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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.[1]
- 799 CE – Town sacked by forces of Charlemagne (approximate date).[2]
- 1139 – "Counts of Duino" in power.[1]
- 1377 – Church of the Assumption founded.[1]
- 1453 – Virgin Mary pilgrimage church established near town.[3]
- 1471 – Austrians in power.[1]
- 1638 – St. Vitus Cathedral founded.
- 1722 – Fiume becomes a free port.[4]
- 1779 – Town becomes part of the Kingdom of Hungary.[3]
- 1780 – In 1780, Maurice Benyovszky received permission from the emperor to found a society to support the transport of goods along the Karolina road.[5]
- 1790 – Church of St. Nicholas built.
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19th century
- 1809 – Town occupied by French forces.[1]
- 1813 – Town taken by British forces.[1]
- 1822 – Town ceded to Hungary.[1]
- 1849 – Town becomes part of Croatia.[4]
- 1851 - Population: 10,568.[6]
- 1856 – Imperial Naval Academy founded.[7]
- 1870 – Town becomes part of the Kingdom of Hungary again.[1]
- 1872 – Drenova becomes part of Fiume.[citation needed]
- 1873 – Railway begins operating.[1]
- 1875 – Whitehead Torpedo Works in operation.
- 1877 – Port built.[2]
- 1890 - Population: 30,337.[8]
- 1891
- 1898 – October: Flood.[2]
- 1900 – Population: 38,955.[8]
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20th century
- 1903
- Rijeka Synagogue built.
- Seamanship school founded.[1]
- 1906 – February: Labour strike.[2]
- 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][10]
- 1921 – Communist Party of Fiume established.
- 1922 – Town taken by Italian forces.[3]
- 1924
- 16 March: Fiume becomes part of the Kingdom of Italy per Treaty of Rome.[3]
- Town becomes capital of Fiume province.[3]
- 1925 - Catholic diocese of Rijeka established.[11]
- 1926 – Unione Sportiva Fiumana football club formed.
- 1945 – Yugoslavs in power.[3]
- 1946 – NK Kvarner football club active.
- 1947 – Fiume becomes part of Yugoslavia per treaty.[3]
- 1948 – Kvarnersko Brodogradilište shipyard active.
- 1949 – City becomes seat of the Rijeka Oblast of Yugoslavia.[3]
- 1953 – Kvarnerska Rivijera football tournament begins.
- 1961 - Population: 100,989.[12]
- 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;[13] metro 236,028.[citation needed]
- 1993 - Slavko Linić becomes mayor.[citation needed]
- 1998 – Polytechnic of Rijeka founded.
- 2000
- Luka Rijeka company established.
- Vojko Obersnel becomes mayor.
21st century
- 2011 – Population: 128,624;[14] 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
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