Croatia
 

1848 - 10 Sep 1852 Croatia, Dalmatia & Slavonia              10 Sep 1852 - 1867 Croatia             10 Sep 1852 - 1867 Slavonia         1867 - 29 Oct 1918 Croatia, Dalmatia & Slavonia                 8 Oct 1871 - 11 Oct 1871            Possible Rakovica Revolt Flag                        29 Oct 1918 - 1 Dec 1918;               26 Au 1939 - 8 May 1945 Civil Flag                26 Aug 1939 - 10 Apr 1941 State Flag                 Bannate of Croatia in Yugoslavia           28 Apr 1941 - 8 May 1945 State Flag                          25 Jul 1990 - 21 Dec 1990                            Adopted 21 Dec 1990   Map of Croatia Hear National Anthem  "Lijepa nasa domovino" (Our Beautiful Homeland) Text of National Anthem unofficial from 1891; 1941-1945;  adopted 29 Feb 1972; re-adopted 22 Dec 1990 Constitution  (22 Dec 1990) Capital: Zagreb (Agram 1557-1918; Varazdin 1767-1776; Knin 925-10..; Nin 625-925) Currency: Kuna (HRK) National Holiday: 25 Jun (1991) Statehood Day Population: 4,491,543 (2008) GDP: $73.3 billion (2008) Exports: $12.3 billion (2008) Imports: $25.8 billion (2008)  Ethnic groups: Croat 89.6%, Serb 4.5%, Bosniak 0.5%, Hungarian 0.4%, Italian 0.4%, Slovene 0.3%, Czech 0.2%, Roma 0.2%, Albanian 0.1%, Montenegrin 0.1%, others 4.1% (2001) Total Active Armed Forces: 20,800 (2006) Merchant marine: 80 ships (2008) Religions: Christian 92.6% (of which Roman Catholic 87.8%, Eastern Orthodox 4.4%), Muslim 1.3%, others 0.9%,  nonreligious/atheist 5.2% (2001)  International Organizations/Treaties: AG, APM, BIS, BSEC (observer), BTWC, CE, CEFTA, CEI, CTBT, DC, EAPC, EBRD, EU (candidate), FAO, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, KP, MIGA, NAM (observer), NATO, NPT, NSG, OAS (observer), OIF (observer), OPCW, OSCE, PCA, SECI, SECP, UN, UNCLOS, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNFCC, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC Croatia Index Chronology   626                        Principality of Croatia (Knezevina Hrvatska). 925                        Kingdom of Croatia (Kraljevina Hrvatska). 986 -  9 Jul 1409          Dalmatia in personal union with Croatia.  1102                       Personal union with Kingdom of Hungary. 1260                       A separate Kingdom of Slavonia is recognized,                               with a separate diet, but it is not recorded                               in the royal style of Croatia before 1777.  1 Jan 1527                Hungary (and Croatia) in personal union                               with Austria.  8 Oct 1809                Annexed by France. 25 Dec 1809                Province of Croatia organized as part of                              the Illyrian Provinces. 15 Apr 1811                Part of Croatia is annexed to Fiume to form                               the civil intendance of Croatia; the remainder                              becomes the military intendance of Croatia;                              both part of the Illyrian Provinces. Aug 1813                   Austrian occupation. 30 May 1814                Formally restored to Austria.  5 Jul 1822                Civil administration transferred to Hungary. 19 Apr 1848                Independence declared from Hungary, but not Austria 21 Dec 1867                Part of the "Hungarian half" of the                               Austro-Hungarian monarchy. 21 Dec 1867                Triune Kingdom of Croatia (Trojenda Kraljevina                              Hrvatska) an informal but semi-official style,                              is officially styled Kingdom of Dalmatia,                              Croatia and Slavonia (Kraljevina Dalmacija,                               Hrvatska i Slavonija). This style already occurs                              in a document dated 1712 (note the continuing                               purely formal priority of Dalmatia).  8 Oct 1871 - 11 Oct 1871  Rakovica revolt. 29 Oct 1918                Independence from Hungary, as State of Slovenes,                              Croats, and Serbs.  1 Dec 1918                Merged into Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes                              (see Serbia and Montenegro).  4 Jun 1920                Hungary formally renounces claim to Croatia and                              Slavonia by the Treaty of Trianon.  4 Oct 1929 - 26 Aug 1939  Partitioned into Sava the Banovina and Costal                               Banovina (Savska Banovina/Primorska Banovina).  26 Aug 1939                Autonomy (Banovina of Croatia). 10 Apr 1941 -  8 May 1945  Independent State of Croatia (under Italo-German                              control [German zone in the east, Italian zone                              in the west]). 18 May 1941 - 12 Sep 1943  Nominally a kingdom¹. 10 Sep 1943                Germany occupies former Italian controlled areas                               (Dalmatia, Zadar, and the western zone).  4 Dec 1943                Re-incorporation into Yugoslavia declared.  9 May 1944                Federal State of Croatia, reincorporation into                              Yugoslavia declared.  2 Dec 1945                Part of Federative People's Republic of Yugoslavia                              (People's Socialist Republic of Croatia).  7 Jul 1963                Socialist Republic of Croatia within Yugoslavia 25 Jul 1990                Republic of Croatia 25 Jun 1991                Independence declared.  8 Jul 1991 -  8 Oct 1991  Independence suspended. 19 Dec 1991 -  7 Aug 1995  Serbian Krajna independent (not recognized). Counties (since 1993) Yugoslav Republic of Croatia (1945-1990) Slavonia (626-1458) Krajina (1990-1995) Srem-Baranja (Eastern Slavonia) (1991-1998)  Dalmatia (874-1944) Ragusa (Dubrovnik) (1023-1814) Zadar (Zara) (986-1944)   Fiume (1471-1943)  Croatian Catholic Church Croatian Orthodox Church (1942-1945) Historical Maps of Croatia Map of Croatia and Slavonia 1914

