Timeline / 1550 to 1800 /

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 , 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 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 .

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 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 .

1797 A.D. Croatia

Napoleon incorporates , 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.