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History of Croatia

47 recorded states lay in what is now Croatia, from the Liburnians (800 BCE). 8 of them have a full profile, and 12 outside powers ruled here.

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Profiles

Empires that ruled here

Timeline

9th century BCE

  1. Liburnians800 BCE – 35 BCE · tribal confederation

7th century BCE

  1. Histri600 BCE – 177 BCE · kingdom
  2. Iapydes600 BCE – 34 BCE · tribal confederation

5th century BCE

  1. Illyrian Kingdom400 BCE – 168 BCE · kingdom

3rd century BCE

  1. Scordisci279 BCE – 15 CE · tribal confederation
  2. Breuci200 BCE – 9 CE · tribal confederation

2nd century BCE

  1. Delmatae180 BCE – 9 CE · tribal confederation

5th century

  1. Kingdom of Odoacer476 CE – 493 CE · kingdom
  2. Ostrogothic Kingdom493 CE – 553 CE · kingdom

6th century

  1. Avar Khaganate567 CE – 822 CE · profile

7th century

  1. Republic of Venice697 CE – 1797 CE · profile

9th century

  1. Duchy of Croatia800 CE – 925 CE · duchy
  2. Duchy of Pannonian Croatia800 CE – 925 CE · duchy
  3. Pagania800 CE – 1050 CE · principality
  4. Travunia800 CE – 1186 CE · principality
  5. Zachlumia800 CE – 1326 CE · principality
  6. Balaton Principality839 CE – 876 CE · principality

10th century

  1. Kingdom of Croatia (925-1102)925 CE – 1102 CE · kingdom

11th century

  1. Kingdom of Hungary (1000-1301)1000 CE – 1301 CE · profile

12th century

  1. Kingdom of Croatia (1102-1526)1102 CE – 1526 CE · kingdom
  2. Duchy of Merania1152 CE – 1248 CE · duchy

14th century

  1. Kingdom of Hungary (1301-1526)1301 CE – 1526 CE · profile
  2. Republic of Ragusa1358 CE – 1808 CE · profile
  3. Kingdom of Bosnia1377 CE – 1463 CE · kingdom

15th century

  1. Duchy of Split1403 CE – 1413 CE · duchy
  2. Republic of Poljica1440 CE – 1807 CE · republic
  3. Duchy of Saint Sava1448 CE – 1482 CE · duchy

16th century

  1. Habsburg Monarchy1526 CE – 1804 CE · profile
  2. Kingdom of Hungary (1526-1867)1526 CE – 1867 CE · kingdom
  3. Kingdom of Croatia (Habsburg)1527 CE – 1868 CE · kingdom
  4. Military Frontier1553 CE – 1881 CE · other

17th century

  1. Kingdom of Slavonia1699 CE – 1868 CE · kingdom

19th century

  1. Austrian Empire1804 CE – 1867 CE · profile
  2. Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic)1805 CE – 1814 CE · kingdom
  3. Illyrian Provinces1809 CE – 1816 CE · colony
  4. Kingdom of Dalmatia1815 CE – 1918 CE · kingdom
  5. Kingdom of Illyria1816 CE – 1849 CE · kingdom
  6. Serbian Vojvodina1848 CE – 1849 CE · other
  7. Kingdom of Hungary (1867-1918)1867 CE – 1918 CE · kingdom
  8. Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia1868 CE – 1918 CE · kingdom

20th century

  1. Kingdom of Yugoslavia1918 CE – 1941 CE · profile
  2. State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs1918 CE – 1918 CE · republic
  3. Italian Regency of Carnaro1919 CE – 1920 CE · other
  4. Free State of Fiume1920 CE – 1924 CE · city state
  5. Banovina of Croatia1939 CE – 1941 CE · other
  6. Independent State of Croatia1941 CE – 1945 CE · other
  7. Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia1945 CE – 1992 CE · republic

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Shared histories

States that also lay in other present-day countries:

States of Balkans and Hungary → States of Italy → All country histories →

Cite this page
APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). History of Croatia. In The Epoch Institute States Register. https://the-epoch-institute.org/countries/croatia
MLA
“History of Croatia.” The Epoch Institute States Register, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/countries/croatia. Accessed .
Chicago
The Epoch Institute. “History of Croatia.” The Epoch Institute States Register. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/countries/croatia.
Harvard
The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘History of Croatia’, The Epoch Institute States Register. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/countries/croatia (Accessed: ).