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Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers and has diverse, mostly continental and Mediterranean climates...

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879

5.21.879

Pope John VIII gives blessings to duke Branimir and to Croatian people, considered to be international recognition of the Croatian state.

927

5.27.927

Battle of the Bosnian Highlands: the Croatian army, led by King Tomislav, defeats the Bulgarian Army.

1671

4.30.1671

Petar Zrinski, the Croatian Ban from the Zrinski family, is executed.

1848

9.29.1848

Battle of Pákozd: Hungarian forces defeat Croats at Pákozd; the first battle of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848.

1941

4.14.1941

World War II: The Ustashe, a Croatian far-right organization is put in charge of the Independent State of Croatia by the Axis Powers after the Axis Operation 25 invasion. Rommel attacks Tobruk.

1945

4.6.1945

World War II: Sarajevo is liberated from the German and Croatian Nazis by the Yugoslav Partisans.

4.14.1945

Osijek, Croatia, is liberated from fascist occupation.

1946

1.31.1946

Yugoslavia's new constitution, modeling the Soviet Union, establishes six constituent republics (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia).

1987

12.8.1987

Croat Frank Vitkovic shoots and kills eight people at the offices of the Australia Post in Melbourne, before being killed himself.

1991

5.19.1991

Croatians vote for independence in a referendum.

6.25.1991

Croatia and Slovenia declare their independence from Yugoslavia.

8.25.1991

The Battle of Vukovar has begun. An 87-day siege of a Croatian city by the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA), supported by various Serbian paramilitary forces, between August-November 1991 during the Croatian War of Independence.

10.8.1991

Croatia votes to sever constitutional relations with Yugoslavia, making the country fully independent

11.18.1991

After the siege of Vukovar, the Croatian city of Vukovar capitulates to the besieging Yugoslav People's Army and allied Serb paramilitary forces.

12.6.1991

In Croatia, forces of the Yugoslav People's Army bombard Dubrovnik after laying siege to the city since May.

1992

1.15.1992

The international community recognizes the independence of Slovenia and Croatia from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

5.22.1992

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Slovenia join the United Nations.

1994

3.4.1994

Bosnia's Bosniaks and Croats sign an agreement to form a federation in a loose economic union with Croatia.

1995

5.1.1995

Croatian forces launch Operation Flash during the Croatian War of Independence.

8.4.1995

Operation Storm begins in Croatia.

8.5.1995

The city of Knin, a significant Serb stronghold, is captured by Croatian forces during Operation Storm. The date is celebrated in Croatia as Victory Day.

1996

4.3.1996

A United States Air Force airplane carrying United States Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown crashes in Croatia, killing all 35 on board.

2009

4.1.2009

Croatia and Albania join NATO

7.1.2009

Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader resigns giving no specific reason. Jadranka Kosor is announced as the next Prime Minister, the first woman ever to hold the post.