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This is a [[timeline]] of key events in the [[history of Slovenia]] and the nations that lived and live on Slovene ethnic territory, mostly [[Slovenes]]. ^'''1'''

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This is a '''timeline of [[Slovenia]]n history''', comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Slovenia and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see [[History of Slovenia]]. See also the [[President of Slovenia|list of presidents of Slovenia]].

== third century BC ==

: ''[[History]], unlike [[mathematics]], is an imperfect [[science]] and can never be complete or totally impartial.'' [[Ivan Kobal]]

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| 250 <small>BC</small> || || The [[Celt]]ic [[La Tène culture]] comes to the territories of modern Slovenia, replacing the [[Hallstatt culture]].

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| 221 <small>BC</small> || || The border of the [[Roman Republic]] arrives at the [[Julian Alps]].

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== [[1300ssecond century BC]] ==

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| 181 <small>BC</small> || || The [[Roman Republic|Roman]] foundation of [[Aquileia]] marks the beginning of a gradual conquering of the territories of modern Slovenia by the [[Roman Republic|Romans]].

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| 178 <small>BC</small> || || [[Roman Republic|Romans]] conquer [[Istria|Histria]]. Subsequently, in 129 <small>BC</small>, they subjugated the Taurisci people and in 115 <small>BC</small> the Carni people.

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== first century BC ==

'''NOTE''' ''a theory about connections between the Veneti and Proto-Slovenes is believed to be speculative. This page won't discuss much of it, but it is at least worth mentioning it.''

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| 48 <small>BC</small> || || Noricans take the side of [[Julius Caesar]] (c. 100–44 <small>BC</small>) in the civil war against [[Pompey]] (106–48 <small>BC</small>).

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| 16 <small>BC</small> || || Noricans, having joined with the [[Pannonians]] in invading Histria, are defeated by Publius Silius, [[proconsul]] of [[Illyricum (Roman province)|Illyricum]].

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| 12 <small>BC</small> || || The army of Romans, led by [[Tiberius]] (42–37 <small>BC</small>, reigned 14–37), starts conquering [[Pannonia]].

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| 9 <small>BC</small> || || Pannonia is subdued and incorporated with Illyricum, the frontier of which was thus extended as far as the [[Danube River|Danube]].

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== first century ==

* Circa [[1300 BC]] - The [[Veneti]] ([[Venedes]]) ('Venetkeni', 'Venetkini', 'Venedi', 'Vinedi', 'Vendi', (Jordanes 'Venethi'), 'Sclavi', 'Sclavini', (Jordanes 'Sclaveni'), 'Slovonici') ([[Greek language|Greek]] ''Venedes'', [[Homer]] shortened the name to 'Enetoi', Jordanes wrote 'Ainetoi' ("Laudable")) | (also Wenets, Veneds, Venets, Wenetes) (not to be confused with [[Venetians]] or [[Venicians]]), the [[Slavs|Proto-Slavs]] ([[Slovenes|Proto-Slovenes]], [[Sloveneti|Slo-veneti]], Sloventi), an [[Aryan]] folk from [[Wends|Sorbian]] (Lusatian (Lusation), Wendish) culture along the [[Amber Road|Amber Road]] conquer and settle region between the [[Baltic Sea|Baltic]] and [[Adriatic Sea]].

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| 7 || || [[Pannonians]], with the Dalmatians and other Illyrian tribes, revolt, and are overcome by Tiberius and [[Germanicus]] (15 BC–19 AD), after a hard-fought campaign which lasted for two years.

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| 9 || || The [[Roman Empire]] finally conquers Pannonia (which includes the biggest part of present-day Slovenia). Roman legions stay in Poetovio (modern [[Ptuj]]).

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| 40 || || The [[Noricum]] Kingdom is ultimately incorporated to the [[Roman Empire]] by the Roman caesar [[Claudius]] (10 BC–54 AD, reigned 41–54). Noricum includes [[Carinthia (state)|Carinthia]] and most of [[Styria]]. Hence, the entire territory of modern Slovenia is within the borders of the [[Roman Empire]].

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| 46 || || Celeia (modern [[Celje]]) gets its municipal rights under the name ''municipium Claudia [[List of Latin place names in the Balkans|Celeia]]''.

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== [[1200ssecond BC]]century ==

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| 103 || || Roman caesar [[Trajan]] (53–117, reigned 98–117) moves the [[Legio XIII Gemina]] to the north border in Karnunt (''[[Carnuntum]]'') (today [[Deutsch Altenburg]] in [[Lower Austria]]) in Pannonia along the Danube River.

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== third century ==

* Circa [[1200 BC]] - The Veneti, the bearers of the [[Urnfield]] culture, come from the north and settle in the [[alps|Alpine]] area of [[Slovenia]], northern [[Italy]], eastern [[Switzerland]] and [[Austria]] during the Late [[Bronze Age]].

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| 290 || || Noricum is divided under Roman Emperor [[Diocletian]] (245–313, reigned 284–305) into Noricum Ripense (along the Danube) and Noricum Mediterraneum (the southern mountainous district).

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== [[1100sfourth BC]]century ==

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* Circa [[1150 BC]] - The Veneti from [[Paphlagonia]], a region in today's northern [[Turkey]] on the [[Black Sea]], continued East across [[Persia]] and [[Afghanistan]] after the defeat of [[Troy]] reach [[Punjab]] across the [[Khyber Pass|Khyber mountain pass]] (1022 m). ^'''2Z''' [[Homer]] talks about the Venets, and so do the [[Greeks]], using the name ''Henetoi''. Roman historians claim their leader was Antenor (Antenore), originated from [[Troy]].

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* [[1100 BC]] - The new combined nation, known until today by the name of Aryans or [[Hindi]], was able to penetrate towards East to the river valley of the [[Ganges]] and conquered the whole area up to the Himalayas. A new vast country came into existence, which still today carries the name Hindustran (like Heneti - Veneti). [[India]] - actually Vindia - was born.

| 320 || || Celeia is incorporated with [[Aquileia]] (''Oglej'') under Roman Emperor [[Constantine I of the Roman Empire|Constantine I.]] (272–337, reigned 307–337).

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== [[8thfifth century BC|700s BC]] ==

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== sixth century ==

* Circa [[750 BC]] - The [[Etruscans]] (Etrurians), a non-[[Aryan]] folk migrate into northern and central Italy from the eastern [[steppe]]s. ^'''2Y'''

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| 550 || || The first wave of [[Slavic settlement of Eastern Alps|Slavic settlement]], originating from [[Moravia]], reaches the Eastern Alps region and the western margin of the Pannonian plain.

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| 568 || || [[Lombards]] leave the territories of modern Slovenia and the borderlands of Pannonia, moving into [[Italy]].

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| 585 || || The second and most important wave of Slavic settlement takes place. [[Slavs]] and [[Avars (Carpathians)|Avars]] settle in Eastern [[Alps]] ([[Julian Alps]], [[Karavanke]]), eventually occupying an area more than twice the size of today's Slovenia. Slavic settlement is proven by the decline of dioceses in the Eastern Alpine region in second half of the sixth century, as well as in the change of population, the material culture and the linguistic identity of the area.

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== [[3rdseventh century BC|200s BC]] ==

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| 610 || || [[Avars (Carpathians)|Avars]] attempt to invade [[Italy]]. After their power is weakened, a relatively independent March of Slavs ({{lang|la|Marca Vinedorum}}) appears.

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| 623 || || Uprising of Slavs led by Samo^'''1''' against [[Avars (Carpathians)|Avars]]. [[Samo]]'s Tribal Union is formed.

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| 631 || || The Battle of Wogastisburg (probably Forchheim) between Samo's army and [[Austrasia]]n forces, led by [[Merovingian]] king [[Dagobert I]] of the [[Franks]] (603–639, reigned 629–639).

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| 658 || || Samo's death. The Tribal Union declines, but a part of ''the March of Slavs'' maintains independence and becomes known in historical sources under the name of [[Carantania]]. The center of Karantania was [[Zollfeld]], north of modern [[Klagenfurt]].

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== eighth century ==

* Circa [[250 BC]] - The [[Celt]]ic [[Tene]] Culture comes to the Slovene territory and replaces the [[Hallstatt]] Culture.

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* [[221 BC]] - the border of the [[Roman Republic]] arrives at the [[Julian Alps]].

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| 745 || || Karantania loses its independence and becomes a margraviate and tantamount part of the semifeudal [[Franks|Frankish]] empire later under the rule of king [[Charlemagne]] (742–814, reigned 771–814) due to pressing danger of Avar tribes from the east.

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| rowspan="2" valign="top" | 796 || || The Slavic [[duke]] of Carniola, [[Voynomir the Slav|Vojnomir]], aids the [[Carolingian]] duke [[Eric of Friuli]] against the [[Avars (Carpathians)|Avars]].

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| || The Synod ''ad ripas Danuvii'' convoked by [[Charlemagne]]'s son [[Pepin of Italy|Pepin]] and presided over by [[Paulinus II of Aquileia]] establishes the [[diocese of Salzburg|Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Salzburg]] detaching it from the northernmost territory of the [[Patriarchate of Aquileia (Episcopal)|Patriarchate of Aquileia]]. The synod focuses on the [[evangelization]] of the Slavs.

