# Timeline of Split

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Split, Croatia.

## Prior to the 19th century

* 3rd or 2nd C. BCE – Split founded as a colony of Issa
* 78 BCE – Salona taken by Romans.
* 310 CE – Diocletian's Palace built near Salona.
* 4th C. CE – Diocletianus Aqueduct constructed.
* 639 – Salona sacked by Avars; refugees settle at nearby Spalatum.
* 998 – Venetian Doge Pietro Orseolo is granted the title of "Duke of Dalmatia" by the Emperor Basil II (Venice is a nominal vassal of the Byzantine Emperors).
* 1019 – First Bulgarian Empire destroyed, direct Byzantine rule restored to Split by Basil II (Venice stops using the title "Duke of Dalmatia").
* 1069 – Split acknowledges nominal suzerainty of Croatian King Peter Krešimir IV.
* 1084 – The title of "Duke of Dalmatia" granted once more to Venetian doges by Emperor Alexius I Comnenus, but the town remains under overlordship of King Demetrius Zvonimir.
* 1091 – Byzantine Emperor Alexius joins the old Theme of Dalmatia to the Empire.
* 1096 – Emperor Alexius grants the administration of Dalmatia to the Doge of Venice.
* 1100 – Bell tower of the Cathedral of Saint Domnius constructed.
* 1105 – Split surrenders to King Coloman of Hungary.
* 1116 – Venetian Doge Ordelafo Faliero de Doni retakes the city from Hungary.
* 1117 – Ordelafo Faliero is defeated and falls in battle with the Hungarians, city submits to Hungary.
* 1118 – Doge Domenico Michele defeats Stephen II of Hungary and re-establishes Venetian sovereignty
* 1124 – While Domenico Michele is engaged in battle with Byzantium, Stephen II retakes Split and the other Dalmatian cities.
* 1125 – Doge Domenico Michele returns and retakes Split and the Dalmatian cities.
* 1141 – Géza II of Hungary conquers Bosnian lands and re-establishes Hungarian rule in the city.
* 1171 – Emperor Manuel I Comnenus of the Byzantine Empire restores Imperial control in Split for the last time.
* 1180 – Death of Manuel I, Hungary re-assumes sovereignty.
* 1241 – City unsuccessfully besieged by Tartar forces.
* 1244 – King Bela IV transfers the election of Dalmatian city governors, that were previously done by cities themselves, to the Ban of Croatia.
* 1327 – Venice reclaims the city.
* 1357 – Venetian forces expelled from Split, Hungary back in power.
* 1390 – Tvrtko I of Bosnia in power.
* 1391 – Death of Tvrtko I, Split returns to Hungarian overlordship.
* 1420 – City becomes a possession of Venice, and remains under Venetian rule for the following 377 years.
* 1432 – Loggia built.
* 1481 – Hrvoja Tower built.
* 1670 – An outer ring of modern walls is built.
* 1797 – Split ceded to the Habsburg monarchy by the Treaty of Campo Formio.

## 19th century

* 1805 – After the defeat of the Third Coalition and the consequent Treaty of Pressburg, Split becomes part of the Kingdom of Italy.
* 1806 – Split becomes part of the French Empire.
* 1809 – Illyrian Provinces established.
* 1813 – Split occupied by Austria.
* 1815 – Split officially ceded to Austria following the Congress of Vienna.
* 1820 Split Archaeological Museum, oldest museum in Croatia, established by a decree of the Dalmatian government.
* 1830 – Catholic diocese of Spalato-Macarsca established.
* 1851 – Population: 10,787.
* 1860 – Antonio Bajamonti of the Autonomist Party becomes mayor.
* 1864 – Bajamonti relieved of duties due to his opposition to Austrian centralism, Frano Lanza appointed mayor.
* 1865 – Bajamonti reelected for mayor.
* 1880 – Split county council dissolved, Aleksandar Nallini appointed commissary of Split.
* 1882 – People's Party wins elections for the first time, Dujam Rendić-Miočević becomes mayor.
* 1885 – Gajo Bulat becomes mayor.
* 1893 – Split Municipal Theatre opens.
* 1900 – Population: 27,198.
* 1922- New building of Split Archaeological Museum opened to public.

## 20th century

* 1911 – HNK Hajduk Split football team formed.
* 1918 – Ivo Tartaglia becomes mayor.
* 1924 – Museum of Natural History founded.
* 1925 – Zagreb-Split railway constructed.
* 1929 – Split becomes seat of the Littoral Banovina administrative region of Yugoslavia.
* 1931 – Gallery of Fine Arts founded.
* 1941 – Split annexed by Italy, becomes part of the Governorate of Dalmatia and capital of the province of Spalato.
* 1943
** Split liberated by Yugoslav Partisans following the capitulation of Italy, later retaken by Nazi Germany
** Slobodna Dalmacija newspaper begins publication.
* 1944 – Split liberated for the second and final time, becomes part of the Federal State of Croatia of Yugoslavia.
* 1954 – Split Summer Festival [hr; sh] founded.
* 1960 – Split Festival of music begins.
* 1966 – Split Airport opens in Kaštela.
* 1971 - Population: 152,905.
* 1974 – University of Split established.
* 1976 – Museum of Croatian Archaeological Monuments opens.
* 1979 – Poljud Stadium built.
* 1990 – City hosts 1990 European Athletics Championships.
* 1991
** 6 May: Protest against Yugoslav People's Army.
** 14–16 November: Battle of the Dalmatian Channels occurs near city.
** Population: 200,459.
* 1993
** Split-Dalmatia County assembly begins meeting.
** Sister city relationship established with Los Angeles, USA.
* 1995 – Radio Dalmacija [hr; sh] begins broadcasting.
* 1997 - Croatian Maritime Museum established.
* 1998 – Croatia Boat Show begins.
* 1999 – Splitska Televizija (television station) founded.

## 21st century

* 2001 – February: Political protest.
* 2005 – A1 motorway (Zagreb-Split) constructed.
* 2006 – Split Suburban Railway begins operating.
* 2008 – Spaladium Arena opens.
* 2009 – 24 July: Train derailment at Rudine, near Split.
* 2011
** Split Pride begins.
** Population: 178,192; metro 349,314.
* 2013 - 1 July: Croatia becomes part of the European Union.