Princes¹
626 - 635                  Hrvat  (legenday founder)
635 - 660                  Klukas ?
660 - 680                  Porga (or Borko)
... - ...                  Radoslav
... - ...                  Kuber
740 - 785                  Budimir
785 - 802                  Viseslav                           (d. 810)
802 - 821                  Borna Viseslavic
Jan 821 - 835              Vladislav Klonimir
835 - 845                  Mislav
845 - 864                  Trpimir I
864 - 876                  Domagoj 
876 - 878                  Iljko Domagojevic 
                            (perhaps identical with Inoslav Domagojevic)
878 - May 879              Zdeslav Trpimirovic                (d. 879)
879 - 892                  Branimir Domagojevic
892 - 910                  Mutimir Trpimirovic
                           or Muncimir Trpimirovic
910 - 925                  Tomislav Mutimirovic               (b. 875 - d. 928) 
Kings¹
925 - 10/11 Mar 928        Tomislav I                         (s.a.)
11 Mar 928 - 935           Trpimir II
935 - 945                  Kresimir I "Stari" {"the Old"} 
945 - 949                  Miroslav
949 - 969                  Mihajlo Kresimir II 
969 - 997                  Stjepan Drzislav 
                           - jointly with -
969 -  8 Nov 975           Jelena -Queen                      (d. 975)
997 - 1000                 Svetoslav "Suronja" 
                           - together with -
997 - 1030                 Kresimir III
                           - and with -
997 - 1020                 Gojslav
1030 - 1058                Stjepan I
1058 - 1074                Kresimir IV "Veliki" {"the Great"}
1074 - 1075                Slavac
1075 - 1089                Dmitar Zvonimir
1089 - Dec 1090            Stjepan II                         (d. 1091)
Dec 1090 - 1091            Jelena "Lijepa" -Queen 
                             ("the Beautiful")
Jul 1091 - 1093            Almos                              (d. 1128)
                             (continuing in dissidence to 1095)
1093 - 1097                Petar 
1097 - 1102                Vacant
1102 - 29 Oct 1918         the kings of Hungary
1107 -  3 Feb 1116         István II -Co-King                 (b. 1101 - d. 1131)
Mar 1301 - 16 Jul 1342     Karlo I Robert                     (b. 1288 - d. 1342)
1390 - 15 Feb 1391         Stjepan Tvrtko Vladislavic
                             "Mirca" (in dissidence)
31 Mar 1387 - 1403         Sigismund (1st time)               (b. 1368 - d. 1437)
                             (re-instated in dissidence)
19 Jul 1403 - 1409         Ladislav "Napuljski"               (b. 1377 - d. 1414)
                             ("the Neapolitan")
1409 -  9 Dec 1437         Sigismund (2nd time) (re-instated) (s.a.)
 6 Jan 1527 -  5 Oct 1527  Ivan (János) (in dissidence)
Bans of Croatia and Dalmatia (style Ban Hrvatske i Dalmacije)
1102 - c.1105              Ugra
c.1105                     Sergije
c.1105 - 1116              ....
1116 - 1117                Klaudije
1117 - 1131                ....
1131 - c.1141              Aleksije
1142 - 1158                Bjelos (1st time)
                             (Belos Vukanovic of Serbia)
1158 - 11..                Arpa
1163                       Bjelos (2nd time) 
1164 - 1180                Ampudin
c.1180 - 1183              Mavro
1183 - 1185                Suban 
1185 - 1190                ....
1190 - 1193                Kálán
1193 - 1195                Dominik 
1195 - 1198                ....
1198 - 1199                Andrija 
1199 - 1200                Nikola 
                           + Branko (or Benedikt)
1200 - 1202                ....
1202 - 1203                Martin Hontpázmán 
1203 - 1205                Hipolit 
1205 - 1206                Merkurije
1206 - 1208                Stjepan Mihaljevic
1208 - 1209                Banko (1st time)
1209                       Tomo 
1209 - 1211                Bertold VII Andechs-Meranski       (b. 1282 - d. 1251) 
1211 - 1213                Mihalj 
1212 - 1213                Simon 
1213                       Martin (2nd time) 
1213 - 1214                Djula Sikloski 
1214 - 1215                Okic (or Ohuz) (1st time)
1215 - 1216                Ivan 
1216 - 1217                Poza 
1217                       Poncije de Cruce
1217 - 1218                Banko (2nd time) 
1218 - 1219                Djula Sikloski (2nd time)
1219 - 1220                Ernej 
1220 - 1222                Okic (2nd time)
1222 - 1224                ....
1224 - 1225                Salamon 
1225                       Aladar 
1225 - 1242                ....
1242 - 1245                Dionizije
1245 - 1248                Ladislav of Erdelj
1248 - 1260                Stjepan Gutkeled 
1261 - 1269                Roland
 1 Aug 1269 - 1270         Henrik Gising (1st time)
1270 - 1272                Joakim Pektar                      (d. 1277) 
1272 - 1273                Matej Cak 
1273 - 1274                Henrik Gising (2nd time) 
1274 - 1275                Dioniz Babonic 
1275 - 1276                Toma 
1275 - 1277                Ivan Gising (1st time)
1278                       Stjepan Haholt 
1278 - 1288                Nikola Pektar
1288 - 1290                Radoslav I Babonic
1290 - 1294                Henrik Gising (3rd time)
1294 - 1295                Stjepan III Babonic                (d. 1295) 
1295 - 1299                Ivan Gising (2nd time)
1299                       Stjepan IV Babonic (1st time)      (d. 1316)
1299 - 1301                ....
14 Jan 1301 - Mar 1301     Pavao Subic
1301 - 1309                Henrik Gising (4th time)
1310 - 1316                Stjepan IV Babonic (2nd time)      (s.a.)
1316 - 1323                Ivan Babonic                       (d. 1335) 
1323 - 1324                Nikola Omedejev
1324 - 1343                Mikac Mihaljevic Prodavic          (d. 1343) 
23 May 1343 - 1346         Nikola I Bánffy (1st time)         (d. 1356)
1346 - 1349                Nikola Sec (1st time) 
1350                       Pavao Ugal 
1351 - 1352                Stjepan Lackovic
1353 - 1356                Nikola I Bánffy (2nd time)         (s.a.)
1356 - 1361                Leustahije Ratot
1362 - 1366                Stjepan Kanizaj
1366 - 1368                Nikola Sec (2nd time)
1368 - 1380                Petar Cudar
1380 - 1383                Emeryk I Henrik Bebek
1383 - 1385                Ivan I Bánffy of Lendwa            (b. 1335 - d. 1388) 
1385 - 1387                Stjepan Banic of Lendwa            (b. 1335 - d. 1385) 
1387 - 1389                Ladislav of Lucenac
1389 - 1392                Detrik Bebek (1st time)
1392                       Ladislav Petrov 
1392 - 1393                Ivan Frankopan
1393 - 1395                ....
1395 - 1397                Detrik Bebek (2nd time)
1397 - 1401                Nikola Gorjanski 
1401 - Sep 1402            ....
Sep 1402 - Jan 1403        Emeryk II Mirko Bubek
Jan 1403 - 1406            Ladislav of Grdjevac
                           - jointly with the following two -
Jan 1403 - Apr 1404        Pavao Bissen
Apr 1404 - 1406            Pavao of Pecs 
1406                       Herman Celjski (1st time)
1406 - 1407                ....
1407                       Herman Celjski (2nd time) 
1407 - 1412                ....
1412 - 1415                Pavao Cupor of Moslavina 
1416 - 1418                David Lackovic 
1419 - 1421                Dionizije Marcali
1421 - 1423                ....
1423 - 1435                Herman Celjski II
1435 - 1444                Matko Talovac                      (d. 1445) 
1445 - 1454                Fridrih Celjski
1454 - 1456                Ulrih Celjski                      (d. 1456) 
1457                       Ivan Marcali
1457 - 1463                Ivan Vitovec                       (d. 1468)
                           + Nikola of Ilok                   (d. 1477)
1464                       Mirko Zapolja (1st time)
1464 - 1465                ....
1465                       Mirko Zapolja (2nd time)
1466 - 1470                Ivan Tuz of Lak 
1470 - 1472                Blaz Podmanicki
1472                       Damjan Horvat of Litva (1st time)
1472 - 1473                ....
1473                       Damjan Horvat of Litva (2nd time)
1473 - Mar 1476            Ivan Ernust
Mar 1476 - 1477            Andrija Bánffy 
1477 - 1481                Ladislav of Egervár
1482                       Blaz Podmanicki 
1483 - 1489                Matija Gereb
1489 - 1492                Ladislav od Egervara (2nd time)
1492                       Ivan Rot (1st time)
1492 - 1493                Emerik Derencin (1st time)         (d. 1493)