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| 798 || || Salzburg is raised to the rank of an archdiocese

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== [[2ndninth century BC|100s BC]] ==

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| 811 || || The southern boundary of the archdiocese of Salzburg is moved south to the [[Drava]] river at the expense of the Patriarchate of Aquileia.

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| 840 || || The [[Balaton Principality]] emerges in [[Pannonia]].

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| 843 || || Karantania passes into the hands of [[Louis the German]] (804–876).

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| 871 || || The earliest written record of the ancient Karantanian ritual of installing dukes ''[[Conversio Bagoariorum et Carantanorum]]'', where is written: ''...&nbsp;illi eum ducem fecerunt...'' (they were made dukes).

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| 876 || || The [[principality]] of Prince Kocelj ([[Balaton Principality]]) loses its independence.

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| 887 || || [[Arnulf of Carinthia]] (850–899) a grandson of Louis the German assumes his title of King of the East [[Franks]] and becomes the first Duke of Carinthia.

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| 894 || || [[Great Moravia]] probably loses a part of its territory—present-day Western Hungary—to Arnulf of Carinthia, who failed to conquer Great Moravia in 892, 893, 894/895 and 899.

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| 895 || || Accord between Arnulf of Carinthia and the [[Bohemia]]n [[Duke]] [[Bořivoj]] (reigned 870–895), Bohemia is freed from the danger of invasion.

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| 896 || || Finno-Ugric [[Magyars]], led by [[Árpád]], settle in the Pannonian plain. The centre of their settlement becomes the region around the [[Theiss River]] ([[Hungary]]).

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| 899 || || [[Arnulf of Carinthia]] dies.

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== 10th century ==

* [[178 BC]] - [[Romans]] conquer [[Istria|Histria]].

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| 906 || || Invading [[Magyars]] destroy the weakened empire of Great Moravia.

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| 907 || || Slovene territory is settled by Magyars.

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| 952 || || The Great Carantania. (to 1180)

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| 955 || || German king [[Otto the Great|Otto I]] (912–973, reigned 936–973) defeats the Magyars at the [[Battle of Lechfeld]] near [[Augsburg]], halting their advance in Central Europe.

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| 976 || || The [[March of Austria]] is established. Carantania becomes a [[duchy]] in its own right, including [[Styria (duchy)|Styria]] and today's [[Tyrol (state)|East Tirol]]

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| rowspan="2" valign="top" | 1000 || || [[Duchy of Carinthia|Carinthia]], [[Duchy of Styria|Styria]] and [[Carniola]] provinces emerge on the territory of Carantania.

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| || The [[Freising Manuscripts]], the first Latin-script continuous text in a [[Slavic languages|Slavic language]] and the oldest document in [[Slovene language|Slovene]], are written.

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== [[1st11th century BC|0s BC]] ==

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== 12th century ==

* [[48 BC]] - [[Noricans]] takes the side of the [[List of Roman Emperors|Roman caesar]] [[Julius Caesar]] (circa [[100 BC]]-[[44 BC]]) in the civil war against [[Pompey]] ([[106 BC]]-[[48 BC]]).

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* [[16 BC]] - Noricans having joined with the [[Pannonians]] in invading Histria, they are defeated by Publius Silius, [[proconsul]] of [[Illyricum]].

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* [[12 BC]] - The army of Romans, led by [[Tiberius]], starts conquering [[Pannonia]].

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| 1112 || || The first record mentions Ljubljana by its modern name (by its German name ''Castrum Laibach''). (to 1125)

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| 1122 || || The first mention of Celje in the early [[Middle Ages]] under the name of ''Cylie'' in [[Admont]]'s Chronicle. (to 1137)

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| 1164 || || The first mention of [[Maribor]] as ''Castrum Marchburch''.

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== [[1st13th century|1s]] ==

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[[Image:Si_romap.png|thumb|120px|Slovenia under the Roman Empire]]

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* [[9]] - The [[Roman Empire]] finally conquers Pannonia (which includes the biggest part of present-day [[Slovenia]]). Roman legions stay in Poetovio (currently [[Ptuj]]).

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* Circa [[40]] - The [[Noricum]] [[monarchy|Kingdom]] is ultimately incorporated to the [[Roman Empire]] by the Roman caesar [[Claudius]] ([[10 BC]]-[[54]], reigned [[41]]-[[54]]). Noricum includes [[Carinthia]] and most of [[Styria]]. From now on the whole of the Slovene lands is within the borders of the [[Roman Empire]].

| 1269 || || The Carantanian [[dynasty]] becomes extinct.

* [[46]] - [[Celje]] gets its municipal rights under the name ''municipium Claudia [[Latin names of European cities|Celeia]]''.

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| 1274 || || Bohemian king [[Ottokar II of Bohemia|Ottokar II]]. (reigned as a king 1253–1278) a candidate for the German [[throne]] refuses to appear or to restore the provinces of [[Austria]], Styria, Carinthia and Carniola, which he has seized.

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| 1282 || || The rule of Habsburg dukes over most Slovene lands begins.

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== [[2nd14th century|100s]] ==

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| 1335 || || The Duchy of Carinthia is bestowed by [[Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor|Louis the Bavarian]] on the dukes of Austria.

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== 15th century ==

* Not later than [[103]] - Roman caesar [[Trajan]] ([[53]]-[[117]], reigned [[98]]-[[117]]) moves the [[Legio XIII Gemina]] to the north border in Karnunt (''Carnuntum'') (today [[Deutsch Altenburg]] in [[Lower Austria]]) in [[Pannonia]] along the [[Danube River]].

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| 1414 || || The Habsburg Duke [[Ernest of Austria (Habsburg)|Ernest the Iron]] (1377–1424) thrones according to the ancient Karantanian ritual of installing dukes on the Duke's Stone and he addresses again as an [[archduke]].

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| 1451 || || Celje acquires town rights by orders from [[Frederick II, Count of Celje|Frederick II, the Count of Celje]].

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| 1461 || || Ljubljana becomes the seat of a [[diocese]].

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| 1473 || || The city walls and a defensive moat are built in [[Celje]].

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== [[3rd16th century|200s]] ==

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| 1511 || || Ljubljana is devastated by an earthquake.

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| 1532 || || The [[Siege of Maribor (1532)|Siege of Maribor]] ends in a defensive victory.

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| 1550 || || [[Primož Trubar]] publishes the first books in Slovene, ''[[Catechismus]]'' and ''[[Abecedarium (Trubar)|Abecedarium]]''.

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| 1566 || || The region of [[Prekmurje]] is occupied by [[Ottoman Empire|Ottomans]] during the [[Siege of Szigetvar]].

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| 1583 || || [[Jurij Dalmatin]] translates to Slovene and publishes the Bible.

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| 1593 || || The [[Battle of Sisak]] restores the balance of power and brings the expansion of the [[Ottoman Empire]] into the [[Slovene Lands]] to a halt.

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== 17th century ==

* Circa [[290]] - Noricum is divided under Roman Emperor [[Diocletian]] ([[245]]-[[313]], reigned [[284]]-[[305]]) into Noricum ripense (along the Danube) and mediterranean (the southern mountainous district).

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| 1622 || 5 May || An earthquake occurs near [[Ljubljana]]. It measures about 5 on the [[Moment magnitude scale]] or 4.9 on the [[Richter scale]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.emidius.eu/AHEAD/event/16220505_1100_000|title=5 May 1622|publisher=European Archive of Historical Earthquake Data|access-date=15 May 2015}}</ref>

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| 1688 || || The [[Prekmurje]] region is occupied by [[Austrians]].

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| 1693 || || The scholarly society [[Academia operosorum Labacensis]] is established in Ljubljana.

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== [[4rd18th century|300s]] ==

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| 1701 || || The Philharmonic Society (''Academia philharmonicorum'') is established in Ljubljana.

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== 19th century ==

* Circa [[320]] - Celeia is incorporated with [[Aquileia]] (''Oglej'') under Roman Emperor [[Constantine I of the Roman Empire|Constantine I.]] ([[272]]-[[337]], reigned [[307]]-[[337]]).

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| 1809 || || Lower Carinthia incorporates to France as Duchy of Carinthia was divided into two parts, Upper or Western Carinthia and Lower or Eastern.

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| 1813 || || Lower Carinthia is re-conquered.

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| 1821 || || [[Congress of Laibach]] takes place in Ljubljana.

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| 1838 || || First works, tracings on Slovene territory of a railway route [[Vienna]] – [[Trieste]] in a so-called "[[Austrian Southern Railway|Southern Railway]]" (''Južna železnica'') begin.

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| 1845 || || First works on the "Southern Railway" between [[Celje railway station|Celje]] and [[Ljubljana railway station|Ljubljana]] begin,

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| rowspan="3" valign="top" | 1846 || 27 April || First [[locomotive]] of the "Southern Railway" comes to Celje.

