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1991: Croatia Declares Independence

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|Date: October 08, 2018
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1991: Croatia Declares Independence

On this day in 1991, the Parliament (Sabor) of the Republic of Croatia severed all remaining ties with th ...

On this day in 1991, the Parliament (Sabor) of the Republic of Croatia severed all remaining ties with the republics and provinces of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, making Croatia an in ...

October 08, 2018
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1990: First Multiparty Parliament in Croatia

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1990: First Multiparty Parliament in Croatia

The parliament was still called the Parliament of the Socialist Republic of Croatia at the time. After th ...

The parliament was still called the Parliament of the Socialist Republic of Croatia at the time. After the first multiparty parliamentary elections were held in Croatia, the parliament assembled in Za ...

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1992: Croatia Accepted into the UN

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1992: Croatia Accepted into the UN

Croatian president Tuđman held a speech, saying the entrance to the hall of the UN’s General Assembly was ...

Croatian president Tuđman held a speech, saying the entrance to the hall of the UN’s General Assembly was made from Croatian stone. On this day a Croatian delegation led by President Franjo Tuđman vis ...

May 22, 2016
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1990: First Multiparty Elections in Croatia

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1990: First Multiparty Elections in Croatia

Croatia was at that time part of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The first multiparty parli ...

Croatia was at that time part of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The first multiparty parliamentary elections in Croatia were held on this day in 1990. Croatia was at that time part of t ...

April 22, 2016
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1871: Birth of Mirko Seljan – Croatian Explorer of Africa and South America

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1871: Birth of Mirko Seljan – Croatian Explorer of Africa and South America

Mirko and his brother Stjepan spent a long time in Ethiopia, where they were decorated by Emperor Menelik ...

Mirko and his brother Stjepan spent a long time in Ethiopia, where they were decorated by Emperor Menelik II. They founded a settlement named Seljanville. Mirko Seljan, a Croat who together with his b ...

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1510: Beatrice de Frangepan – The Richest Woman in Croatia

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1510: Beatrice de Frangepan – The Richest Woman in Croatia

She and her husband John Corvinus were by birth one of the most esteemed wedded couples who lived in Croa ...

She and her husband John Corvinus were by birth one of the most esteemed wedded couples who lived in Croatia after the extinction of the country’s native kings. Beatrice de Frangepan (Croatian: Beatri ...

March 27, 2016
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1712: The Croatian Pragmatic Sanction

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1712: The Croatian Pragmatic Sanction

The Croatian Pragmatic Sanction is mentioned even in the current Constitution of Croatia, as historical e ...

The Croatian Pragmatic Sanction is mentioned even in the current Constitution of Croatia, as historical evidence of Croatian independence and sovereignty. The Croatian Pragmatic Sanction was voted in ...

March 11, 2016
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Inventor of the Torpedo – 1875

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|Date: January 11, 2016
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Inventor of the Torpedo – 1875

What follows is the story of how Giovanni Luppis and Robert Whitehead produced the first torpedo in the c ...

What follows is the story of how Giovanni Luppis and Robert Whitehead produced the first torpedo in the city of Rijeka. Their weapon has since become an irreplaceable asset in naval warfare. This day ...

January 11, 2016
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