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- 3rd or 2nd C. BCE – Split founded as a colony of Issa[3]
- 78 BCE – Salona taken by Romans.[4]
- 310 CE – Diocletian's Palace built near Salona.[4]
- 4th C. CE – Diocletianus Aqueduct constructed.
- 639 – Salona sacked by Avars;[4] refugees settle at nearby Spalatum.
- 998 – Venetian Doge Pietro Orseolo is granted the title of "Duke of Dalmatia" by the Emperor Basil II (Venice is a nominal vassal of the Byzantine Emperors).[5]
- 1019 – First Bulgarian Empire destroyed, direct Byzantine rule restored to Split by Basil II (Venice stops using the title "Duke of Dalmatia").
- 1069 – Split acknowledges nominal suzerainty of Croatian King Peter Krešimir IV.[1][2][6]
- 1084 – The title of "Duke of Dalmatia" granted once more to Venetian doges by Emperor Alexius I Comnenus, but the town remains under overlordship of King Demetrius Zvonimir.[2]
- 1091 – Byzantine Emperor Alexius joins the old Theme of Dalmatia to the Empire.[2][7]
- 1096 – Emperor Alexius grants the administration of Dalmatia to the Doge of Venice.[7]
- 1100 – Bell tower of the Cathedral of Saint Domnius constructed.
- 1105 – Split surrenders to King Coloman of Hungary.[4][8]
- 1116 – Venetian Doge Ordelafo Faliero de Doni retakes the city from Hungary.
- 1117 – Ordelafo Faliero is defeated and falls in battle with the Hungarians, city submits to Hungary.
- 1118 – Doge Domenico Michele defeats Stephen II of Hungary and re-establishes Venetian sovereignty
- 1124 – While Domenico Michele is engaged in battle with Byzantium, Stephen II retakes Split and the other Dalmatian cities.
- 1125 – Doge Domenico Michele returns and retakes Split and the Dalmatian cities.
- 1141 – Géza II of Hungary conquers Bosnian lands and re-establishes Hungarian rule in the city.
- 1171 – Emperor Manuel I Comnenus of the Byzantine Empire restores Imperial control in Split for the last time.
- 1180 – Death of Manuel I, Hungary re-assumes sovereignty.
- 1241 – City unsuccessfully besieged by Tartar forces.[5]
- 1244 – King Bela IV transfers[clarification needed] the election of Dalmatian city governors, that were previously done by cities themselves, to the Ban of Croatia.[9][10]
- 1327 – Venice reclaims the city.[4]
- 1357 – Venetian forces expelled from Split, Hungary back in power.[4]
- 1390 – Tvrtko I of Bosnia in power.[4][4]
- 1391 – Death of Tvrtko I, Split returns to Hungarian overlordship.[4]
- 1420 – City becomes a possession of Venice, and remains under Venetian rule for the following 377 years.[11]
- 1432 – Loggia built.[12]
- 1481 – Hrvoja Tower built.[12]
- 1670 – An outer ring of modern walls is built.[4]
- 1797 – Split ceded to the Habsburg monarchy by the Treaty of Campo Formio.[13]