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| 18 May || Trial run of the first train on the "Southern Railway" to Celje is performed.

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| 2 June || The "Southern Railway" to Celje is open for public.

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| rowspan="2" valign="top" | 1848 || || The [[United Slovenia]] (''Zedinjena Slovenija''), the first Slovene political programme rises.

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| 18 April || The [[Ljubljana railway station]] is finished.

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| rowspan="4" valign="top" | 1849 || || The Duchy of Carinthia is created as a separate crownland.

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| 18 August || First locomotive arrives at Ljubljana railway station.

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| 16 September || First train of the "Southern Railway" arrives in Ljubljana.

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| 19 September || "Southern Railway" to Ljubljana is ceremonially opened.

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| 1850 || 14 May || Emperor [[Franz Josef of Austria|Francis Joseph]] lays the foundation stone of Trieste railway station.

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| 1851 || || [[Hermagoras Society]] ({{lang|sl|Mohorjeva družba}}), the first Slovene publisher, is established in [[Klagenfurt]] and publishes books in Slovene.

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| rowspan="2" valign="top" | 1857 || 18 July || The "Carinthian railway" between [[Maribor railway station|Maribor]] and [[Klagenfurt Hauptbahnhof|Klagenfurt]] is being built.

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| 27 July || The "Southern Railway" is completed and opened.

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| 1862 || 12 November || The railway line of the "Carintnhian railway" on the route Maribor – [[Vuzenica]] is built.

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| 1863 || 31 May || The "Carinthian railway" is built

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| 1864 || || The [[Peter Kozler|Kozler]] brothers establish the Pivovarna Union (''The Union Brewery'').

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| 1869 || 17 May || Rally at [[Vižmarje]] near Ljubljana gathers around 30,000 people where programme of the United Slovenia is demanded.

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| 1889 || July || Strike of coal miners in the [[Central Sava Valley]] in [[Zagorje ob Savi|Zagorje]] and [[Trbovlje]].

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| rowspan="2" valign="top" | 1890 || || The railway line on the route [[Radgona]] – [[Ljutomer]] is built.

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| 1 May || Labour Day is celebrated first time.

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| rowspan="2" valign="top" | 1891 || || The railway line on the route Ljubljana – [[Kamnik]] is built.

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| || The railway line on the route Celje – [[Velenje]] is built.

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| rowspan="2" valign="top" | 1894 || || First public power station in [[Škofja Loka]] is built.

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| || The railway line on the route Ljubljana – [[Novo Mesto]] is built.

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| rowspan="2" valign="top" | 1895 || || People's loan bank (''[[Ljudska posojilnica]]'') is founded by Catholic middle class.

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| || [[1895 Ljubljana earthquake|Ljubljana earthquake]]

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| 1896 || || The National hall (''Narodni dom'') is built in Celje.

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| 1898 || || The railway line on the route Ljubljana – [[Kočevje]] is built.

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| 1899 || || The railway line on the route Velenje – [[Dravograd railway station|Dravograd]] is built.

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| 1899 || || The [[Maribor National Hall]] is built.

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| 1900 || || Liberal middle class founds the first Slovene bank, The Credit bank of Ljubljana (''Ljubljanska kreditna banka'').

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== [[5th20th century|400s]] ==

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* Circa [[400]] - St. Jerome translates some [[Old Church Slavonic]] (perhaps Slovene) writings to [[Latin language|Latin]].

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| 1902 || || First telephone is mounted in Celje.

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| rowspan="2" valign="top" | 1907 || || Electricity is used in a lead mine in [[Mežica]].

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| || The Celje hall (''Celjski dom'') is built in Celje.

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| 1908 || || The "[[Karavanken]] railway" is built.

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| rowspan="2" valign="top" | 1912 || || The Preporod (''Rebirth''), a juvenile movement is established. Many members have political connections with the pro-Serb organization [[Young Bosnia]] (''Mlada Bosna'').

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| || A hydroelectric station in Završnica (2,500&nbsp;kW) is being built. (to 1915)

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| rowspan="2" valign="top" | 1913 || || Celje is [[electricity|electrified]]. Westen's dishes factory uses electricity in industry.

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| 12 April || [[Ivan Cankar]] in Ljubljana gives a speech ''Slovenes and Yugoslavs'' for the socialist society Vzajemnost (''Mutuality'') about Slovenes to unite politically but not culturally with other South Slavs and [[Yugoslavism]].

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| rowspan="2" valign="top" | 1914 || || The railway on the route Novo Mesto – [[Karlovac]] begins to run.

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| 28 June || Austrian Archduke [[Franz Ferdinand]], heir to the Austrian throne, and his wife [[Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg|Countess Sophie]], are killed in [[Sarajevo]], [[Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnia]] at the hands of a pro-Serb nationalist assassin (a [[Bosnian Serb]] student [[Gavrilo Princip]], a member of the Young Bosnia). [[World War I]] begins.

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| 1915 || || The [[Soča River]] front. In 11 Soča offensives Italians captured just [[Gorizia]] (''Gorica'') and a few frontier sites. On these battlefields many Slovenes in [[Austria-Hungary|Austro-Hungarian]] army died (for example at the [[Battle of Doberdò]]). (to 1918)

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| rowspan="3" valign="top" | 1917 || 30 May || May Declaration of Slovene, Croatian and Serb representatives in the Vienna parliament signed by [[Anton Korošec]] about arrangement of a unified common state of Slovenes, Croats, and Serbs living within the Habsburg monarchy.

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| 20 July || The [[Corfu Declaration]] is signed between the Yugoslav committee (''Jugoslovanski odbor'') and the Serb government and becomes the basis for the formation of the Yugoslav state.

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| 24 October || The [[Kobarid|Battle of Kobarid]] between Austrian forces, reinforced by German units and the Italian army. The Italian army withdraws to the [[Piave River]], where they blocked the enemy before the arrive of the military assistance of the British and French. (to 9 November)

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| rowspan="8" valign="top" | 1918 || || Nitrogen factory (''Tovarna dušika'') in [[Ruše]] is built.

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| || A hydroelectric station Fala on the [[Drave]] river (31,150&nbsp;kW) is built.

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| 6 October || [[State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs]] is established in [[Zagreb]]. It becomes the political representative body of South Slavs in Austria-Hungary.

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| 29 October || State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs breaks off all relations with Austria-Hungary and proclaims a short-lived [[State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs]]. Slovenia joins a new state with an independent State authority. The state is not recognized internationally.

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| 1 November || General [[Rudolf Maister]] takes over the authority of the Maribor garrison.

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| 3 November || Austria-Hungary surrenders.

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| 18 November || Germany surrenders. World War I ends.

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| 1 December || The State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs joins with the [[Kingdom of Serbia]] and the [[Kingdom of Montenegro]] to form the [[Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes]] (SHS). Today it is believed that this was a great [[historical fault]] although at that time this was probably the only sensible decision because Italy according to the London Pact with the victorious [[Triple Entente|Entente]] forces from 1915 without bias occupied Primorska, [[Istria]] (''Istra'') and [[Zadar]] in [[Dalmatia]] and Serbia was pressing for unification.

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| rowspan="4" valign="top" | 1919 || || The [[University of Ljubljana]] (''Univerza v Ljubljani'') is established.

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| 18 January || The [[Paris Peace Conference, 1919|Paris Peace Conference]] begins. [[Woodrow Wilson]] gives his "14 Points" address. The ninth and the 10th are crucial for Slovenes within former Austro-Hungarian borders.

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| 28 June || The [[Treaty of Versailles]] is signed between Germany and victorious three [[Triple Entente|Entente]] powers.

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| 10 September || [[Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye (1919)|The Treaty of Saint-Germain]] with republic of Austria. It confirms the break of Austria-Hungary. Its territory comes down to newly formed countries Austria, Hungary, [[Czechoslovakia]], [[Poland]], [[Romania]], and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. [[South Tyrol]] with its German population and [[Trentino]] fall to Italy.

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| rowspan="6" valign="top" | 1920 || || The "Kulturbund"—a cultural and educational organization of German national minority—is established. Later becomes the nazi organization, which operates in Yugoslavia as a fifth column.

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| 4 June || The [[Treaty of Trianon]] with Hungary [[Burgenland]] (Gradiščansko) falls to Austria and [[Transmuraland]] ([[Prekmurje]]) to the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.

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| 13 July || Croatian National hall in [[Pula, Croatia|Pula]] and Slovene national hall in [[Trieste]] are burned down by Italian fascists.

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| 14 August || A security agreement is signed between Czechoslovakia and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.

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| 10 October || [[Carinthian Plebiscite]].

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| 12 November || The Treaty of [[Rapallo]] between Italy and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, where Slovenia loses almost the whole province of Primorska, which is incorporated back again after the [[Second World War]]. Italy also gets the whole Istria together with the Trieste region (''Tržaško'').

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| rowspan="2" valign="top" | 1921 || 28 June || St. Vitus Day Constitution (''Vidovdanska ustava'') is adopted. It legalizes a [[monarchy|monarchal]] regulation and [[centralism]] in a new state and also the supremacy of the court and the Serb politics linked with it.

