Timeline of Rijeka
# 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.
* 799 CE – Town sacked by forces of Charlemagne (approximate date).
* 1139 – "Counts of Duino" in power.
* 1377 – Church of the Assumption founded.
* 1453 – Virgin Mary pilgrimage church established near town.
* 1471 – Austrians in power.
* 1638 – St. Vitus Cathedral founded.
* 1722 – Fiume becomes a free port.
* 1779 – Town becomes part of the Kingdom of Hungary.
* 1790 – Church of St. Nicholas built.

## 19th century

* 1809 – Town occupied by French forces.
* 1813 – Town taken by British forces.
* 1822 – Town ceded to Hungary.
* 1849 – Town becomes part of Croatia.
* 1851 - Population: 10,568.
* 1856 – Imperial Naval Academy founded.
* 1870 – Town becomes part of the Kingdom of Hungary again.
* 1872 – Drenova becomes part of Fiume.
* 1873 – Railway begins operating.
* 1875 – Whitehead's torpedo manufactory in operation.
* 1877 – Port built.
* 1890 - Population: 30,337.
* 1891
   * Fiume loses free port status.
   * June: Austrian emperor visits town.
* 1898 – October: Flood.
* 1900 – Population: 38,955.

## 20th century

* 1903
   * Rijeka Synagogue built.
   * Seamanship school founded.
* 1906 – February: Labour strike.
* 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.
* 1921 – Communist Party of Fiume established.
* 1922 – Town taken by Italian forces.
* 1924
   * 16 March: Fiume becomes part of the Kingdom of Italy per Treaty of Rome.
   * Town becomes capital of Fiume province.
* 1925 - Catholic diocese of Rijeka established.
* 1926 – Unione Sportiva Fiumana football club formed.
* 1945 – Yugoslavs in power.
* 1946 – NK Kvarner football club active.
* 1947 – Fiume becomes part of Yugoslavia per treaty.
* 1948 – Kvarnersko Brodogradilište shipyard active.
* 1949 – City becomes seat of the Rijeka Oblast of Yugoslavia.
* 1953 – Kvarnerska Rivijera football tournament begins.
* 1961 - Population: 100,989.
* 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; metro 236,028.
* 1993 - Slavko Linić becomes mayor.
* 1998 – Polytechnic of Rijeka founded.
* 2000
   * Luka Rijeka company established.
   * Vojko Obersnel becomes mayor.

## 21st century

* 2011 – Population: 128,624; metro 213,666.
* 2017 - Rijeka local elections, 2017 held.