1493                       Ivan Rot (2nd time)
1493                       Emerik Derencin (2nd time)         (s.a.)
22 Nov 1493 -  1 Mar 1495  Ladislav Kanizaj
1495 - 28 Oct 1497         Ivanis Korvin                      (b. 1473 - d. 1504)
28 Oct 1497 - 1498         ....
1498                       Juraj Kanizaj
1498 -  5 Jan 1499         ....
 5 Jan 1499 - 12 Oct 1504  Ivanis Korvin (2nd time)           (s.a.)
12 Oct 1504 - 1507         Andrija Bot of Bajna (1st time)
                           - jointly with the following two -
12 Oct 1504 - Jan 1506     Franjo de Gyármáth Balassa         (d. 1526)
Jan 1506 - 1506            Marko Horvat Misljenovic (1st time)
1507                       Marko Horvat Misljenovic (2nd time)
1508 - 1510                Ivan Ernust
1510 - 13 Sep 1511         Andrija Bot of Bajna (2nd time)
25 Mar 1512 - 1513         Emeryk Mirko Pereny                (b. 1475 - d. 1520)
1513 - 20 May 1520         Petar Berislavic
Nov 1520 - Aug 1524        Ivan Karlovic (1st time)           (d. 1531)
1524                       Ivan Tahy (1st time)
1525                       Ivan Tahy (2nd time)
12 Mar 1525 - 30 Sep 1531  Franjo Batthyány                   (b. 1479 - d. 1566) 
                           - jointly with -
29 Sep 1526 - 26 Sep 1527  Krsto Frankapan Brinjski           (d. 1527) 
                           - jointly with -
Jul 1527 -  9 Aug 1531     Ivan Karlovic (2nd time)           (s.a.)
25 May 1533 -  1 Nov 1542  Petar Keglevic                     (d. 1542) 
                             (acting to 9 Dec 1537)
                           - jointly with -
 9 Dec 1537 - Dec 1539     Tomas-Tomo Nadazdi                 (b. 1498 - d. 1562)
24 Dec 1542 - 27 Dec 1556  Nikola Zrinski                     (b. 1508 - d. 1566) 
27 Dec 1556 - 26 Apr 1567  Petar Erdödy                       (d. 1567)
1567 -  2 Dec 1572         Franjo Frankopan Slunjski          (b. 1536 - d. 1572) 
                           - jointly with -
1567 - 1578                Juraj Draskovic                    (b. 1525 - d. 1587) 
                           - jointly with -
15 Oct 1574 - Jan 1578     Gaspar Alapic                      (d. 1584) 
Jan 1578 - 25 Sep 1583     Krsto Ungnad 
25 Sep 1583 - 15 May 1595  Toma Erdödy (1st time)             (b. 1558 - d. 1624) 
11 Jan 1595 - 10 Apr 1608  Ivan Draskovic I                   (b. 1550 - d. 1613)
                           - jointly with -
15 May 1595 - 30 Jun 1596  Gaspar Stankovacki 
                             (acting to 11 Jan 1596) 
1608 - 27 Nov 1614         Toma Erdödy (2nd time)             (s.a.)
16 Feb 1615 -  8 Nov 1616  Beko Turoc 
 5 Apr 1617 - 10 May 1622  Nikola Frankopan                   (b. 1506 - d. 1647) 
1622 - 18 Dec 1626         Juraj Zrinski                      (b. 1598 - d. 1626)
20 May 1627 -  3 Mar 1639  Sigismund Erdödy 
10 Jul 1640 - 22 Sep 1646  Ivan Draskovic II                  (b. 1603 - d. 1648) 
27 Dec 1647 - 18 Nov 1664  Nikola Zrinski, Jr.                (b. 1620 - d. 1664)
1665 - 29 Mar 1670         Petar Zrinski                      (b. 1621 - d. 1671) 
 3 Apr 1670 -  7 Jun 1693  Nikola Erdödy 
                            (acting to 10 Apr 1680) 
                           - jointly with -
 3 Apr 1670 - 1674         Martin Borkovic 
26 Aug 1693 -  7 Sep 1703  Adam Batthyány                     (b. 1662 - d. 1703)
24 Jan 1704 - 17 Feb 1732  Ivan Pállfy                        (b. 1664 - d. 1751)
17 Feb 1732 -  4 Jan 1733  Ivan Draskovic V                   (b. 1660 - d. 1733)
13 Aug 1733 - 25 Jun 1741  Josip Eszterházy                   (b. 1682 - d. 1748)
1741 - 1742                György Branyng                     (b. 1667 - d. 1748)
16 Mar 1743 -  6 Jul 1756  Karlo Batthyány                    (b. 1698 - d. 1772)
1756 - 1783                Franjo Leopold Nadásdy             (b. 1708 - d. 1783)
1783 - 1785                Franjo Eszterházy                  (b. 1715 - d. 1785)
                           + Franjo Széchenyi                 (b. 1754 - d. 1820)
1785 - 1790                Franjo de Gyármáth Balassa         (b. 1736 - d. 1807)
1790 - 30 Mar 1806         Ivan Erdödy                        (b. 1760 - d. 1806)
1806 - 1831                Ignjat Gyulay Maros-Nemeth         (b. 1763 - d. 1831)
10 Feb 1832 - 16 May 1840  Franjo Vlasic                      (b. 1766 - d. 1840)
1840 - 16 Jun 1842         Juraj Haulik de Varalaj (1st time) (b. 1788 - d. 1869)
                             (acting)
16 Jun 1842 - 1845         Franjo Haller                      (b. 1796 - d. 1875)
1845 - 23 Mar 1848         Juraj Haulik de Varalaj (2nd time) (s.a.)
                             (acting)
23 Mar 1848 - 19 May 1859  Josip Jelacic                      (b. 1801 - d. 1859)
28 Jul 1859 - 19 Jun 1860  Ivan Coronini                      (b. 1794 - d. 1880)
                             Johann Baptist Alexius Graf Coronini-Cronberg)
19 Jun 1860 - 27 Jun 1867  Josip Sokcevic                     (b. 1811 - d. 1896)
27 Jun 1867 - 26 Jan 1871  Levin Rauch                        (b. 1819 - d. 1890)
                             (acting to 8 Dec 1868)
26 Jan 1871 - 12 Feb 1872  Koloman Bedekovic                  (b. 1818 - d. 1889)
 8 Oct 1871 - 11 Oct 1871  Eugen Kvaternik                    (b. 1825 - d. 1871)
                             (in rebellion, at Rakovica)
17 Feb 1872 - 20 Sep 1873  Antun Vakanovic (acting)           (b. 1808 - d. 1894)
20 Sep 1873 - 21 Feb 1880  Ivan Mazuranic                     (b. 1814 - d. 1890)
21 Feb 1880 -  4 Sep 1883  Ladislav Pejacevic                 (b. 1824 - d. 1901)
 4 Sep 1883 -  1 Dec 1883  Hermann Ramberg (acting)           (b. 1820 - d. 1899)
 4 Dec 1883 - 27 Jun 1903  Karoly Khuen-Héderváry             (b. 1849 - d. 1918)
 1 Jul 1903 - 26 Jun 1907  Teodor Pejacevic                   (b. 1855 - d. 1928)
26 Jun 1907 -  8 Jan 1908  Aleksandar Rakodczaj               (b. 1848 - d. 1924)
 8 Jan 1908 -  5 Feb 1910  Pavao Rauch                        (b. 1865 - d. 1933)
 5 Feb 1910 - 19 Jan 1912  Nikola Tomasic                     (b. 1864 - d. 1918)
19 Jan 1912 - 21 Jul 1913  Slavko Cuvaj                       (b. 1851 - d. 1931)
                             (acting from 5 Apr 1912)
21 Jul 1913 - 29 Jun 1917  Ivan Skerlecz                      (b. 1873 - d. 1951)
                             (acting to 27 Nov 1913)
29 Jun 1917 - 20 Jan 1919  Antun Mihalovic                    (b. 1868 - d. 1949)
Bans of Croatia 
20 Jan 1919 - 24 Nov 1919  Ivan Palecek
24 Nov 1919 - 22 Feb 1920  Tomislav Tomljenovic (1st time)
22 Feb 1920 - 11 Dec 1920  Matko Laginja                      (b. 1852 - d. 1930)
23 Dec 1920 -  2 Mar 1921  Teodor Bosnjak (acting)
 2 Mar 1921 -  3 Jul 1921  Tomislav Tomljenovic (2nd time)
Provincial Commissioners for Croatia and Slavonia
 3 Jul 1921 - 23 Dec 1922  Juraj Demetrovic                   (b. 1885 - d. 1945)
23 Dec 1922 -  1 Mar 1924  Ernest Cimic                       (b. 1876 - d. 19..)
Bans of Primorje
 9 Oct 1929 - Jun 1932     Ivo Tartaglia                      (b. 1880 - d. 1949)
1932 - 1935                Josip Jablanovic                   (b. 1876 - d. 1976)
1935 - 26 Aug 1939         Mirko Buic
Bans of Sava
 9 Oct 1929 - c.1930       Josip Silovic                      (b. 1858 - d. 1937)
1931 - 1935                Ivo N. Perovic                     (b. 1881 - d. 1958)
1935 - 1936                Marko Kostrencic                   (b. 1884 - d. 1976)
25 Apr 1936 - Aug 1938     Viktor Ruzic                       (b. 1893 - d. 1976)
Aug 1938 - 26 Aug 1939     ....
Ban of Croatia
26 Aug 1939 - 10 Apr 1941  Ivan Subasic                       (b. 1892 - d. 1955)
Chairman of the Presidency of the People's Assembly of Slovenes, Croats, and Serbs
29 Oct 1918 -  1 Dec 1918  Antun Korosec                      (b. 1872 - d. 1940)
Leader (Poglavnik)¹
10 Apr 1941 -  8 May 1945  Ante Pavelic                       (b. 1889 - d. 1959)  U
                             (Head of State to 15 Apr 1941,
                             fled Zagreb 6 May 1945)
10 Apr 1941 - 15 Apr 1941  Slavko Kvaternik                   (b. 1878 - d. 1947)  U
                             (acting for absent Pavelic)
King¹
18 May 1941 - 31 Jul 1943  Tomislav II²                       (b. 1900 - d. 1948)
Presidents
25 Jul 1990 - 10 Dec 1999  Franjo Tudjman                     (b. 1922 - d. 1999)  HDZ 
26 Nov 1999 -  2 Feb 2000  Vlatko Pavletic                    (b. 1930 - d. 2007)  HDZ
                             (acting [for Tudjman to 10 Dec 1999])
 2 Feb 2000 - 18 Feb 2000  Zlatko Tomcic (acting)             (b. 1945)            HSS
18 Feb 2000 -              Stjepan "Stipe" Mesic              (b. 1934)            Non-party