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| July || An allied treaty for insurance of a situation in East Europe, attained in the Paris Peace Conference, is made by Romania and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. This alliance supplements the security agreement between Czechoslovakia and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes and gets the name "[[Little Entente]]".

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| 1922 || || [[Julian March]] (''Julijska krajina'') is incorporated to Italy.

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| 1923 || March || Prefect of Julian March interdicts Slovene and Croatian language at the administration.

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| 1925 || 15 October || Italian king issues a decree, which interdicts Slovene and Croatian language also at courts of justice.

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| 1927 || || Founding of the [[TIGR]] at Goriško, Slovene [[fascist|anti-fascist]] organisation, first such European organization and a secret youth organization Borba (''The fight'') at the Trieste region.

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| rowspan="2" valign="top" | 1929 || 6 January || The king Alexander I. with a coup d'état dissolves the parliament and establishes the 6 January Dictatorship. He abolishes the St. Vitus Day constitution, freedom of the press and the pooling rights.

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| 3 October || The king Alexander I renames the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes as the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. All political parties are prohibited.

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| 1930 || || Italian fascists discover some TIGR's cells and five members of TIGR (''other sources of'' Borba) are killed at [[Bazovica]].

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| 1931 || 9 May || To hide a dictatorship the king Alexander I. initiates the bestowal constitution, which introduces the two-chamber parliament.

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| 1933 || 16 February || The [[Little Entente]] formed between Romania, the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia.

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| rowspan="2" valign="top" | 1934 || 9 February || The [[Balkan Entente]] formed between Romania, the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, [[Greece]] and [[Turkey]].

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| 9 October || The king [[Alexander I of Yugoslavia|Alexander I. Karađorđević]], who reigned since 1921, is assassinated in [[Marseille]] together with a French foreign minister [[Louis Barthou]] by Croatian extremist nationalists.

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| 1935 || || [[Milan Stojadinović]] becomes prime minister. His government begins to drop Yugoslavia's traditional leaning toward France and starts to connect economically and politically with Germany and Italy.

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| 1937 || || The National Academy of Sciences and Arts is established in Ljubljana.

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| rowspan="3" valign="top" | 1938 || || Some members of TIGR plan an attempt on Italian Fascist leader [[Benito Mussolini]]'s life, when he visits [[Kobarid]].

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| 13 March || [[Adolf Hitler]] annexes Austria to the [[Nazi Germany]]. Slovenes in [[Carinthia (state)|Austrian Carinthia]] practically become German citizens.

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| December || [[Dragiša Cvetković]] becomes prime minister. He signs an agreement with the leader of Croatian opposition [[Vladko Maček]] allowing for the foundation of the [[Banovina of Croatia]] as the sole autonomous political and territorial unit in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. This agreement does not solve the national problem since it just distributes the authority among Serbs and Croats.

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| rowspan="9" valign="top" | 1941 || 6 April || German, Italian and Hungarian occupying forces occupy Slovenia and divide it into three parts.

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| 11 April || German army occupies the Central Sava Valley, where important pits, heavy industry and traffic crossroads lie.

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| 17 April || Royal Yugoslav army signs its surrender in [[Belgrade]].

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| 19 April || A Nazi politician and [[SS]] chief leader [[Heinrich Himmler]] visits Celje and among other he inspects the prison of the Stari pisker ("Old pot").

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| 26 April || An anti-fascist organization, the Liberation Front of Slovene nation (''Osvobodilna fronta Slovenskega naroda'') ([[Liberation Front of the Slovenian People|OF]]) is established in [[Ljubljana]]. It is active on all Slovene ethnical territory, as well in Carinthia, Primorska region in the Venetian province and Slovene [[Rába]] region (Slovene ''Slovensko Porabje'', [[Hungarian language|Hungarian]] ''Szlovén-vidék'' or ''Rába-vidék'').

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| 8 May || A decision about the organization of the OF in the Central Sava Valley in Trbovlje, Zagorje and [[Hrastnik]] is adopted.

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| July || Armed resistance begins.

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| 1 August || The first Slovene Partisan unit in the Central Sava Valley, the Revirje company (''Revirska četa'') is established at the Čemšeniška Alpine meadow. 70 fighters were counted.

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| 12 December || A battle between German policemen and Slovene partisans near the village of Rovte.

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| rowspan="3" valign="top" | 1943 || 1 March || [[Dolomiti Declaration]].

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| 16 September || The supreme plenum of OF proclaims the association of Slovene maritime province (''Slovensko primorje'') to Slovenia.

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| 29 November || Second session of [[AVNOJ]] in [[Jajce]].

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| rowspan="6" valign="top" | 1945 || 2 May || Troops of Yugoslav 4th Army together with Slovene 9th Corpus NOV, New Zealand units and Italian resistance liberate [[Trieste]].

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| 5 May || First postwar Slovene national government is named and elected by the SNOS ([[Slovene National Liberation Council]]) at the Bratina Hall in [[Ajdovščina]].

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| 8 May || British 8th Army together with Slovene partisan troops and motorized detachment of Yugoslav 4th Army arrives to [[Carinthia (state)|Carinthia]] and [[Klagenfurt]].

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| 9 May || General [[Alexander Löhr]] Commander of German Army Group E near [[Topolšica]], Slovenia signs unconditional capitulation of German occupation troops. World War II in Slovenia ends.

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| 25 May || Forced repatriation of Slovene military and civilians from [[Viktring]], Austria to various postwar execution sites including the [[Kočevski Rog massacre]] and the [[Teharje camp]].

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| 12 June || Trieste stops being under the administration of Yugoslav army.

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| rowspan="2" valign="top" | 1947 || 10 February || 21 countries sign the Paris peace conference with Italy.

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| 15 September || [[Free Territory of Trieste]] (STO – ''Svobodno tržaško ozemlje'') is established in Ljubljana.

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| 1948 || 18 March || [[Soviet Union]] calls back all its specialists from Yugoslavia. The [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union]] accuses the [[Communist Party of Yugoslavia]] of not being democratic, that it leans toward imperial powers, that returns to capitalism, and that it diverts from [[Marxism]]. The [[Informbiro]] begins. Economic blockade and a threat of military intervention follow.

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| 1954 || || Free Territory of Trieste expires after the London Memorandum is signed between the US, Great Britain, Italy and Yugoslavia. Trieste becomes Italian. Slovenia gets the north of Istria.

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| 1955 || || Informbiro ends. [[Josip Broz Tito]] and [[Nikita Khrushchev]] sign the Belgrade declaration, which also recognizes a Yugoslav form of socialism.

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| 1978 || || The "South railway" is electrified.

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| 1980 || 4 May || Tito dies at the [[Ljubljana University Medical Centre]].

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| rowspan="2" valign="top" | 1990 || 22 April || [[Milan Kučan]] wins the [[1990 Slovenian presidential election|presidential election]], which is still held within the [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|SFR Yugoslavia]].

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| 23 December || A referendum on independence is held. 88.5% of the eligible electorate (and 94.8% of the participating electorate) votes for independence from Yugoslavia.<ref name="Juberias">{{cite book |url=http://crnvo.me/docs/biblio_eng/p10.pdf |title=Legal Aspects for Referendum in Montenegro in the Context of International Law and Practice |date=November 2005 |chapter=Some legal (and political) considerations about the legal framework for referendum in Montenegro, in the light of European experiences and standards |last=Flores Juberías |first=Carlos |page=74 |publisher=Foundation Open Society Institute, Representative Office Montenegro |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426081759/http://crnvo.me/docs/biblio_eng/p10.pdf |archive-date=26 April 2012 }}</ref><ref name="STAT11">{{cite book | chapter-url=http://www.stat.si/letopis/2011/05_11/05-11-11.htm |title=Statistični letopis 2011 |trans-title=Statistical Yearbook 2011 |chapter=Volitve |trans-chapter=Elections |page=108 |publisher=Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia |work=Statistical Yearbook 2011 |year=2011 |volume=15 |issn=1318-5403}}</ref>

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| rowspan="8" valign="top" | 1991 || 25 June || Slovenia becomes an independent state by adopting and approving relevant official documents.

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| rowspan="2" valign="top" | 26 June || Slovenia ceremonially declares its independence from SFR Yugoslavia.

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| Slovenia removes Yugoslav border signs and marks its own. The [[Yugoslav People's Army]] sends 2,000 soldiers from barracks across Slovenia to reclaim all border checkpoints and the [[Slovenian War|Ten-Day War]] starts.<ref name="SAF History">{{cite web |url=http://www.slovenskavojska.si/en/about-the-slovenian-armed-forces/history/ |title=About the Slovenian Military Forces: History |publisher=Slovenian Armed Forces, Ministry of Defence |access-date=3 February 2011}}</ref>

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| 27 June || The Yugoslav People's Army takes over border posts, but most of their soldiers are blocked within barracks and have their water and electricity supplies cut off.

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| 1 July || Germany unilaterally recognizes Slovenia as an independent state.

