Zara: All Data
Zara is a city in Croatia. This page covers its chronology of mentions across 5,500 years of history, including capitals, battles, events and subdivisions. Part of Phersu Atlas.
1. Lists and Timelines
Zadar: Chronology of Mentions
Note: For polities of antiquity, the listed capital or subdivision capital may also represent one or several of the most important cities of the region.
481 AD
Capital of Zara
938 AD
Mentioned in Event: Hungarian invasions of Europe
998 AD
Mentioned in: Siege of Zadar (998)
1051 AD
Mentioned in Event: Seventh Croatian-Venetian War
1052 AD
Mentioned in Event: Seventh Croatian-Venetian War
1202 AD
Mentioned in: Siege of Zadar, part of Fourth Crusade
1202 AD
Mentioned in Event: Fourth Crusade
1202 AD
Mentioned in: Siege of Zara, part of Fourth Crusade
1358 AD
Mentioned in Event: Eleventh Croatian-Venetian War
1809 AD
Mentioned in Event: Dalmatian Campaign (1809)
1812 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Department of Dalmatie, part of First French Empire
1813 AD
Mentioned in Event: Adriatic campaign of 1807-1814
1914 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Kingdom of Dalmatia, part of Austro-Hungarian Monarchy
1918 AD
Mentioned in Event: Aftermath of World War I in Yugoslavia
1919 AD
Mentioned in Event: Treaty of St Germain
1920 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Province of Zara Province, part of Kingdom of Italy
1941 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Compartimento of Governorate of Dalmatia, part of Kingdom of Italy
1943 AD
Mentioned in Event: World War II (Balkan Theatre) - Croatia
1945 AD
Mentioned in Event: Partisan offensive in Axis-occupied Yugoslavia
1991 AD
Mentioned in Event: Indipendence and breakaway regions in Croatia
1991 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Zadar, part of Offensive by the SAO of Krajina
2025 AD
Subdivision Capital of the County of Zadar County, part of Republic of Croatia