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4 SHARED EVENTSHungary

Entangled histories

4 events in which either nation’s sourced chronicle names the other — including under earlier names of the same state. Each is the same record, with the same sources, as on its own chronicle; nothing here was written for this page.

ONE SPINE OF YEARS · TWO WALLS OF EVENTS · HRV LEFT · HUN RIGHT

1. 1102

   Personal union with Hungary

   King Coloman of Hungary was crowned king of Croatia and Dalmatia, joining the crowns in a personal union; Croatian tradition records the terms in the Pacta conventa, under which Croatia kept its Sabor and its ban.

   Politics & Power · from the Croatia chronicle · The Medieval Kingdom and the Union with Hungary · REFS 2 — Croatia in Europe through the Ages: Development of the State, Croatia: History

2. 1847

   Croatian made the official language

   The Croatian Sabor adopted Croatian in place of Latin as the official language, a milestone of the national revival and a response to the imposition of Hungarian.

   Culture & Ideas · from the Croatia chronicle · The National Revival and the End of Austria-Hungary · REFS 1 — Croatia: The Croatian national revival

3. 1868

   The Croatian-Hungarian Settlement (Nagodba)

   Within the Dual Monarchy created in 1867, the Nagodba granted Croatia-Slavonia limited autonomy under its own ban and Sabor, though real authority remained with Budapest.

   Politics & Power · from the Croatia chronicle · The National Revival and the End of Austria-Hungary · REFS 1 — Croatia: History

4. 1 Dec 1918

   Entry into the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes

   After the collapse of Austria-Hungary, the Croatian lands joined Serbia and Montenegro in the new South Slav kingdom proclaimed on 1 December 1918, later renamed Yugoslavia.

   Politics & Power · from the Croatia chronicle · Yugoslavia, the Ustase Catastrophe and Socialist Croatia · REFS 2 — Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes, Croatia: History