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| 7 July || The [[Brioni Agreement]] between Slovenia and the SFR Yugoslavia is signed, under political patronage of the [[European Economic Community]] (EEC). The Ten-Day War ends<ref name="SAF History"/> and the Yugoslav People's Army is given three months to leave the territory of the Republic of Slovenia. In all, fewer than a hundred people died in the clashes, mostl of whom were Yugoslav People Army's soldiers and personnel.

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| 26 October || Last troops of the Yugoslav People's Army leave Slovenia.<ref name="SAF History"/>

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| 23 December || Independent Slovenia gets a new, democratic [[Constitution of Slovenia|constitution]].

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| rowspan="5" valign="top" | 1992 || 15 January || All members of the European Economic Community recognize Slovenia as a state.

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| 24 March || Slovenia becomes a member of the [[Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe]].

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| 7 April || The United States recognize Slovenia as a sovereign state.

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| 22 May || Slovenia becomes a member of the [[United Nations]].

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| 6 December || The first [[1992 Slovenian presidential election|presidential election]] in the independent Slovenia is held and [[Milan Kučan]] becomes the first president of Slovenia.

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| 1993 || 14 May || Slovenia joins the [[Council of Europe]].

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| 1997 || 23 November || The second [[1997 Slovenian presidential election|presidential election]] is held, with [[Milan Kučan]] securing his second mandate.

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| 1998 || 1 January || Slovenia becomes a non-permanent member of the [[UN Security Council]].

|}

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== 21st century ==

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! style="width:6%" | Year || style="width:10%" | Date || Event

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| rowspan="4" valign="top" | 2002 || 31 March || Most recent national census is conducted.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.stat.si/popis2002/en/kaj_je_popis.html|title = Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia – Census 2002}}</ref>

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| 6 October || The [[European Commission]] announces that Slovenia, together with nine other countries ([[Cyprus]], the [[Czech Republic]], [[Estonia]], [[Hungary]], [[Latvia]], [[Lithuania]], [[Malta]], [[Poland]], and [[Slovakia]]), has met the criteria to join the [[European Union]], which would see its membership expand from 15 member states to 25.

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| 21 November || During the [[Prague]] (Czech Republic) [[NATO]] summit, Slovenia is invited to start talks in order to join the alliance, together with six other countries (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia, [[Romania]], and [[Bulgaria]].

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| 1 December || [[Janez Drnovšek]] wins the [[2002 Slovenian presidential election|third presidential election]] and becomes the second president of Slovenia.

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| 2003 || 23 March || Referendums on joining the EU and NATO are held and both initiatives are successful.

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| rowspan="2" valign="top" | 2004 || 29 March || Slovenia, together with six former [[Warsaw Pact]] countries of Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania and Slovakia, joins NATO.

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| 1 May || Slovenia enters the European Union along with Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland and Slovakia. The [[Slovenian tolar]] becomes part of the [[European Exchange Rate Mechanism]], in preparation for eventual adoption of the [[euro]].

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| 2005 || 1 January || Slovenia takes over the rotating presidency of the [[Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe]].

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| 2006 || 25 September || Slovenia takes over the rotating presidency of the [[IAEA]].

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| rowspan="3" valign="top" | 2007 || 1 January || Slovenia adopts the euro as its legal tender currency, and begins issuing its own [[Slovenian euro coins|euro coins]].

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| 11 November || [[Danilo Türk]] wins the [[2007 Slovenian presidential election|fourth presidential election]] and becomes the third president of Slovenia.

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| 21 December || Slovenia joins the [[Schengen Area]].

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| 2008 || 1 January || Slovenia takes over the rotating presidency of the [[European Union]] as the first among the new member states.

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| 2009 || 18 July || Slovenia takes over the rotating presidency of the [[Council of Europe]].

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| 2010 || 21 July || Slovenia becomes a member of the [[OECD]].

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| 2012 || 2 December || [[Borut Pahor]] wins the [[2012 Slovenian presidential election|fifth presidential election]], and becomes the fourth President of Slovenia.

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| 2017 || 12 November || [[Borut Pahor]] wins the [[2017 Slovenian presidential election|sixth presidential election]], and becomes the second president to win a second mandate.

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| 2021 || 1 July || Slovenia takes over the rotating presidency of the [[European Union]] for the second time.

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| 2022 || 13 November || [[Nataša Pirc Musar]] wins the [[2022 Slovenian presidential election|seventh presidential election]], and becomes the fifth President of Slovenia, and the first woman in this role.

|}

==See also==

== [[6th century|500s]] ==

* [[Timeline of Ljubljana]]

== References ==

* Circa [[500]]/[[550]] to [[570]]/[[592]] - The ancestors of [[Slovenes]] settle in Eastern [[Alps]] ([[Julian Alps]], [[Karavanke]]), occupying an area more than twice the size of today's Slovenia.

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* Circa [[551]] - An [[Ostrogoth]]ic historian [[Jordanes]] writes in ''The origin and deeds of the Goths'' ^'''3''' about 3 nations 'Veneti' ('Venethi'), 'Sklavens' ('Sclaveni', 'Slevene' ?) and probably the east (or south Slavs), the bravest nation among them called Antes (Greek ''Antae'', [[Russian language|Russian]]/[[Ukrainian language|Ukrainian]] ''Anty'', [[Slovene language|Slovene]] ''Anti''). All his three terms might also be just synonyms for one nation. Jordanes actually states that Venethi are divided into three groups: Venets, Ants and Sklavens.

<table align="right"><tr><td>[[image:Karantania_597.png|120px|Karantania with Carniola around 597]]</td></tr></table>

* [[568]] - The [[Langobards]] from the margin of Pannonia break and move into Italy. The independent Slovene state possibly appears in the Eastern Alpine area (provincia Sclaborum), later named in sources as ''Sclauinia'' or ''Karantania''.

* [[595]] - According to [[Paul the Deacon]], who was a medieval Lombard [[chronicle]]r, in 595 Tassilo, king of Bavarians, attacked 'the province of Sclabi'. Some consider it the first mentioning of the [[Karantania]] [[state]]. (Other sources [[620s]]). ^'''2X'''

==Bibliography==

== [[7th century|600s]] ==

* {{cite book|publisher=Europa Publications |title= Political Chronology of Europe |year= 2003|isbn=978-1-135-35687-3 |chapter= Slovenia |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=hVNvCz0c_gsC&pg=PA234 |pages=234+ }}

* {{cite book|author1= Leopoldina Plut-Pregelj |author2= Carole Rogel |title= A to Z of Slovenia|year=2007 |edition=2nd |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-0-8108-7216-5 |chapter=Chronology |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=Kt7NUorHcKAC&pg=PR21 }}

==External links==

* [[610]] - [[Avars]] attempt to invade Italy.

* {{cite news |url= https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-17847681 |publisher=BBC News |title= Slovenia Profile: Timeline |date=17 September 2018 }}

* [[612]] - [[John Babbiensis]] in the biography of St. Columbus specifically names Slovenes as Veneti.

* [[623]] - The formation of Karantanian [[monarch|King]] [[Samo]]'s [[state]].

* [[625]] - Uprising of the 'west' Slavs led by Samo against Avars.

* [[631]] - The Battle of Wogastisburg (probably Forchheim) between Samo's army and [[Austrasia]]n forces, led by [[Merovingian]] king [[Dagobert I]] of the [[Franks]] ([[603]]-[[639]], reigned [[629]]-[[639]]).

*[[658]] - Samo's death. The Slav [[tribal union]] collapses but a smaller Karantania persists.

{{Years in Slovenia}}

== [[8th century|700s]] ==

[[Category:Timelines by country|Slovene]]

* [[745]] - Karantania loses its independence and becomes a margraviate and tantamount part of the semifeudal [[Frankish]] [[empire]] later under the rule of king [[Charlemagne]] ([[742]]-[[814]], reigned [[771]]-[[814]]) due to pressing danger of Avar tribes from the east.

[[Category:Slovenia history-related lists]]

[[Category:Years in Slovenia]]

== [[9th century|800s]] ==

[[image:Western_Empire-Europe870.JPG|right|120px|Central Europe around 870]]

* [[803]] - [[Church|Christian Church]] divides Slovene territory along the [[Drava]] river between the [[Salzburg]] [[archdiocese]] and the [[Patriarchate]] of Aquileia.

* [[840]] - the [[Balaton Principality]] emerges in [[Pannonia]].

* [[843]] - Karantania passes into the hands of [[Louis the German]] ([[804]]-[[876]]).

* [[871]] - The earliest written record of the ancient Karantanian ritual of installing dukes "Conversio Bagoariorum et Carantanorum", where is written: ''... illi eum ducem fecerunt...'' (they were made dukes).

* [[876]] - The [[principality]] of Prince Kocelj ([[Balaton Principality]]) loses its independence.

* [[887]] - [[Arnulf of Carinthia]] ([[850]]-[[899]]) a grandson of Louis the German assumes his title of King of the East [[Franks]] and becomes the first Duke of Carinthia.

