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Roman Republic
- From 181 BC: Present-day Slovenia, populated by Illyric and Celtic tribes, is annexed to Rome.
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Roman Empire
- 27 BC: Gaius Octavianus becomes sole ruler of Rome and as Augustus the first emperor.
- 395: After the death of emperor Theodosius I, the Roman Empire is partitioned in the (Eastern) Roman Empire and the (Western) Roman Empire. The region becomes part of the Western part of the Empire.
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Huns
- 420: Most of the area is conquered by the and their allies, the Alans, led by their king Rugila.
- 454: The Huns are defeated at Nedao and withdraw from the region.
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Kingdom of the Ostrogoths
- 454: After the death of Attila of the Huns, Valamir unites the Ostrogoths and establishes a kingdom including present-day Slovenia, in the beginning as vassal of the Romans.
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Kingdom of the Goths and the Romans
- 493: King Þiudareiks defeats Odoacer and conquers Italy, making it the centre of its kingdom.
- 535: During the Gothic War between the Ostrogoths and the Roman Empire of emperor Iustinianus, part of the Ostrogotic Empire is occupied by the Byzantines.
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Roman Empire
- 552: The Ostrogothic Kingdom is defeated by the Roman Empire. King Totila dies in battle and is succeeded by king Teia who is defeated the same year. Slavs settle in the region. The first wave of Slavic settlement, originating from Moravia, reaches the region.
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Avar Khaganate
- c. 585: The Avars conquer parts of present-day Slovenia.
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Samo's Empire
- 623: The region become part of Samo's Empire.
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Carantania
- 658: Upon Samo’s death, the region is divided between the Avars and Carantania. Carantania includes parts of present-day Austria.
- 745: Carantania loses its independence and becomes a tributary of the Frankish Empire.
- 788: Carolus I conquers part of Carantania.
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Avar Khaganate
- 658: Part of the region is recaptured by the Avar Khaganate.
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Empire of the Franks
- 828: The Franks annex Carantania.
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Kingdom of the East Franks
- 843: After the partition of the Frankish Empire, the region becomes part of East Francia, followed in 962 by the Holy Roman Empire[1].
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March of Carinthia.
- 876: The region is part of the March of Carinthia.
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Duchy of Carinthia
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Carantanian March
- 970: The Carantanian march of Styria is separated from Carinthia. Markwart III of Eppenstein becomes margrave.
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Principality of Hungary
- 900s: Hungary invades and annexes present-day Prekmurje as Wendic March. The march is inhabited by Hungarians and Slovenes.
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- 1001: Under duke Otto Carinthia is separated from Bavaria.
- 1039: Emperor Heinrich III becomes also duke of Carinthia.
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Kingdom of Hungary
- 1000: Hungary becomes a kingdom.
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March of Carniola[2]
- 1040: Carniola is separated from Carinthia. Poppo, count of Weimar-Orlamünde and margrave of Istria is said to be the first margrave of Carniola.
- 1096: Poppo II is also margrave of Istria.
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March of Styria
- 1076: Under margrave Ottokar the march is rendered as Styria.
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Duchy of Styria
- 1180: Margrave Ottokar IV is raised in rank to duke.
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- 1198: Leopold II of Styria inherits as Leopold VI Austria.
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- 1269: King Otakar II of Bohemia becomes margrave of Carniola and duke of Carinthia.
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- 1276: Rudolf of Habsburg becomes margrave of Carniola and duke of Carinthia.
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Austrian Hereditary Lands
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March of Carniola
- 1286: Rudolf fully invests count Meinhard of Tyrol with Carinthia and Carniola.
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- 1335: Tyrol is separated from Carinthia and Carniola. Duke Albrecht II of Austria becomes also duke of Carinthia and Carniola.
- 1364: Duke Rudolf IV of Austria becomes duke of Carniola.
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- 1379: After the death of duke Rudolf IV in 1365 a quarrel about his heritage starts. With the Treaty of Neuberg the heritage is divided in Austria proper and Inner Austria, consisting out of Styria, Carinthia, Carniola and Tyrol, with duke Leopold III.
- 1457: Austria proper and Inner Austria are united under emperor Friedrich III.
- 1515: A peasant revolt in Slovenia is suppressed.
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Habsburg Monarchy
- 1526: Archduke Ferdinand of Austria becomes also king of Bohemia, Hungary and Croatia. Ferdinand creates central institutions. The joint territories ruled by him are together also rendered as Habsburg Monarchy.
- 1564: Inner Austria is ruled by Karl II Franz.
- 1573: A peasant's rebel against the Austrian nobility is defeated, followed by a bloody retribution by the nobility.
- 1619: After the death of emperor Matthias, Ferdinand of Inner Austria unites the Austrian heritage as Ferdinand II.
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Empire of Austria
- 1804: Archduke Franz II becomes emperor of Austria, being at the same time emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (until 1806).
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French Empire
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Austrian-Hungarian Monarchy
- 1867: Emperor Franz Joseph makes Austria a constitutional dual monarchy as the Austrian-Hungarian Monarchy.
- 1914: Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia. World War I is a fact.
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State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs
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Kingdom of Hungary
- 1918: Austria-Hungary and the other Central Powers lose World War I. Austria-Hungary collapses. Hungary becomes independent again. Slovenes and Hungarians dispute the area. It is given to Hungary in the Truce of Belgrade.
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Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
- 1918: This state merges with Serbia into the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, a.k.a. Yugoslavia.
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- 1919: The Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye between France, the United Kingdom and Italy and other allied powers with Germany-Austria ends the war with the formal dissolution of the Austrian-Hungarian Empire. The linguistically mixed regions of Styria and Carinthia are divided between Austria and Yugoslavia.
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Republic of Prekmurje
- 1919: Prekmurje secedes from Hungary. Prekmurje is governed by a provisional government. Communist Hungary dismantles the republic.
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- 1919: The same year Prekmurje is annexed to Yugoslavia.
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Kingdom of Yugoslavia
- 1929: Yugoslavia is formally renamed.
- 1941: Yugoslavia joins the Tripartite Pact with Nazi Germany. After a coup d'état Yugoslavia leaves the pact.
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3*1943: Germany takes over the territories occupied by Italy. Nazi-Germany organizes in Slovenia the Slovene Home Guard (from 1943).
- 1944: The National Liberation Army leads the liberation of Eastern Yugoslavia, supported by the Soviet and Bulgarian armies.
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Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia
- 1945: A new of government of Yugoslavia is formed by Tito. The National Liberation Army defeats Croatia, the Slovenian Home Guard and the remaining German forces and liberates Yugoslavia. The People's Republic of Slovenia is established as a member of the federation, that becomes a communist dictatorship.
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Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
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Republic of Slovenia
- 1991: Yugoslavia falls apart: Slovenia declares its independence from Yugoslavia. Yugoslavia attacks Slovenia. The Brioni Agreement ends the fights and independence is suspended with three months. After independence Slovenia gets a bicameral parliament with a chamber elected in free multi-party elections on a universal suffrage and a chamber elected by interest groups. The president is popularly elected and the government is responsible to the parliament.
- 1992: Slovenia joins the United Nations.
- 1993: Slovenia joins the Council of Europe.
- 2004: Slovenia joins the European Union[3] and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
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