title: Timeline of Rijeka
text: # 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.
  