* [[894]]/[[895]] - [[Great Moravia]] probably loses a part of its territory - present-day Western Hungary- to Arnulf of Carinthia, who failed to conquer Great Moravia in [[892]], [[893]], [[894]]/[[895]] and [[899]]

* [[895]] - Accord between Arnulf of Carinthia and the [[Bohemia]]n [[Duke]] [[Borivoj]] (reigned [[870]]-[[895]]), Bohemia is freed from the danger of invasion.

* [[896]] - The Magyars from Asia, led by [[Árpád]], settle in the region around the [[Theiss River]] ([[Hungary]])

* [[899]] [[December 8]] - Arnulf of Carinthia dies.

== [[10th century|900s]] ==

* Circa [[906]] - Invading [[Magyars]] destroy the weakened empire of Moravia.

* [[907]] - Slovene territory is settled by the Magyars.

* [[952]]-[[1180]] - The Great Karantania.

* [[955]] - German king [[Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor|Otto I]] ([[912]]-[[973]], reigned [[936]]-[[973]]) at the [[Battle of Lechfeld]] near [[Augsburg]] defeats the Magyars, halting their advance in central Europe, [[Austrian March]] is established.

* [[976]] - Karantania becomes a [[duchy]] in its own right, including [[Styria]] and the present East [[Tirol]] provinces.

== [[11th century|1000s]] ==

* [[1000]] - [[Carinthia]], Styria and [[Carniola]] provinces emerging on a territory of Karantania.

* [[1122]]-[[1137]] - The first mention of Celje in the early [[Middle Ages]] under the name of ''Cylie'' in [[Admont]]'s Chronicle,

* Circa [[1142]] - [[Herman of Carinthia]] (circa [[1100]]-circa [[1160]]) in [[León, León|León]] among other begins to translate the [[Qur'an]] into Latin.

* [[1144]] - The first records mentions [[Ljubljana]] by its modern name (by its [[German language|German]] name ''[[Laibach]]'').

* [[1146]] - Ljubljana is mentioned by the name ''Luwigana''.

* [[1168]] - The temple of Svetovid (''Svantevit'', ''Sventovit'' or perhaps even ''Vsetovid'', probably the same as [[Strabo]]'s ''[[Diomed]]'', Venethic ''Belin'') in [[Arcona]] on the island of [[Rügen]] (''Rujana'') in the [[Baltic Sea]] is destroyed by the [[Denmark|Danish]] king [[Valdemar I of Denmark|Valdemar the Great]] ([[1131]]-[[1182]], reigned [[1157]]-[[1182]]).

== [[13th century|1200s]] ==

* [[1220]] - Ljubljana receives its town rights.

* [[1269]] - The Karantanian [[dynasty]] becomes extinct.

* [[1273]] [[October 24]] - [[Habsburg]] [[count]] [[Rudolph I of Germany|Rudolph I.]] ([[1218]]-[[1291]]) is crowned in [[Aix-la-Chapelle]] ([[Aachen]]) as a [[List of German Kings and Emperors|German king]].

* [[1274]] - Bohemian king [[Ottokar II]]. (reigned as a king [[1253]]-[[1278]]) a candidate for the German [[throne]] refuses to appear or to restore the provinces of [[Austria]], Styria, Carinthia and Carniola which he had seized. The way he got named provinces they believed was contentious.

* [[1278]] [[August 26]] - The battle of the river [[March river|March]] near [[Dürnkrut]] in Moravia between Ottokar II. and Rudolph I. allianced with a Hungarian king [[Ladislaus IV]]. Ottokar is defeated and killed.

* [[1282]] - The rule of Habsburg dukes over most Slovene lands begins.

== [[14th century|1300s]] ==

* [[1335]] - The Duchy of Carinthia is bestowed by [[Louis the Bavarian]] on the dukes of Austria.

== [[15th century|1400s]] ==

* [[1414]] - The Habsburg Duke [[Ernst I of Austria|Ernest the Iron]] ([[1377]]-[[1424]]) thrones according to the ancient Karantanian ritual of installing dukes on the Duke's Stone and he addresses again as an [[archduke]].

* [[1451]] [[April 11]] - Celje acquires town rights by orders from Celje count Frederic II (''Friderik II'').

* [[1461]] - Ljubljana becomes the seat of the [[diocese]].

* [[1473]] - The city walls and defensive moat are built in Celje.

== [[16th century|1500s]] ==

* [[1511]] - Ljubljana is devastated by earthquake.

* [[1550]] - The first book in Slovene is printed. [[Primoz Trubar|Primo&#382; Trubar]]'s primer entitled ''Abecedarium'' and a catechism.

* [[1584]] - The [[Bible]] is translated into Slovene by [[Jurij Dalmatin]].

== [[17th century|1600s]] ==

* [[1693]] - A scholarly society [[Academia operosorum Labacensis]] is established in Ljubljana.

== [[18th century|1700s]] ==

* [[1701]] - The Philharmonic Society (''Academia philharmonicorum'') is established in Ljubljana.

== [[19th century|1800s]] ==

* [[1809]] - The Lower Carinthia incorporates to France as Dutchy of Carinthia was divided into two parts, Upper or Western Carinthia and Lower or Eastern.

== [[1810s]] ==

* [[1813]] - The Lower Carinthia is reconqured.

== [[1820s]] ==

* [[1821]] - [[Congress of Laibach]] takes place in [[Ljubljana]].

== [[1830s]] ==

* [[1838]] - First works, tracings on Slovene territory of a railway route [[Vienna]] - [[Trieste]] in a so called "Southern Railway" (''Ju&#382;na &#382;eleznica'') begin.

== [[1840s]] ==

* [[1845]] - First works on the "Southern Railway" between Celje and Ljubljana begin,

* [[1846]] [[April 27]]- First [[locomotive]] of the "Southern Railway" comes to Celje.

* [[1846]] [[May 18]] - Trial run of the first [[train]] on the "Southern Railway" to Celje is performed.

* [[1846]] [[June 2]] - The "Southern Railway" to Celje is open for public.

* [[1848]] - The [[United Slovenia]] (''Zedinjena Slovenija''), the first Slovene political programme rises.

* [[1848]] [[April 18]] - The Ljubljana railway station is finished.

* [[1849]] [[August 18]] - First locomotive arrives at Ljubljana railway station.

* [[1849]] [[September 16]]- First train of the "Southern Railway" arrives in Ljubljana.

* [[1849]] [[September 19]] - "Southern Railway" to Ljubljana is ceremonially opened.

* [[1849]] - The Duchy of Carinthia is created as a separate crownland.

== [[1850s]] ==

* [[1850]] [[May 14]] - [[Emperor]] [[Franz Josef of Austria|Francis Joseph]] lays the foundation stone of Trieste railway station.

* [[1851]] - Society of St. Hermagoras (''Mohorjeva dru&#382;ba'') first Slovene publisher is established in [[Klagenfurt]] (''Celovec''), which publishes books in Slovene.

* [[1857]] [[July 18]] - The "Carinthian railway" between [[Maribor]] and Klagenfurt is being bult.

* [[1857]] [[July 27]] - The "Southern Railway" is completed and opened.

== [[1860s]] ==

* [[1862]] [[November 12]] - The railway line of the "Carintnhian railway" on the route Maribor - [[Vuzenica]] is built.

* [[1863]] - [[May 31]] - The "Carinthian railway" is built

* [[1864]] - The [[Peter Kozler|Kozler]] brothers establish the Pivovarna Union (''The Union Brewery'').

* [[1869]] [[May 17]] - Rally at [[Vizmarje|Vi&#382;marje]] near Ljubljana gathers around 30,000 people where programme of the United Slovenia is demanded.

== [[1880s]] ==

* [[1889]] July - Strike of coal miners of the Zasavje distrincts in [[Zagorje]] and [[Trbovlje]].

== [[1890s]] ==

* [[1890]] [[May 1]] - The [[Labour Day]] is celebrated first time.

* [[1890]] - The railway line on the route [[Radgona]] - [[Ljutomer]] is built.

* [[1891]] - The railway line on the route Ljubljana - [[Kamnik]] is built.

* [[1891]] - The railway line on the route Celje - [[Velenje]] is built.

* [[1894]] - First public power station in [[Skofja Loka|&#352;kofja Loka]] is built.

* [[1894]] - The railway line on the route Ljubljana - [[Novo mesto]] is built.

* [[1895]] - People's loan bank (''Ljudska posojilnica'') is founded by catholic middle class.

* [[1895]] - Ljubljana is devastated by earthquake.

* [[1896]] - The National hall (''Narodni dom'') is built in Celje.

* [[1898]] - The railway line on the route Ljubljana - [[Kocevje|Ko&#269;evje]] is built.

* [[1899]] - The railway line on the route Velenje - [[Dravograd]] is built.

== [[20th century|1900s]] ==

* [[1900]] - Liberal middle class founds the first Slovene bank, The Credit bank of Ljubljana (''Ljubljanska kreditna banka'').

* [[1902]] - First [[telephone]] is mounted in Celje.

* [[1907]] - Electricity is used in a [[lead]] mine in [[Mezica|Me&#382;ica]].

* [[1907]] - The Celje hall (''Celjski dom'') is built in Celje.

* [[1908]] - The "Karavanke railway" is built.