Prime ministers
10 Apr 1941 - 16 Apr 1941  Mile Budak (interim)               (b. 1889 - d. 1945)  U
                             (president of the Croatian State Leadership)
16 Apr 1941 -  2 Sep 1943  Ante Pavelic                       (s.a.)               U
 2 Sep 1943 -  6 May 1945  Nikola Mandic                      (b. 1869 - d. 1945)  U
25 Jul 1990 - 24 Aug 1990  Stjepan "Stipe" Mesic              (s.a.)               HDZ
24 Aug 1990 - 17 Jul 1991  Josip Manolic                      (b. 1920)            HDZ
17 Jul 1991 - 12 Aug 1992  Franjo Greguric                    (b. 1939)            HDZ
12 Aug 1992 -  3 Apr 1993  Hrvoje Sarinic                     (b. 1935)            HDZ
 3 Apr 1993 -  7 Nov 1995  Nikica Valentic                    (b. 1951)            HDZ
 7 Nov 1995 - 27 Jan 2000  Zlatko Matesa                      (b. 1949)            HDZ
27 Jan 2000 - 23 Dec 2003  Ivica Racan                        (b. 1944 - d. 2007)  SDP
23 Dec 2003 -              Ivo Sanader                        (b. 1953)            HDZ

Italian Military Commanders of Western Zone
Apr 1941 - 1942            Vittorio Ambrosio                  (b. 1879 - d. 1958)
Feb 1942 - 1943            Mario Roatta                       (b. 1886 - d. 1968)
Feb 1943 - Sep 1943        Mario Robotti                      (b. 1882 - d. 1955)

German Military Commanders (to Sep 1943) of Eastern Zone 
 6 Apr 1941 -  1 May 1941  Maximilian Maria Joseph            (b. 1881 - d. 1954)
                             Freiherr von und zu Weichs 
                             (1st time)
 1 May 1941 - 25 Sep 1944  Edmund Glaise von Horstenau        (b. 1882 - d. 1946)
1944 - Mar 1945            Maximilian Maria Joseph            (s.a.)
                             Freiherr von und zu Weichs
                             (2nd time)
Mar 1945 -  8 May 1945     Alexander Löhr                     (b. 1885 - d. 1947)
German Civil official in Croatia
20 Apr 1941 - 1945         Siegfried Kasche                   (b. 1903 - d. 1947) 

 ¹Full style of rulers:
(a) 626 - 925: Knez Hrvata (Prince of the Croatians) or Knez Hrvatske
(Prince of Croatia);
(b) 925 - 29 Oct 1918: Kralj/Kraljica Hrvatske (King/Queen of Croatia);
(d) 10 Apr 1941 - 6 May 1945: Poglavnik Nezavisne Drzave Hrvatske
(Leader of the Independent State of Croatia).
(c) 18 May 1941 - 31 Jul 1943: Kralj Hrvatske (King of Croatia);

  ²Aimone di Savoia, duca di Spoleto, (from 3 Mar 1942, duca d'Aosta) (s.a.) was proclaimed 
18 May 1941, under the style Tomislav II, abdicated 31 Jul 1943 and formally renounced title 12 Oct 1943, he was never formally installed as king. 

Territorial Disputes: Dispute remains with Bosnia and Herzegovina over several small disputed sections of the boundary related to maritime access that hinders ratification of the 1999 border agreement; the Croatia-Slovenia land and maritime boundary agreement, which would have ceded most of Pirin Bay and maritime access to Slovenia and several villages to Croatia, remains un-ratified and in dispute; Slovenia also protests Croatia's 2003 claim to an exclusive economic zone in the Adriatic; as a European Union peripheral state, Slovenia imposed a hard border Schengen regime with non-member Croatia in Dec 2007.

Party abbreviations: HDZ = Hrvatska Demokratska Zajednica (Croatian Democratic Union national-conservative); HNS = Hrvatska Narodna Stranka (Croatian People's Party, centrist); HSLS = Hrvatska Socialna Liberalna Stranka (Croatian Social Liberal Party, liberal); 
HSP = Hrvatska Stranka Prava (Croatian Right's Party, xenophobic, founded 1861; banned 
6 Jan 1929, re-established 25 Feb 1990); HSS = Hrvatska Seljacka Stranka (Croatian Peasant Party, agrarian, founded 22 Dec 1904, banned 6 Jan 1929, existed in exile 1941-1989; 15 Dec 1989 re-established in Croatia); SDP = Socialdemokratska Partija Hrvatske (Social Democratic Party of Croatia, socialist, SDP was called to 1991 Party of Democratic Changes, which was est. 3 Nov 1990 by SKH);
- Former parties: SKH = Savez Komunista Hrvatske (League of Croatian Communists, communist to 1990 then becomes SDP); U = Ustase (Ustasha fascist, Croat nationalist -only legal party 1941-45)

626                        Slavonia independent.
896                        Union with Croatia.
1260                       A separate Kingdom of Slavonia (Kraljevina                              Slavonija) is recognized, with a separate Sabor 
                            (Diet), but it is not recorded in the royal style                                              of Croatia before 1777.
1524 - 14 Jul 1700         Incorporated into the Ottoman Empire.
14 Jul 1700 - 29 Oct 1918  Union with Croatia; royal style Kralj Slavonije
                             part of the Croatian royal style from 1777.

Grand Zupans (style Veliki Zupan) 
626 - 635                  Kosences
c.795                      Vojnomir
810 - 823                  Ljudevit
823 - 838                  Ratimir
880 - 896                  Braslav
Bans (style Ban citave Slavonije [Ban of All Slavonia])
 9 Dec 1437 - 18 Dec 1437  Matko Talovac                      (d. 1445)
23 Nov 1457 - 24 Jan 1458  Ivan Vitovec od Grebengrada
                           + Nikola Ilocki 

28 Feb 1991 -  5 Aug 1995                ( to 15 Jan 1998 in Eastern Slavonia)

5 Aug 1995 - 15 Jan 1998  Eastern Slavonia variant

Map of Krajina	Hear National Anthem "Boze Pravde" (God of Justice)	Text of National Anthem Adopted 19 Dec 1991	Constitution (19 Dec 1991; in Serbian)
Capital: Knin	Currency: Krajina Dinar (HRKG)	National Holiday: 19 Dec (1991) National Day/St. Nikola Day	Population: 435,595 (1993) 286,716 (1991)
GDP: $N/A	Exports: $N/A Imports: $N/A	Ethnic groups: Serb 91%, Croat 7%, others 2% (1993) (Serb 67.54%, Croat 27.42%, Muslim 0.67% [1991])
Total Armed Forces: 55,000 (1994)		Religions: Serbian Orthodox, Roman Catholic, others
International Organizations/Treaties: None

 

25 Jul 1990                Declaration on Autonomy and the Position of Serbs in Croatia,

                             and on the Sovereignty and Autonomy of the Serbian Nation 

                             established by the Serbian National Council (SNC).

30 Sep 1990                SNC declared "the autonomy of the Serbian people on ethnic and

                             historic territories which are within the current boundaries of

                             the Republic of Croatia as a federal unit of the Socialist 

                             Federal Republic of Yugoslavia."

21 Dec 1990                Croatian Serbs in Knin announced the creation of a "Serbian 

                             Autonomous District" (SAO) of Krajina.

28 Feb 1991                Secession from Croatia declared, but still within Yugoslavia.

 1 Apr 1991                Incorporation into Yugoslav Republic of Serbia declared (approved 

                             by referendum on 12 May 1991).

19 Dec 1991                Independence declared (Republic of Serbian Krajina)

                             [Republika Srpska Krajina] (recognized only by Serbia).

26 Feb 1992                SAO Western Slavonia and SAO Slavonia, Branaja, and 

                             Western Srem [Eastern Slavonia] join Krajina.

Jun 1995                   Krajina parliament adopts a decision for union with the Bosnian

                             Serbs (Republika Srpska); but is opposed in Western Srem.

 7 Aug 1995                Retaken by Croatia; an independent government remains in

                             the eastern part (Srem-Baranja District) until 1997.

