Timeline of Rijeka

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.

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 and Royal Naval Academy moved from Trieste^[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
- Fiume loses free port status.^[9]
- June: Austrian emperor visits town.^[2]
1898 – October: Flood.^[2]
1900 – Population: 38,955.^[8]

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.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Britannica 1910.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Haydn 1910.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), "Rijeka", Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 1581, OL 6112221M
^ ^a ^b Townsend 1867.
^ Despot 1953, p. 125.
^ Georg Friedrich Kolb [in German] (1862). "Die europäischen Großmächte: Oesterreich". Grundriss der Statistik der Völkerzustands- und Staatenkunde (in German). Leipzig: A. Förstnersche Buchhandlung. Größere Städte ... in Croatien
^ Baedeker 1911.
^ ^a ^b Hunter, Brian; Paxton, John; Steinberg, S. H.; Epstein, Mortimer; Renwick, Isaac Parker Anderson; Keltie, John Scott; Martin, Frederick (1908). "Hungary: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590592 – via HathiTrust.
^ Chambers 1901.
^ "Fiume". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440 – via HathiTrust.
^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Croatia". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
^ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1965. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations. 1966.
^ United Nations Department for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis, Statistics Division (1997). "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". 1995 Demographic Yearbook. New York. pp. 262–321. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ 2011 Census, Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics

This article incorporates information from the Croatian Wikipedia, German Wikipedia, and Italian Wikipedia.

Bibliography

Published in 19th century

David Brewster, ed. (1830). "Fiume". Edinburgh Encyclopaedia. Edinburgh: William Blackwood.
"Fiume", Enciclopedia italiana e dizionario della conversazione (in Italian), vol. 7, Venezia: Girolamo Tasso, 1843
Charles Knight, ed. (1866). "Fiume". Geography. English Cyclopaedia. Vol. 2. London: Bradbury, Evans, & Co. hdl:2027/nyp.33433000064794.
George Henry Townsend (1867), "Fiume", Manual of Dates (2nd ed.), London: Frederick Warne & Co.
George L. Faber (9 November 1877), "Fiume and her New Port", Journal of the Society of Arts, vol. 25, London, pp. 56 v, hdl:2027/uc1.b2876384
Great Britain. Foreign Office (1880). "Austria-Hungary: Fiume". Reports from Her Majesty's Consuls on the Manufactures, Commerce, &c. of Their Consular Districts. London: Harrison and Sons.
Thomas Graham Jackson (1887), "Fiume", Dalmatia, Oxford: Clarendon Press
R. Lambert Playfair (1892), "Fiume", Handbook to the Mediterranean (3rd ed.), London: J. Murray
Norddeutscher Lloyd (1896), "Fiume", Guide through Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy, Switzerland, France, Belgium, Holland and England, Berlin: J. Reichmann & Cantor, OCLC 8395555

Published in 20th century

"Fiume", Chambers's Encyclopaedia, London: W. & R. Chambers, 1901
"Fiume". Illustrierter Führer durch Dalmatien [Illustrated Guide to Dalmatia] (in German) (5th ed.). Wien: A. Hartleben. 1902.
"Fiume" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 10 (11th ed.). 1910. pp. 449–450.
Benjamin Vincent (1910), "Fiume", Haydn's Dictionary of Dates (25th ed.), London: Ward, Lock & Co.
"Fiume", Austria-Hungary (11th ed.), Leipzig: Karl Baedeker, 1911
Mitrović, Pero; F. Barbalić, Radojica (1953). "Riječka luka". Rijeka, zbornik: geografija, etnologija, ekonomija, saobraćaj, povijest, kultura (PDF) (in Croatian). Zagreb: Matica hrvatska. pp. 35–66. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 March 2023.
Despot, Miroslava (1953). "Historijat trgovačkih putova između Rijeke i zaleđa u XVIII. i XIX. stoljeću". Rijeka, zbornik: geografija, etnologija, ekonomija, saobraćaj, povijest, kultura (PDF) (in Croatian). Zagreb: Matica hrvatska. pp. 123–136. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 March 2023.
Marjanović, Milan (1953). "Rijeka od 1860. do 1918.". Rijeka, zbornik: geografija, etnologija, ekonomija, saobraćaj, povijest, kultura (PDF) (in Croatian). Zagreb: Matica hrvatska. pp. 215–252. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 March 2023.
Antić, Vinko (1953). "Sušak—Rijeka i okolica u Narodnooslobodilačkoj borbi". Rijeka, zbornik: geografija, etnologija, ekonomija, saobraćaj, povijest, kultura (PDF) (in Croatian). Zagreb: Matica hrvatska. pp. 349–390. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 March 2023.
Antić, Vinko (1953). "Rijeka u Hrvatskoj književnosti XIX. i početkom XX. stoljeća". Rijeka, zbornik: geografija, etnologija, ekonomija, saobraćaj, povijest, kultura (PDF) (in Croatian). Zagreb: Matica hrvatska. pp. 479–514. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 March 2023.
Čulinović, Ferdo (1953). "Rijeka u državnopravnom pogledu". Rijeka, zbornik: geografija, etnologija, ekonomija, saobraćaj, povijest, kultura (PDF) (in Croatian). Zagreb: Matica hrvatska. pp. 253–276. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 March 2023.
Korlević, Milivoj (1953). Rijeka, zbornik: geografija, etnologija, ekonomija, saobraćaj, povijest, kultura (PDF) (in Croatian). Zagreb: Nešto o Državnom arhivu u Rijeci. pp. 555–560. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 March 2023.

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Europeana. Items related to Rijeka, various dates.

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[FOOTNOTEBritannica1910-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Britannica 1910.

[FOOTNOTEHaydn1910-2] Haydn 1910.

[lippincott1952-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), "Rijeka", Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 1581, OL 6112221M

[FOOTNOTETownsend1867-4] Townsend 1867.

[FOOTNOTEDespot1953125-5] Despot 1953, p. 125.

[Kolb1862-6] Georg Friedrich Kolb [in German] (1862). "Die europäischen Großmächte: Oesterreich". Grundriss der Statistik der Völkerzustands- und Staatenkunde (in German). Leipzig: A. Förstnersche Buchhandlung. Größere Städte ... in Croatien

[FOOTNOTEBaedeker1911-7] Baedeker 1911.

[statesman1908-8] Hunter, Brian; Paxton, John; Steinberg, S. H.; Epstein, Mortimer; Renwick, Isaac Parker Anderson; Keltie, John Scott; Martin, Frederick (1908). "Hungary: Principal Towns". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. hdl:2027/nyp.33433081590592 – via HathiTrust.

[FOOTNOTEChambers1901-9] Chambers 1901.

[10] "Fiume". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440 – via HathiTrust.

[katolsk-11] "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: Croatia". Norway: Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo. Retrieved 30 September 2015.

[12] "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1965. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations. 1966.

[13] United Nations Department for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis, Statistics Division (1997). "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". 1995 Demographic Yearbook. New York. pp. 262–321. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[14] 2011 Census, Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics

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