== [[1910s]] ==

* [[1912]] - The Preporod (''Rebirth''), a juvenile movement is established. Many members have political connections with the pro-Serb organization the Young Bosnia (''Mlada Bosna'').

* [[1912]]-[[1915]] - A hydroelectric station in Zavr&#353;nica (2500 kW) is being built.

* [[1913]] [[April 12]] - [[Ivan Cankar]] in Ljubljana gives a speech ''Slovenes and Yugoslavs'' for the socialist society Vzajemnost (''Mutuality'') about Slovenes to unite politicaly but not culturaly with other South Slavs and [[Yugoslavism]].

* [[1913]] - Celje is [[electricity|electrified]]. Westen's dishes factory uses electricity in industry.

* [[1914]] - The railway on the route Novo mesto - [[Karlovac]] begins to run.

* [[1914]] [[June 28]] - Austrian Archduke [[Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria|Franc Ferdinand]] a heir to the Austrian throne and his wife Countess Sophie are killed in [[Sarajevo]], [[Bosnia]] at the hands of a pro-Serb nationalist assassin (a [[Bosnian Serb]] student [[Gavrilo Princip]], a member of the Young Bosnia) -- [[World War I]] begins.

* [[1915]]-[[1918]] - The [[Soca River|So&#269;a River]] front. In 11 So&#269;a offensives Italians captured just [[Gorizia]] (''Gorica'') and a few frontier sites. On these battlefields many Slovenes in [[Austria-Hungary|Austro-Hungarian]] army died (for example at [[Doberdob]]).

* [[1917]] [[May 30]] - May Declaration of Slovene, Croatian and Serb representatives in the Vienna parliament signed by [[Anton Korosec|Anton Koro&#353;ec]] about arrangement of a unified common state of Slovenes, Croats, and Serbs living within the Habsburg monarchy.

* [[1917]] [[July 20]] - The [[Corfu Declaration]] is signed between the Yugoslav committee (''Jugoslovanski odbor'') and the Serb government and becomes the basis for the formation of Yugoslav state.

* [[1917]] [[October 24]] - [[November 9]] - The [[Kobarid|Battle of Kobarid]] between Austrian forces, reinforced by German units and the Italian army. Italian army withdraws to the river [[Piave]] and only the military assistance of Britishers and Frenchmen saves them from a total break.

* [[1918]] [[October 6]] - National Council of Slovenes, Croats, and Serbs is established in [[Zagreb]]. It becomes the political representative body of South Slavs in Austria-Hungary.

* [[1918]] [[October 29]] - National Council of Slovenes, Croats, and Serbs breaks off all relations with Austria-Hungary and proclaims a short-lived [[State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs]]. Slovenia joins a new state with an independent State authority. The state is not recognized internationally.

* [[1918]] [[November 1]] - General [[Rudolf Maister]] takes over the authority of the Maribor garrison.

* [[1918]] [[November 3]] - Austria-Hungary surrenders.

* [[1918]] [[November 18]] - [[Germany]] surrenders. World War I ends.

* [[1918]] [[December 1]] - The State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs joins with the [[Kingdom of Serbia]] and the [[Kingdom of Montenegro]] to the [[Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes]] (SHS). Today it is believed that this was a great [[historical fault]] although at that time this was probably the only sensible decision because Italy according to the London Pact with victorius [[entente]] forces from [[1915]] without bias occupied Primorska, [[Istria]] (''Istra'') and [[Zadar]] in [[Dalmatia]] and Serbia was forcing for unification.

* [[1918]] - Nitrogen factory (''Tovarna du&#353;ika'') in [[Ruse, Slovenia|Ru&#353;e]] is built.

* [[1918]] - A hydroelectric station Fala on the [[Drave]] river (31.150 kW) is built.

* [[1919]] [[January 18]] - The [[Paris Peace Conference]] begins. [[Woodrow Wilson]] gives his "14 Points" address. The 9th and the 10th are crucial for Slovenes within former Austro-Hungarian borders.

* [[1919]] [[June 28]] - The [[Treaty of Versailles]] is signed between Germany and victorious three [[Entente]] powers.

* [[1919]] [[September 10]] - The Treaty of [[Saint-Germain]] with republic of Austria. It confirms the break of Austria-Hungary. Its territory comes down to newly formed countries Austria, Hungary, [[Czechoslovakia]], [[Poland]], [[Romania]], and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. South [[Tirol]] with mainly German population falls to Italy.

* [[1919]] - The [[University of Ljubljana]] (''Univerza v Ljubljani'') is established.

== [[1920s]] ==

* [[1920]] [[June 4]] - The [[Treaty of Trianon]] with Hungary. Gradi&#353;&#269;ansko falls to Austria and [[Transmuraland]] (''Prekmurje'') to the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.

* [[1920]] [[July 13]] - Croatian National hall in [[Pula, Croatia|Pula]] and Slovene national hall in [[Trieste]] are burried by Italian fascists.

* [[1920]] [[August 14]] - A safety agreement is signed between Czechoslovakia and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.

* [[1920]] [[October 10]] - The outwitted [[Carinthian Plebiscite]], where Slovenia loses a larger part of Carinthia province.

* [[1920]] [[November 12]] - The Treaty of [[Rapallo]] between Italy and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, where Slovenia again loses almost the whole province of Primorska, which is incorporated back again to the homeland after the [[World War II|2nd World War]]. Italy also gets the whole Istria together with the Trieste region (''Tr&#382;a&#353;ko'').

* [[1920]] - The "Kulturbund" - a cultural and educational organization of German national minority is established. Later becomes the nazi organization, which operates in Yugoslavia as a fifth column.

* [[1921]] [[June 28]] - St. Vitus Day Constitution (''Vidovdanska ustava'') is adopted. It legalizes a [[monarchy|monarchal]] regulation and [[centralism]] in a new state and also the supremacy of the court and the Serb politics linked with it.

* [[1921]] July - An allied treaty for insurance of a situation in East Europe, attained in the Paris Peace Conference, is made by Romania and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. This alliance supplements the safety agreement between Czechoslovakia and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes and gets the name "Small entente".

* [[1922]] - [[Julian March]] (''Julijska krajina'') is incorporated to Italy.

* [[1923]] March - Prefect of Julian March interdicts Slovene and Croatian language at the administration.

* [[1925]] [[October 15]] - Italian king issues a decree, which interdicts Slovene and Croatian language also at courts of justice.

* [[1927]] - Founding of the [[TIGR]] at Gori&#353;ko, Slovene [[fascist|anti-fascist]] organisation, first such European organization and a secret youth organization Borba (''The fight'') at the Trieste region.

* [[1929]] [[January 6]] - The king Alexander I. with a [[coup d'état]] dissolves the parliament and establishes the January 6th Dictatorship. He abolishes the St. Vitus Day constitution, the freedom of the press and the pooling rights.

* [[1929]] [[October 3]] - The king Alexander I. renames the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes to the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. All political parties are prohibited.

== [[1930s]] ==

* [[1930]] - Italian fascists discover some TIGR's cells and five members of TIGR (''other sources of'' Borba) are killed at [[Bazovica]].

* [[1931]] [[May 9]] - To hide a dictatorship the king Alexander I. initiates the bestowal constitution, which introduces the two-chamber parliament.

* [[1933]] [[February 16]] - The "Small entente" between Romania, the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia.

* [[1934]] [[February 9]] - The "Balkan entente" between Romania, the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, [[Greece]] and [[Turkey]].

* [[1934]] [[October 9]]- The king [[Karadjordjevic|Alexander I. Karad&#382;ord&#382;evi&#263;]], reigned since [[1921]], is assassinated in [[Marseille]] together with a French foreign minister Louis Barthou by the Croatian extremist nationalists.

* [[1935]] - Prime minister becomes Milan Stojadinovi&#263;. His government begins to drop a traditional leaning against France and starts to connect economically and politically with Germany and Italy.

* [[1937]] - The National Academy of Sciences and Arts is established in Ljubljana.

* [[1938]] [[March 13]] - [[Adolf Hitler]] annexes Austria to the German [[Third Reich]]. Slovenes in Austrian Carinthia practically become German citizens.

* [[1938]] - Some members of TIGR plan an attempt on [[Mussolini]]'s life, when he visits [[Kobarid]].

* [[1938]] December - Prime minister becomes Dragi&#353;a Cvetkovi&#263;. He signs an agreement with the leader of Croatian opposition Vlatko Ma&#269;ek about the foundation of Croatian banovina as the sole autonomous political and territorial unit in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. This agreement does not solve the national problem since it just distributes the authority among Serbs and Croats.

== [[1940s]] ==

[[Image:Old slovene flag.jpg|right|120px|Flag of SR Slovenia]]

* [[1941]] [[March 1]] - [[Dolomite declaration]].

* [[1941]] [[April 6]] - German, Italian and Hungarian occupying forces occupy Slovenia and divide it into three parts. One of the darkest times of the Slovene history begins.

* [[1941]] [[April 11]] - German army occupies the Zasavje districts, where important pits, heavy industry and traffic crossroads lie.

