Timeline of Rijeka explained

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

Prior to 19th century

• 3rd century CE – Roman triumphal arch erected.
• 799 CE – Town sacked by forces of Charlemagne (approximate date).
• 1139 – "Counts of Duino" in power.
• 1377 – Church of the Assumption founded.
• 1453 – Virgin Mary pilgrimage church established near town.
• 1471 – Austrians in power.
• 1638 – St. Vitus Cathedral founded.
• 1722 – Fiume becomes a free port.
• 1779 – Town becomes part of the Kingdom of Hungary.
• 1790 – Church of St. Nicholas built.

19th century

• 1809 – Town occupied by French forces.
• 1813 – Town taken by British forces.
• 1822 – Town ceded to Hungary.
• 1849 – Town becomes part of Croatia.
• 1851 - Population: 10,568.^[1]
• 1856 – Imperial Naval Academy founded.
• 1870 – Town becomes part of the Kingdom of Hungary again.
• 1872 – Drenova becomes part of Fiume.
• 1873 – Railway begins operating.
• 1875 – Whitehead's torpedo manufactory in operation.
• 1877 – Port built.
• 1890 - Population: 30,337.^[2]
• 1891
  • Fiume loses free port status.
  • June: Austrian emperor visits town.
• 1898 – October: Flood.
• 1900 – Population: 38,955.

20th century

• 1903
  • Rijeka Synagogue built.
  • Seamanship school founded.
• 1906 – February: Labour strike.
• 1913 – Stadio Comunale del Littorio opens.
• 1919 – Town becomes part of the Italian Regency of Carnaro.
• 1920 – Free State of Fiume established per Treaty of Rapallo.^[3]
• 1921 – Communist Party of Fiume established.
• 1922 – Town taken by Italian forces.
• 1924
  • 16 March: Fiume becomes part of the Kingdom of Italy per Treaty of Rome.
  • Town becomes capital of Fiume province.
• 1925 - Catholic diocese of Rijeka established.^[4]
• 1926 – Unione Sportiva Fiumana football club formed.
• 1945 – Yugoslavs in power.
• 1946 – NK Kvarner football club active.
• 1947 – Fiume becomes part of Yugoslavia per treaty.
• 1948 – Kvarnersko Brodogradilište shipyard active.
• 1949 – City becomes seat of the Rijeka Oblast of Yugoslavia.
• 1953 – Kvarnerska Rivijera football tournament begins.
• 1961 - Population: 100,989.^[5]
• 1970 – Rijeka Airport opens.
• 1973
  • University of Rijeka established.
  • Dvorana Mladosti (sport venue) opens in Trsat.
• 1978 – Automotodrom Grobnik opens.
• 1991
  • City becomes part of Croatia.
  • Population: 167,964 city;^[6] metro 236,028.
• 1993 - Slavko Linić becomes mayor.
• 1998 – Polytechnic of Rijeka founded.
• 2000
  • Luka Rijeka company established.
  • Vojko Obersnel becomes mayor.

21st century

• 2011 – Population: 128,624; metro 213,666.
• 2017 - Rijeka local elections, 2017 held.

See also

• History of Rijeka
• Other names of Rijeka
• List of governors and heads of state of Fiume
• List of mayors of Rijeka, 1948–present
• Timeline of Croatian history
• Timelines of other cities in Croatia: Split, Zagreb

References

This article incorporates information from the Croatian Wikipedia, German Wikipedia, and Italian Wikipedia.

Bibliography

Published in 19th century

• Book: William Blackwood . 1830 . Edinburgh . Edinburgh Encyclopaedia . David Brewster . Fiume . https://archive.org/stream/edinburghencyclo09edinuoft#page/364/mode/2up . Edinburgh Encyclopaedia .
  • Book: Geography . 2 . . Charles Knight . London . 1866 . Bradbury, Evans, & Co. . http://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433000064794?urlappend=%3Bseq=521 . Fiume . 2027/nyp.33433000064794?urlappend=%3Bseq=521 .
    • Book: Great Britain. Foreign Office . Reports from Her Majesty's Consuls on the Manufactures, Commerce, &c. of Their Consular Districts . 1880 . Harrison and Sons . London . Austria-Hungary: Fiume . https://books.google.com/books?id=18fNAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA434 .

Published in 20th century

• • Book: Illustrierter Führer durch Dalmatien . Illustrated Guide to Dalmatia . 5th . Wien . 1902 . A. Hartleben . de . Fiume . https://books.google.com/books?id=Z5GRkqe3uI8C&pg=PA41 .
• Fiume . 10 . 449 - 450 . 1910 . . 1.

External links

• Europeana. Items related to Rijeka, various dates.

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Notes and References

1. Book: Georg Friedrich Kolb .

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   . de . Grundriss der Statistik der Völkerzustands- und Staatenkunde . 1862 . Leipzig . A. Förstnersche Buchhandlung . Die europäischen Großmächte: Oesterreich . https://books.google.com/books?id=QkBVAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA30 . Größere Städte ... in Croatien .
2. Book: Statesman's Year-Book . 1908 . London . Macmillan and Co.. Hungary: Principal Towns . http://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433081590592?urlappend=%3Bseq=876 . HathiTrust . Statesman's Year-Book . 2027/nyp.33433081590592?urlappend=%3Bseq=876 . Hunter . Brian . Paxton . John . Steinberg . S. H. . Epstein . Mortimer . Renwick . Isaac Parker Anderson . Keltie . John Scott . Martin . Frederick .
3. Book: Statesman's Year-Book . 1921 . London . Macmillan and Co.. Fiume . http://hdl.handle.net/2027/njp.32101072368440?urlappend=%3Bseq=888 . HathiTrust . Statesman's Year-Book . 2027/njp.32101072368440?urlappend=%3Bseq=888 .
4. Web site: Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Croatia . . Norway . 30 September 2015 .
5. Book: https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/1960_round.htm . Demographic Yearbook 1965 . 1966 . . New York . Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants .
6. Book: https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/1990_round.htm . 1995 Demographic Yearbook . 1997 . United Nations Department for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis, Statistics Division . New York . Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants . 262–321 .