Key Dates:
9 AD		New Roman province of Illyricum includes present-day Dalmatia.
10 AD		New Roman province of Pannonia includes present-day Slavonia.
400-600 AD		Illyricum raided by semi-nomadic invaders - including Goths and Avars.
7th C.		Croats start to settle in the Lower Danube valley.
925		Croatia becomes an independent kingdom.
1091		Croatia conquered by Hungary.
1102		Dynastic union with Hungary formed.
c. 1450		Weakened Hungary unable to prevent Ottoman occupation of neighbouring Bosnia & Hercegovina. Dalmatia falls under Venetian control.
1526		Battle of Mohacs sees the Ottoman Empire defeat Hungary and capture Slavonia.
1527		Remaining part of Croatia chooses to accept Hapsburg rule to deter further Ottoman advances.
1699		Treaty of Karlowitz restores northern part of Slavonia to Croatia.
1797-1815		Dalmatia and Dubrovnik pass to Hapsburg control.
1809-1813		Parts of Croatia occupied by Napoleonic France.
1848-49		Croatian forces help Austria put down Hungarian revolution.
1849		Croatia-Slavonia formed as separate Austrian Crown-land.
1868		Croatia-Slavonia becomes autonomous crown-land under Hungary.
October 1918		Austro-Hungarian Empire near collapse following major defeats in World War I.
29 October 1918		Proclamation of the State Of Slovenes, Croats And Serbs.
1 December 1918		Croatia is incorporated into the newly formed Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.
3 October 1929		Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes is renamed Yugoslavia.
1934		King Alexander assassinated by Croatian separatists.
1938		Regional elections won by a Croatian separatist party.
1939		Agreement reached on Croatian autonomy.
6 April 1941		Yugoslavia is invaded and occupied by the military forces of Germany and its allies.
April 1941		Independent State of Croatia established with fascist puppet government.
late 1943		Allies begin support of Partisans led by Marshal Tito. (The only resistance group with supporters in all regions of Yugoslavia)
May 1945		Independent State of Croatia effectively ceases to exist.
29 November 1945		Tito becomes Prime Minister after one-party elections.
31 January 1946		New constitution establishes 'Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia' with Croatia as one of it's constituent republics. Monarchy abolished and Soviet-style government established.
4 May 1980		Marshal Tito dies. He is succeeded by a collective presidency.
April 1990		First multi-party elections held - nationalist party wins.
25 June 1991		Croatia declares independence from Yugoslavia.
January 1992		Ceasefire declared in independence war.
20 March 1994		Ceasefire agreed with Serb rebels controlling self-declared Republic of Krajina.
August 1995		Start of Operation Storm - Croatian military offensive to recapture Krajina.
January 1998		Croatia resumes control over Eastern Slavonia.
2000		Right-wing nationalists defeated in parliamentary elections.
February 2003		Croatia formally applies to join European Union.
October 2005		EU agrees to start accession talks.