* [[1941]] [[April 17]] - Royal Yugoslav army signs its surrender in [[Belgrade]].

* [[1941]] [[April 19]] - A Nazi politician and [[SS]] chief leader [[Heinrich Himmler]] visits Celje and among other he inspects the prison of the Stari pisker ("Old pot").

* [[1941]] [[April 26]] - An anti-fascist organization the Liberation Front of Slovene nation (''Osvobodilna fronta Slovenskega ljudstva'') ([[OF]]) is established in [[Ljubljana]]. It is active on a whole Slovene ethnical territory, as well in Carinthia, Primorska region in the Venetian province and Slovene [[Raba]] region (Slovene ''Slovensko Porabje'', [[Hungarian language|Hungarian]] ''Szlovén-vidék'' or ''Rába-vidék'').

* [[1941]] [[May 8]] - A decision about the organization of the OF in the Zasavje districts in Trbovlje, Zagorje and [[Hrastnik]] is adopted.

* [[1941]] July - Armed resistance begins.

* [[1941]] [[August 1]] - The first Slovene partisan's unit in the Zasavje distrincts, the Revirje company (''Revirska &#269;eta'') is established at the &#268;em&#353;eni&#353;ka Alpine meadow, counting 70 fighters.

* [[1941]] [[December 12]] - A battle between German policemen and Slovene partisans near the village of Rovte.

* [[1943]] [[September 16]] - The supreme plenum of OF proclaims the association of Slovene maritime province (''Slovensko primorje'') to Slovenia.[[Image:Si-map.png|thumb|120px|The territory of present day Slovenia]]

* [[1943]] [[November 29]] - Second session of [[AVNOJ]] in [[Jajce]].

* [[1945]] [[May 2]] - Troops of Yugoslav 4th Army together with Slovene 9th Corpus NOV liberate [[Trieste]].

* [[1945]] [[May 5]] - First postwar Slovene national government is named and elected by the SNOS (Slovene National Liberation Council) at the Bratina Hall in [[Ajdovscina|Ajdov&#353;&#269;ina]].

* [[1945]] [[May 8]] - British 8th Army together with Slovene partisan troops and motorized detachment of Yugoslav 4th Army arrives to [[Carinthia]] and [[Klagenfurt]].

* [[1945]] [[May 9]] - General [[Alexander Löhr]] Commander of German Army Group E near [[Topolsica|Topol&#353;ica]], Slovenia signs unconditional capitulation of German occupation troops. World War II in Slovenia ends.

* [[1945]] [[June 12]] - Trieste stops being under the administration of Yugoslav army.

* [[1947]] [[February 10]] - 21 countries sign the Paris peace conference with Italy.

* [[1947]] [[September 15]] - Free Trieste territory (STO - ''Svobodno tr&#382;a&#353;ko ozemlje'') is established in Ljubljana.

* [[1948]] [[March 18]] - [[Soviet Union]] calls back all its specialists from Yugoslavia. The [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union]] accuses the [[Communist Party of Yugoslavia]] that it is not [[democratic]], that it leans against imperial powers, that returns back to [[capitalism]], and that it diverts from [[Marxism]]. The [[Informbiro]] begins. Economic blockade and a threat of military intervention follow.

== [[1950s]] ==

* [[1955]] - Informbiro ends. [[Josip Broz Tito]] and [[Nikita Khrushchev]] sign the Belgrade declaration, which also recognizes a Yugoslav form of [[socialism]].

== [[1960s]] ==

== [[1970s]] ==

* [[1978]] - The "South railway" is electrified.

== [[1980s]] ==

* [[1980]] [[May 4th]] - Tito dies in central hospital in [[Ljubljana]]

== [[1990s]] ==

[[Image:Slovenia flag large.png|125px|right|Flag of Slovenia]]

* [[1990]] [[December 12]] - The national referendum where 88.2 % of electorate utter for the independent and sovereign republic of Slovenia.

* [[1991]] [[June 25]] - Slovenia declares its independence from SFR [[Yugoslavia]] (SFRJ).

* [[1991]] [[June 27]] - Slovenia removes Yugoslav border signs and marks its own. [[Yugoslav People's Army]] (JNA) sends 2,000 soldiers from the baracks across Slovenia to occupy the border and the [[Ten Day War]] begins.

* [[1991]] [[June 27]]-[[July 6]] - Ten Day War. JNA takes over border posts, but most of the JNA soldiers are blocked in baracks, where they are denied water and electricity.

* [[1991]] [[July 6]] - Ten Day War ends. JNA is set to leave Slovenia in 3 months. Fewer than 100 people died in the clashes, mostly JNA soldiers (57), but important precedent is set for the wars in the rest of SFR [[Yugoslavia]]

* [[1991]] [[July 7]] - The [[Brioni Agreement]] between Slovenia and SFRY under political patronage of [[European Economic Community]] (EEC) is signed.

* [[1991]] [[October 25]] - Last troops of JNA leave Slovenia.

* [[1991]] [[December 23]] - Independent Slovenia gets a new, democratic constitution.

* [[1992]] [[January 15]] - All members of the European Economic Community recognize Slovenia as a state.

* [[1992]] [[April 7]] - The [[United States]] recognize Slovenia as a state.

* [[1992]] [[May 22]] - Slovenia becomes a member of the [[United Nations]].

* [[1992]] [[December 6]] - 1st presidential elections. [[Milan Kucan|Milan Ku&#269;an]] becomes the president for the period [[1992]]-[[1997]] with 795,012 votes (63,93 %) from 8 candidates.

* [[1993]] [[May 14]] - Slovenia is accepted to the [[Council of Europe]].

* [[1997]] [[November 23]] - 2nd presidential elections. Milan Ku&#269;an again becomes the president for the period [[1997]]-[[2002]] with 595,877 votes (55.57%) from 8 candidates.

* [[1998]] [[January 1]] - Slovenia becomes a non-permanent member of [[UN Security Council]].

== [[21st century|2000s]] ==

[[image:eunion.png|right|120px|Flag of European Union]]

* [[2002]] [[October 6]] - The [[European Commission]] of the EU has announced that Slovenia, among ten countries: [[Cyprus]], the [[Czech Republic]], [[Estonia]], [[Hungary]], [[Latvia]], [[Lithuania]], [[Malta]], [[Poland]] and [[Slovakia]], has met its criteria for entry, opening the way for EU's expansion from 15 member states to 25.

* [[2002]] [[November 10]] - 3rd presidential elections for the period [[2002]]-[[2007]]. There are 9 candidates.

* [[2002]] [[November 21]] - During the [[Prague]] (Czech Republic) [[NATO]] summit Slovenia is invited to start talks in order to join the Alliance together with six countries Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia, [[Bulgaria]] and Romania.

* [[2002]] [[December 1]] - 2nd round of the 3rd presidential elections. [[Janez Drnovsek|Janez Drnov&#353;ek]] becomes the 2nd president for the period [[2003]]-[[2008]] from the victory over another candidate Barbara Brezigar.

* [[2003]] [[March 23]] - referendums for joining Slovenia to the EU and NATO. Both are positive.

* [[2004]] [[March 29]] - Slovenia together with six former [[Warsaw Pact]] countries of Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania and Slovakia joins NATO.

* [[2004]] [[29 April]] - [[Milan Kucan]] and [[Janez Drnovsek]] sued for command responsibilty of shooting 40 unarmed men on Slovene border while they were pulling back in [[1991]]

* [[2004]] [[May 1]] - Slovenia enters the European Union along with Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland and Slovakia.

== See also ==

* [[History]], [[List of timelines]],

* [[Timeline of Austrian history]], [[Timeline of Italian history]], [[Timeline of Croatian history]],

* [[Can history be truly NPOV?]], [[Pseudohistory]], [[Dubious historical resources]].

==Notes==

:^'''1''' ''It clearly shows that 'exactly' 1246 ~ 3 &times; [[Catch a Fire|400 Years]] have passed for this small nation to be somehow in a foreign Jewish-like Babylonian 'slavery' on a state's scale-view. But as Pre&#353;eren says: "No Devil, but the Neighbour shall be a Borderer".''

:^'''2X''' ''See also [[Talk:Moravia]] and Subject page [[Moravia]]''. (Temporary but interesting)

:^'''2Y''' ''Some modern sources imply that Veneti and Etruscans were highly connected and it is not known yet which nation influenced on each other. We can also freely say that Etruscans can be somehow the predecessors of the Slovenes''. (More on this to come)

:^'''2Z''' ''The discovery of an expert [[Catalan language|Catalan]] [[archaeologist]] [[Pere Bosch-Gimpera]]''.

:^'''3''' ''See English translation of Charles C. Mierow:'' http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/%7Evandersp/Courses/texts/jordgeti.html

== External links ==

* Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia, Washington, DC, History Timeline: http://www.embassy.org/slovenia/more3.htm

* A Brief History of Slovenia: http://www.sigov.si/vrs/ang/slovenia/history.html

* Some recent still speculative new theories about Slovene (Veneti) origins: http://www.niagara.com/~jezovnik/default.htm

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