Timeline / 1625 to 2000 /

Date Country | Description

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.

1638 A.D. Croatia

Jesuits build their church in . Dedicated to St Vitus it is the first and the biggest circular Baroque building in Croatia.

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 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. Date Country | Description

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

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, , , 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 Dalmatia, Dubrovnik and western Croatia as the French Illyrian Provinces. France stimulated agriculture and commerce in the provinces and fought piracy. Date Country | Description

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.

1850 A.D. Croatia

On 9 July Nikola Tesla is born in Croatia.

1867 A.D. Croatia

Emperor Franz Joseph enters the Dual Monarchy with Hungary. Conflicting interests prevent Austria-Hungary from uniting the South Slavs: Croatia and Slavonia fall under Hungarian control, while Austria retains Dalmatia.

1867 A.D. Croatia

In pursuit of a South Slav cultural union bishop Josip Strossmayer founds the Yugoslav Academy of Arts and Sciences.

1881 A.D. Croatia

Austria-Hungary reincorporates the military border into Croatia, increasing the number of ethnic Serbs in Croatia to about 25 per cent.

1918 A.D. Croatia

On 29 October the Croatian Parliament proclaims Croatia’s administrative relations with Austria and Hungary void. In December the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes is formed.

1920 A.D. Croatia

The Croatian People’s Peasants’ Party – from 7 December Republican Peasants’ Party – led by Stjepan Radi# refuses to acknowledge the monarchy and leads Croats to ethnic and political emancipation.