15 Jan 1998                Re-integration of Srem-Baranja into Croatia.

President of Serbian National Council of Krajina
31 Jul 1990 - 19 Dec 1991  Milan Babic                        (b. 1956 - d. 2006)  SDS 
Presidents
19 Dec 1991 - 16 Feb 1992  Milan Babic                        (s.a.)               SDS-K
16 Feb 1992 - 26 Feb 1992  Mile Paspalj (acting)              (b. 1953)            SDS
26 Feb 1992 - 26 Jan 1994  Goran Hadzic                       (b. 1958)            SDS-S
26 Jan 1994 -  7 Aug 1995  Milan Martic                       (b. 1954)            SDS-K

Prime ministers
30 Apr 1991 - 19 Dec 1991  Milan Babic (1st time)             (s.a.)               SDS-K
                            (chairman of executive council to 29 May 1991)
19 Dec 1991 - 16 Feb 1992  Dusan Vjestica                                          SDS
16 Feb 1992 - 26 Feb 1992  Risto Matkovic (acting)                                 SDS
26 Feb 1992 - 21 Apr 1993  Zdravko Zecevic                                         SDS?
21 Apr 1993 - 27 Mar 1994  Djordje Bjegovic                   (b. 1941)            SPS
27 Mar 1994 - 27 Jul 1995  Borislav Mikelic                   (b. 1939)            SDS-K
27 Jul 1995 -  7 Aug 1995  Milan Babic (2nd time)             (s.a.)               SDS-K

 

Capital: Vukovar

Population: 160,000 (1995 est.)

1471                       Part of Austria (part of Krain).
26 May 1508 -  2 Oct 1509  Venetian occupation, under Girolamo Contarini.
23 Jul 1530                Styled Magnifica comunitas terrae Fluminis S. Viti.
14 Feb 1776                Administration transferred to Hungary.
23 Apr 1779                "Corpus separatum adnexum" of the Hungarian Crown.

20 Mar 1786                Part of Hungary as Ugarsko Primorje.

 5 Apr 1797 - 1797         French occupation.

14 Oct 1809                Annexed to France; part of the Illyrian provinces (see Dalmatia).

25 Dec 1809                Province of Fiume.

15 Apr 1811                Intendance of Croatie Civile formed from province of Fiume 

                             and part of province of Croatia. 
 3 Jul 1813 - 26 Aug 1813  British occupation.

26 Aug 1813                Austrian occupation.

30 May 1814                Formally restored to Austria, subordinated to Trieste.

 5 Jul 1822                Civil administration transferred to Hungary.

 3 Jun 1848                Declared incorporated into Croatia, occupied on 30 Aug 1848.

21 Dec 1867                "Corpus separatum" of the Hungarian Crown.

23 Oct 1918                Occupied by Croatian forces.

28 Oct 1918                Fiume; Status indeterminate, under the Principal Allied and

                             Associated Powers (from 17 Nov 1918 including Susak).

 8 Sep 1920                Reggenza Italiana del Carnaro (Italian Regency of Carnaro). 

13 Nov 1920 -  5 Jan 1921  Fiume seizes the islands of Arbe and Veglia in the 

                             Gulf of Carnaro.

31 Dec 1920                Free State of Fiume (Stato Libero di Fiume)

16 Mar 1924                Incorporated into Italy (from 1925 as Carnaro province), 

                             Susak is ceded to Yugoslavia.

11 Sep 1943 - 24 Apr 1945  Occupied by Germany.

Sep 1943 - 1943            Administered by the Italian Social Republic.

24 Apr 1945                Occupied by Yugoslavia; Rijeka and Susak merged. 

10 Feb 1947                Incorporated into Yugoslavia, part of Croatia; named Rijeka.

25 Jun 1991                Part of independent Republic of Croatia.

1848 - 16 Nov 1918 Austrian crownland

1918 - 1920; 17 Apr 1941 - 10 Sep 1943

Map of Dalmatia in 1914

Capital:  Split (Zadar 1815-1918) (Illyria: Laibach 1809-1813)

Population: 645,666 (1910) (Illyria: 1,504,258  [1811])

