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Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have migrated throughout the world, and established a notable Croatian diaspora...

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852

3.4.852

Croatian Duke Trpimir I issues a statute, a document with the first known written mention of the Croats name in Croatian sources.

1493

9.9.1493

Battle of Krbava field, a decisive defeat of Croats in Croatian struggle against the invasion by the Ottoman Empire.

1994

3.4.1994

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