The commanders of the victorious army were Banus Nikola Erdödy, General Leslie and Johann Joseph Herberstein.
1699 A.D. Croatia
Peace in Srijemski Karlovci. The end of Turkish rule in north Croatia It remained under the rule of Habsburgs while south Croatia, with the exception of Dubrovnik Republic, was dominated by Venice.
1700 A.D. Croatia
In Dubrovnik the Jesuit church of St Ignatius is built according to the plans of Andrea Pozzo.
1714 - 1715 A.D. Croatia
The authority of the Hungarian-Croatian parliament over Croatian internal legal questions is acknowledged at the joint council at Požun.
1720 A.D. Croatia Date Country | Description
The beginning of the Baroque city of Vukovar, building of the city centre, Franciscan monastery, parish church and the Palace of the Counts Eltz.
1726 A.D. Croatia
On the initiative of Charles VI the Karolina road from Karlovac to Bosilje, Vrbovsko, Mrkopalj, Bakar and Rijeka is built.
1741 A.D. Croatia
Jesuit mathematician Ru#er Boškovi# publishes his work De natura et usu infinitorum et infinite parvorum in Rome.
1754 A.D. Croatia
The ‘Fundamental law’ for military territory (the so-called ‘Vojna krajina’ of the Varaždin and Karlovac military district) in Croatia is established.
1780 A.D. Croatia
The ‘Josephina’ road between Karlovac and Rijeka is constructed. The first stockmarket in Rijeka is established.
1781 A.D. Croatia
Joseph II abolishes all male and female religious orders except those which take care of the sick and helpless or are engaged in education.
1785 A.D. Croatia
In Varaždin the first Jewish commune is established. Joseph II announces his ‘Patent on the abolishment of slavery’ for the territories of Hungary and Croatia. The first Real Gymnasium is opened in Senj.
1797 A.D. Croatia
Napoleon incorporates Dalmatia, Dubrovnik and western Croatia as the French Illyrian Provinces. France stimulated agriculture and commerce in the provinces and fought piracy.
1799 A.D. Croatia
Travelling artists perform the first opera in Zagreb I Filosofi imaginari composed by Giovanni Paisiello, which marks the beginning of the new repertoire including Rossini, Bellini, etc.