Prince (Knez)
874 - 900                  Budimir
Kings/Queens (style Kralj/Kraljica Dalmacije)
986 -  9 Jul 1409          the Kings of Croatia
Dukes (style Dux Dalmatiae)
 9 Jul 1409 - 17 Oct 1797  the Doges of Venice
Kings (style König von Dalmatien; Kralj Dalmacije)
1816 - 29 Oct 1918         the Rulers of Austria
Governors of Split
1113                       Adrianus Trivizanus
1167 - 1174                Ioannes
1221 - 1223                Velcino (Buvsinius)(Podesta)
1225 - 1226                Petar Miroslavic
1227                       Gregorius (Comes)
1239 - 1242                Garganus de Arscindis (Podesta)
1242 - 1243                Ivan Frankopan
1243                       Bernardus Tergestinus
1243 - 1245/50             Matej Ninoslav
1262 - 1268                Roland
Counts of Split
c.1268/71 - 12..           Ioakim Subic
12.. - 1282                Mladen Subic I                       (b. 1226 - d. 1282) 
1282 - 1312                Pavao Subic 
1312 - 1322                Mladen Subic II 
1322 - 1329                Juraj Subic 
1396 - 1416                Hrvoje Vukcic Hrvatinic,             (d. 1416)
                             duke of Bosnia
Bans of Dalmatia (intermittent title)
1181 - 1184                Dionizij
1225                       Vojnic
1226                       Valegin
1243 - 1251                Stjepan Babonic
1259                       Butko
                           + Aleksandar of Klis
1263 - 1266                Stjepan of Klis
1275                       Nikola of Gacka
1273 - 1312                Pavao Subic Bribirski                 (d. 1312)
1312 - 1322                Mladen II Subic Bribirski             (d. 1322)
1356 - 1358                Ivan Cuz
1358 - 1366                Nikola Szechy (1st time)
1366 - 1367                Konja Tomin Szechenyi
1368                       Mirko Lackovic
1368 - 1371                Simun Mauricijev
1371 - 1376                Karlo Anjou Dracki of Dürres 
1377 - 1380                Nikola Szechy (2nd time)
1380 - 1383                Emerik Bubek
1383 - 1384                Stjepan Lackovic                      (d. 1396)
1384 - 1385                Toma Bazin of St. Jurja
1385 - 1387                Ladislav of Lucanea
1387 - 1389                Dionizije of Lucanea
1392                       Nikola Gorjanski (1st time)
1394                       Busidlav-Butko Kurjakovic-Krbavski
1394 - 1397                Nikola Gorjanski (2nd time)
1410 - 1411                Pavao Kurjakovic-Krbavskic
                           + Ivan Kurjakovic-Krbavski
1412 - 1419                Petar Alben of Medvedgrad
1419 - 1426                Albert of Unga
1426 - 1432                Nikola Frankopan 
1432 - 1437                Stjepan Frankopan (1st time)
1432 - 1436                Ivan Frankopan
1438 - 1453                Petar Talovac
1444 - 1448                Franko Talovac
1453                       Ladislav Hunjadi
1459 - 1463                Pavle Horvat Spirancic
1463                       Stjepan Frankopan (2nd time)
1473 - 1476                Damjan Horvat of Litva
Governors-general (Provveditori generali) of Dalmatia
1476 - 1696                ....
c.1601                     Pasqualigo 
1696 - 1702                Alvise Mocenigo III (1st time)       (b. 1662 - d. 1732)
1702 - 1705                Marino Zane 
1705 - 1708                Justino da Riva 
1708 - 1711                Vincenzo Vendramini 
1711 - 1714                Carlo Pizzani 
1717 - 1720                Alvise Mocenigo III (2nd time)       (s.a.)
1721 - 1723                Marco Antonio Diedo
1723 - 1726                Nicolo Erizzo
1726 - 1729                Pietro Vendramin
1729 - 1732                Sebastiano Vendramin
1732 - 1735                Zorzi Grimani
1735 - 1738                Daniele Dolfin                       (d. 1752)
1738 - 1741                Marin Antonio Cavali
1741 - 1744                Girolamo Querini
1744 - 1745                Giacomo Baldu (1st time)(acting)
1745                       Paolo Baldu (acting)
1745 - 1747                Giacomo Boldu (2nd time)(acting)
1747 - 1750                Inquisitor Syndics
                           - Giambattista Loredan
                           - Nicolo Erizzo V
                           - Sebastiano Molin
1750 - 1753                Girolamo Baldu
1753 - 1756                Francesco Grimani                    (b. 1702 - d. 1779)
1756 - 1759                Alvise Contarini
1759 - 1762                Francesco Diedo
1763 - 1765                Pietro Michiel
1766 - 1768                Antonio Renier
1769 - 1771                Domenico Condulmer
1772 - 1774                Giacomo da Riva
1775 - 1777                Giacomo Gradenigo 
1778 - 1780                Alvise Foscari
1781 - 1783                Paolo Baldu 
1784 - 1786                Francesco Falier
1787 - 1789                Angelo Memo 
1790 - 1792                Angelo Diedo
1793 - 1795                Alvizzo Marin
1795 - 1797                Andrea Maria Querini                 (b. 1757 - d. 1825)
Governors
1797                       Matija Rukavina (1st time)
1797 - 1799                Raimund Thurn
1799 - 1801                Rinna Gianbattista
Apr 1801 - Jul 1802        Frano Carnea-Stefano 
Jul 1802 - Jun 1804        Peter von Goess
Jun 1804 - Feb 1806        Thomas Freiherr von Brady            (b. 1752 - d. 1827)
Jul 1806 -  1 Jan 1809     Vincenzo Dandolo                     (b. 1758 - d. 1819)
                             (governor-general)
 2 Jan 1809 - 16 Mar 1810  Francesco Psalidi
                             (imperial commissioner)
Intendant of Dalmatie
16 Mar 1810 - Dec 1813     Jean-Baptiste Rougier de la Bergerie (b. 1762 - d. 1836)
Military Governors
25 Dec 1805 -  7 Jul 1806  Gabriel Jean Joseph Molitor          (b. 1770 - d. 1849)
 7 Jul 1806 - 1809         Auguste Frédéric Louis Viesse de     (b. 1774 - d. 1852)
                             Marmont
1809 - 14 Oct 1809         Clausel Bertrand, comte              (s.a.)
                             Bertrand
Governors-general of Illyrian provinces
14 Oct 1809 - Jan 1811     Auguste Frederic Louis Viesse de     (b. 1774 - d. 1852)
                             Marmont, duc de Raguse 
21 Feb 1811 -  9 Apr 1811  Alexis-Joseph Delzons (acting)       (b. 1775 - d. 1812)
 9 Apr 1811 - 21 Feb 1812  Henri-Gratien Bertrand               (b. 1775 - d. 1844)
21 Feb 1812 - 1813         Jean-Andoche Junot, duc              (b. 1771 - d. 1813)
                             d'Abrantès 
Jul 1813 - Aug 1813        Joseph Fouché, duc d'Otrante         (b. 1763 - d. 1820)
Nominal Dukes
11 Jun 1808 - 28 Oct 1813  Nicolas Jean-de-Dieu Soult,          (b. 1769 - d. 1851)
                             duc de Dalmatie 
1809 - 20 Sep 1813         Auguste Frédéric Louis Viesse de     (s.a.)
                             Marmont, duc de Raguse
General Intendants of Illyria
14 Oct 1809 - 1810         Luc Jacques Edouard Dauchy           (b. 1757 - d. 1827)
10 Jun 1910 - Aug 1811     Charles-Godefroy Radon de Belleville (b. 1748 - d. 1820)
16 Aug 1811 - 1813         Christophe de Chabrol de Crouzol     (b. 1771 - d. 1836)
Governors
Oct 1813 - 1831            Franjo (Franz) Tomasich              (b. 1761 - d. 1831)
                             (military governor to 1814)
1831 - 1841                Wenzeslau Lilienberg Water           (b. 1767 - d. 1841)
1841 - 1847                Ivan August Turszky                  (b. 1777 - d. 1856)
1847                       Matija Rukavina (2nd time)
1848 - 1859                Josip Jelacic                        (b. 1801 - d. 1859)
1859 - 1865                Lazar Freiherr Mamula                (b. 1795 - d. 1878)
1865 - 1868                Joseph Philippovich von Philippsberg (b. 1818 - d. 1889)
 1 Aug 1868 -  7 Nov 1869  Johann Wagner                        (b. 1815 - d. 1894) 
 7 Nov 1869 - 1869         Gottfried Auersperg                  (b. 1818 - d. 1893)
1869 - 1870                Julius Fluk von Leidenkron           (b. 1815 - d. 1897)
22 Aug 1870 - 12 Nov 1881  Gavrilo Rodich                       (b. 1812 - d. 1890)
1882 - Dec 1885            Stefan Freiherr Jovanovich           (b. 1828 - d. 1885)
Dec 1885 - 1886            Ludovik Comaro (acting)
1886 - 1890                Dragutin von Blazekovich             (b. 1828 - d. 1893) 
11 Oct 1890 -  6 Mar 1902  Emil David von Rhonfeld              (b. 1837 - d. 1918)
1902 - 1905                Erasmus Sigmund Hugo von Handel      (b. 1860 - d. 1928)
1905 - 1911                Nikola Nardelli                      (b. 1857 - d. 1925)
1911 - 31 Oct 1918         Mario Attems                         (b. 1862 - d. 1947)
Head of Dalmatian government 
 6 Aug 1918 - 1918         Uro Desnica                          (b. 1874 - d. 1941)
Italian Military Governor
19 Nov 1918 - 23 Jan 1921  Enrico Millo Di Casalgiate           (b. 1865 - d. 1930)
Civil Commissioners
1921                       Corrado Bonfanti Linares             (b. 1866 - d. 1934) 
1921 - 1922                Amadeo Moroni                        (b. 1876 - d. 1926) 
Governors of Dalmatia
17 Apr 1941 -  7 Jun 1941  Athos Bartolucci                     (b. 1902 - d. 1992)
 7 Jun 1941 - 14 Feb 1943  Giuseppe Bastianini                  (b. 1899 - d. 1961)
14 Feb 1943 - 10 Sep 1943  Francesco Giunta                     (b. 1887 - d. 1971)
Prefects of the Province of Split
1941 - 1943                Valerio Paolo Zerbino                (b. 1905 - d. 1945) 
1943                       Giuseppe Grimaldi                    (b. 1885 - d. 1963)

Presidents of the Diet
1861 - 1870                ....
1870 - 1878                Stjepan Mitrov Ljubisa               (b. 1824 - d. 1878)
18.. - 1895                Djuro Vojnovic Graf Vojnovic
                             von Uzicki                         (b. 1834 - d. 1895)
1895 - 1896                Miho Klaic                           (b. 1826 - d. 1896)
1896 - 1900                Gajo Bulat                           (b. 1836 - d. 1900)
1900 - 1918                Vicko Ivcevic 

614                        City founded, part of Byzantine Empire (Ragusium).
866 - 867                  Under seige by Saracens.
1000 - 1018                Under the sovereignty of the Venetian Republic.
1080                       Elafiti (Elafitski) Islands (Giuppana, Mezzo, Calamotta) annexed.
1081 - 1085                Under sovereignty of Norman Duchy of Apulia.
1141                       Meleda (Mljet) Island annexed.
1169 - 1172                Part of the Byzantine Empire.
1172 - 1173                Under Venetian sovereignty.
1180 - 1190                Under the sovereignty of the Norman Kingdom of "Sicily" (Naples).
1194 - 1201                Under Venetian sovereignty.
1204 - 1207                Under Venetian sovereignty.
1211 - 1215                Under Venetian sovereignty.
1216                       Lagosta (Lastovo) Island annexed.
1217 - 1230                Under Venetian sovereignty.
1230 - 1232                Under Despotate of Epirus.
1235 - 18 Feb 1358         Under Venetian sovereignty.
1252                       Consilium rogatorum (senate) established.
 9 May 1272                Constitution adopted by Ragusa (in Latin/Italian: Ragusa; in
                             in Croatian: Dubrovnik).
1333                       City of Stagno (Son) annexed.
18 Feb 1358 - 1458         Under suzerainty of Kingdom of Hungary.
1399                       Sabbioncello (Peljesac) peninsula annexed.
1414 - 1417                Curzola (Korcula), Brazza (Brac), Lèsina (Hvar) islands
                             occupied by Ragusa (ceded to Venice in 1417).
1526 - 31 Jan 1808         Ragusa acknowledges the sovereignty of the Ottoman Sultan
                             (tributary already from 1458).
 6 Apr 1667                Earthquake destroys most of city, killing half the population.
20 Aug 1684                Under the joint protection of Austria and Ottoman Empire.
24 Aug 1798 - Dec 1805     Austrian occupation.
26 May 1806 - 31 Jan 1808  French occupation.
31 Jan 1808                Republic of Ragusa is dissolved and incorporated into Dalmatia ,
                             which itself is part of the Kingdom of Italy.
14 Oct 1809 - 20 Sep 1813  Annexed to France; part of the Illyrian provinces (see Dalmatia).
25 Dec 1809                Raguse-et-Bouches-du-Cattaro province within Illyria.
15 Apr 1811                Intendance of Raguse within Illyria.
20 Sep 1813 - 1814         British occupy the islands of Sipan, Lopud, Kolocep and Cavtat.
18 Jan 1814 - 29 Jan 1814  Republic of Ragusa briefly restored.
28 Jan 1814                Austrian occupation.
30 May 1814                Formally annexed to Austria as part of Dalmatia.
Oct 1918                   Name Dubrovnik formally adopted.
18 Dec 1918                Part of the State of Serb, Coats, and Slovenes (later Yugoslavia).
17 Apr 1941                Part of Croatia.
Apr 1941 - 10 Sep 1943     Part of Italian zone of Croatia.
10 Sep 1943                Occupied by Germany.
18 Oct 1944                Re-incorporated into Yugoslavia/Croatia.
25 Jun 1991                Part of independent Republic of Croatia.
 1 Oct 1991 - May 1992     Under siege by Yugoslav army.

Byzantine Governors
1023 - 1036                Lampidio (Lampidius)
1036 - 1042                Gregorio, Priore di Ragusa e Zara
1042 - 1044                Catacalone, Stratego
                             (Katakalon, strategos)
1044 - 1072                Pietro Slabba
1072 - 1114                Vitale Ventrano
1114                       Drago Gondola
Venetian Governors
1114 - 1124                Marco Dandolo
1124 - 11..                Cristiano Pontestorto 
11.. - 11..                Jacopo Dorsoduro
11.. - 1152                Pietro Molina
1152 - 1192                .... [3 unknown governors]
Venetian Visounts (visconti)
1172 - 11..                Rainieri, Conte di Zane 
11.. - 11..                Falcone
11.. - 1180                Trifone, Conte di Cattaro
Venetian Counts (conti)
1186 - 1190                Gervasio
1190 - 1194                .... [unknown]
Mayors and Venetian Representatives
(Podesta di Ragusa in rappresentanza della Repubblica di Venezia)
1196 - 1198                Marino Morosini
1204 - 1206                Lorenzo Quirini
1206 - 1207                Giovanni Dandolo (1st time)             (d. 1289)
1211 - 1215                Giovanni Dandolo (2rd time)             (s.a.)
1217 - 1221                Giovanni Dandolo (3rd time)             (s.a.)
1221 - 1223                Damiano Guida                           (d. 1223)
1223 - 1229                Zellovello
1229 - 1230                Giovanni Michieli
1230                       Andrea Dauro
1230                       Giovanni Dandolo (4th time)             (s.a.)
1232 - 1232/33             Giovanni Dandolo (5th time)             (s.a.)
1232/33 - 1235             Teodoro Croce
                           + Petar Ballislav
1235 - 1237                Giovanni Tiepolo
1237 - 1239                Niccolo Tomistio
                           + Andija Dobranc
1239 - 1249                Niccolo Tonisto
1249 - 1252                Marino De Giorgi (Marsilio)
1252 - 1260                Marco Dandolo
1260 - 1262                Giovanni Tiepolo
1262 - 1264                Tristano Pontestorto
1264 - 1266                Marino Contarino
1266 - 1268                Piero Tiepolo (1st time)
1268 - 1270                Iacomo Dossodoro
1270 - 1272                Marco Iustiniano (1st time)
1272 - 1273                Marino Badoer
1273 - 1275                Piero Tiepolo (2nd time)
1275 - 1277                Andrea Venier
1277 - 1278                Marco Iustiniano (2nd time)
1278 - 1279                Marco Geno
1279 - 1281                Niccolo Morosini (Mauriceni)
1281                       Egidio Quirini
1281 - 1283                Giovanni De Giorgi
1283 - 1284                Michele Morosini
1284 - 1286                Niccolo Quirini
1286 - 1291                Andrea Dandolo
1291 - 1292                Marino Badoer
1292 - 1296                Marino Morosini
1296 - 1298                Marino Geni
1298 - 1299                Andrea Dauro (1st time)
1299 - 1301                Marco Cornaro
1301 - 1302                Iacopo Candalmir
1302                       Marino Badoer
1302 - 1305                Andrea Dauro (2rd time)
1305 - 1306                Benedetto Falliero
1306 - 1308                Andrea Dauro (3rd time)
1308 - 1309                Bartolommeo Gradenigo (1st time)       (b. 1260 - d. 1342)
1309 - 1311                Pietro Michieli                        (d. 1311/12)
1311                       Andrea Marcello
1311 - 1312                Bartolommeo Gradenigo (2nd time)       (s.a.)
1312 - 1314                Pietro Geni
1314 - 1317                Paolo Morosini
1317 - 1318                Ugolino Iustiniano (1st time)
1318 - 1320                Bartolommeo Gradenigo (3rd time)       (s.a.)
1320 - 1322                Lodovico Morosini (1st time)
1322 - 1325                Paolo Trevisan
1325                       Ugolino Iustiniano (2nd time)
1325 - 1327                Biagio Geni
1327 - 1328                Baldovino Dolfin
1328 - 1331                Lodovico Morosini (2nd time)
1331 - 1333                Niccolo Fallier
1333 - 1334                Cristoforo Geni
1334 - 1337                Iacopo Gradenigo
1337 - 1339                Filippo Belegno
1339 - 1342                Ugolino Iustiniano
1342                       Giovanni Foscaro
1342 - 1343                Leonardo Morosini (1st time)
1343 - 1346                Marco Morosini
1346                       Leonardo Morosini (2nd time)
1346                       Filippo Horio
1346 - 1348                Filippo Bellegno
1348 - 1350                Pietro Iustiniano
1350 - 1354                Niccolo Volpe
1354                       Niccolo Barbarigo 
1354 - 1358                Marco Soranzo (Superanzo)
Dukes and Rectors of Republic of Ragusa (Duchi e Rettori della Repubblica di Ragusa)
(elected for one month terms; years persons known to have served are given)
1358 - 13..                Niccola de Sorgo  
1370 - 1390 (3 times)      Marco de Bobali
1390 - 1403                ....
1403 - 1417                Vittorio de Bobali
1417 - 1500                ....
1500 - 1501                Giunio Andrea de Bobali, Simone Benessa
1501 - 1502                Bernardo Bona
1502 - 1503                ....
1503 - 1504                Giunio Andrea de Bobali, Simone Benessa
1504 - 1505                ....
1505 - 1506                Francesco Andrea de Bobali
1506 - 1507                Giunio Andrea de Bobali
1507 - 1508                ....
1508 - 1509                ....
1509 - 1510                Luca Bona, Antonio Bona
1510 - 1511                ....
1511 - 1512                Antonio Bona
1512 - 1513                ....
1514 - 1515                Antonio Bona
1515 - 1516                ....
1516 - 1517                ....
1517 - 1518                Antonio Bona
1518 - 1519                ....
1519 - 1520                ....
1520 - 1521                Antonio Bona
1521 - 1522                Giacomo Bona
1522 - 1523                Bartolo Bona
1523 - 1524                Antonio Bona, Giacomo Bona
1524 - 1525                ....
1525 - 1526                Luigi Bona, Bartolo Bona
1526 - 1527                Antonio Bona, Giacomo Bona
1527 - 1528                Luigi Bona
1528 - 1529                Matteo Francesco de Bobali
1529 - 1530                Luigi Bona, Francesco Bona
1530 - 1531                Michele Giunio de Bobali
1531 - 1532                Damiano Benessa, Francesco Bona
1532 - 1533                Luigi Bona, Giacomo Bona
1533 - 1534                ....
1534 - 1535                Damiano Benessa, Matteo Francesco de Bobali,
                           + Luigi Bona, Francesco Bona
1535 - 1536                Zuppano Bona, Girolamo Bona
1536 - 1537                Michele Simone de Bobali, Francesco Bona
1537 - 1538                Damiano Benessa, Matteo Francesco de Bobali
1538 - 1539                Francesco Bona, Elio Bona, Girolamo Bona
1539 - 1540                Matteo Francesco de Bobali, Michele Simone de Bobali
1540 - 1541                ....
1541 - 1542                ....
1542 - 1543                Michele Giunio de Bobali
1543 - 1544                Matteo Francesco de Bobali
1544 - 1545                ....
1545 - 1546                Michele Simone de Bobali
1546 - 1547                Matteo Francesco de Bobali, Bernardo Bona
1547 - 1548                Zuppano Bona
1548 - 1549                ....
1549                       Matteo Francesco de Bobali
1549 - 15..                Pasquale Francesco Cerva
15.. - 1555                Zuppano Bona  
155. - 1559                Geronimo Sigismondo de Bobali
1559                       Giunio Michele de Bobali
1559 - 1560 (8 times)      Luciano Bona
1561 - 1562                Giunio Michele de Bobali
                           + Lorenzo Michele de Bobali
1562 - 1563 (3 times)      Simone de Bobali
1563 - 1564                ....
1564 - 1565                Lorenzo Michele de Bobali
1565                       Giunio Michele de Bobali
1565 - 1567                Marino Darsa (Marin Drzic)             (b. 1508 - d. 1567) 
1567 - 1568                Niccolo Vito di Gozze
1568 - 1569                Giunio Michele de Bobali
1569 - 1570                Niccolo Vito di Gozze
1570                       Lorenzo Michele de Bobali
1570 - 1571                Jacopo Antonio Benessa
1571 - 1572                Giunio Michele de Bobali
1572 - 1573                Jacopo Antonio Benessa
1573 - 1575                Giunio Michele de Bobali
1575                       Jacopo Antonio Benessa
1575 - 1576                Niccolo Vito di Gozze  (7 times)       (b. 1549 - d. 1610)
                           (Nikola Vitov Gucetic),
                           + Giorgio de Menze
1576 - 1577                Antonio Bona, Hieronimus de Ghetaldi
1577 - 1578                Natalis de Proculo
1578 - 1579                Jacopo Antonio Benessa
1579 - 1580                Antonio Bona, Vladimius de Menze
1580                       Luciano Bona
1585 - 1586                ....
1586 - 1587                ....
1587 - 1588                Giovanni Binciola
1588 - 1589                Matteo Benessa, Pietro Benessa,
                           + Aloysius de Saraca, Petrus de Cerva
1591                       Hieronimus de Buchia
1592                       Aloysius de Saraca
.... - .... (5 times)      Francesco Gondola                      (d. 1624)
1611                       Franciscus de Caboga
1612                       Blasius de Gondola
16.. - 1638  (2 times)     Giovanni Gondola (Ivan Gundulic)       (b. 1589 - d. 1638)
1651                       Lucianus de Caboga
1652                       Luca de Sorgo
1653                       Savino de Bona
1654                       Franciscus de Ghetaldi
1655                       Marinus de Proculo
165. - 1658  (5 times)     Giovanni Serafino Bona                 (b. 1591 - d. 1658)
                             (Ivan Bunic Vucic) 
1658 - 1660                ....
1660 - 166.                Luca di Gozze
1661                       Marinus de Proculo
1662                       Franciscus de Segismundo Sorgo
1663                       Benedictus de Bona
1664                       Simeone de Menze
1665                       Lucas de Restis
1667 - 16..                Simone Ghetaldi, Michele de Menze
1670                       Marinus de Sorgo
1671                       Johanes Matteo de Ghetaldi
1672                       Hieronimuus de Menze
1680                       Clemenens de Menze
1681                       Matteo de Bona
168. - 16 Sep 1682         Sigismondo Gondola (Sisko Gundulic)    (b. c.1634 - d. 1682)
1682                       Nicolaus de Binciola
1683                       Clemenes de Menze
168. - 1684                Stefano de Tudisi
16.. - 16..                Matteo Gondola  
1696 - 1700                Giovanni Sigismondo Gondola            (b. 1677 - d. 1721)
                             (Ivan Siskov Gundulic)
1700 - 1703                ....
1703                       Junius de Gozze
1706                       Joannes de Menze
1707                       Franciscus de Tudisi
1708                       Junius de Gozze
1709                       Joannes de Menze
1710                       Lucas Marini de Sorgo
1726                       Joannes de Gozze
1727                       Joannes de Basilio
1728                       Vladislaus de Sorgo
1729                       Joannes de Gozze
1730                       Junius de Restis
1761                       Joannes de Sorgo
1762                       Matteo de Zamagna
1763                       Michele de Zamagna, Balthazar de Gozze
1764                       Nicolaus de Proculo
1765                       Lucas de Giorgiis
1767                       Antonius de Resti
1768                       Savino de Giorgi
1769                       Seraphin de Sorgo
1770                       Marinus Natalis de Sorgo
                           + Joannes Raphaelle de Gozze
1773                       Nicolaus de Proculo
1774                       Lucas de Giorgiis-Bona
1775                       Martoliza de Bosdari
1776                       Lucas de Zamagna
1777                       Balthazar de Gozze
1797                       Marinus de Georgi
1798                       Joanes de Basilio, Clemenes de Menze,
                           + Antonius Marinus de Caboga, Matteo de Zamagna
1800                       Raphael de Gozze, Marinus de Bona
1801                       Franciscus de Gozze
1802                       Matteo de Ghetaldi, Martolizza de Cerva
1808 - 31 Jan 1808         Simone, conte de Giorgi (1st time)
Governors
26 May 1806 - Dec 1807     Jacques Alexandre de Lauriston,        (b. 1768 - d. 1824)
                             marquis de Lauriston 
                             (commander to 12 Jul 1806)
Administrator
1808 - 1810                Dominik Garagnin
Intendants of Ragusa
1810 -  8 Dec 1811         Dominik Garagnin
Dec 1811 -  2 Jun 1812     Alexandre Jean Denis Rouen des         (b. 1779 - d. 1871)
                             Mallets
Jun 1812 - 28 Jan 1814     Baillardel de Lareinty
Nominal Duke
1809 - 20 Sep 1813         Auguste Frédéric Louis Viesse de       (b. 1774 - d. 1852)
                             Marmont, duc de Raguse
Governor of the Republic
15 Nov 1813 - 28 Jan 1814  Blasio, conte de Caborga               (b. 1774 - d. 1854)
                            (Vlaho Caboga)(provisional)
Rector
18 Jan 1814 - 29 Jan 1814  Simone, conte de Giorgi (2nd time)

 
806 - 9..                  Byzantine rule.
997 - 1024                 Venetian rule.
1041 - 1097                Byzantine rule.
1076/97 - 1107             Venetian rule.

1107 - 1116                Hungarian rule.

1118 - 1127/28             Venetian rule.

1127/28 - 1130             Hungarian rule

1130 - 1157                Venetian rule.

117. - 1180                Byzantine rule.

23 Nov 1202                Destroyed by Venice during the Fourth Crusade.

1204 - 1311                Venetian rule.

1311 - 1312                Hungarian rule.

1313 - 1345                Venetian rule

1346 - 1402                Venetian rule

Aug 1358 - 1402            Hungarian rule.

1402 -  9 Jul 1409         Kingdom of "Sicily" (Naples) rule.

 9 Jul 1409                Part of Venetian Dalmatia (see Dalmatia).

17 Oct 1797                Annexed by Austria.

26 Dec 1805                Annexed to the Republic/Kingdom of Italy.

14 Oct 1809                Part of the French Empire.

 6 Dec 1813                Occupied by Austria.

30 May 1814                Formally ceded to Austria as part of Dalmatia.

31 Oct 1918                Population rebels against Austrians, raises the Italian flag.

19 Nov 1918                Occupied by Italian troops (see Dalmatia). 

12 Nov 1920                Zara annexed to Italy by the Treaty of Rapallo.

1923                       Organized as a province of Italy (included city of Zara and

                             municipalities of Boccagnazza, Brogo Erizzo, Cerno and part
                             of Diclo, Lagosta Island and the Pelagosa Archipelago).
 7 Jun 1941 - 19 Aug 1943  Subordinated to Italian Dalmatia.
10 Sep 1943                German occupation; administered by Italian Social Republic.
31 Oct 1944                Occupied by Yugoslav partisans.
 2 Nov 1944                Incorporated into Yugoslavia/Croatia (Zadar).
25 Jun 1991                Part of independent Republic of Croatia.

German military commanders
10 Sep 1943 -  1 Dec 1943  Karl Eglseer                      (b. 1890 - d. 1944)
 1 Dec 1943 - 18 Apr 1944  Albin Nake                        (b. 1888 - d. 1947)
18 Apr 1944 - 15 May 1944  Otto Lüdecke                      (b. 1894 - d. 1971)
15 May 1944 - 25 Sep 1944  Martin Gareis                     (b. 1891 - d. 1976)
25 Sep 1944 -  9 Oct 1944  Paul Hermann                      (b. 1888 - d. 1980)
 9 Oct 1944 - 31 Oct 1944  Alois Windisch                    (b. 1892 - d. 1958)