The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Split, Croatia.

• 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]

• 1805 – After the defeat of the Third Coalition and the consequent Treaty of Pressburg, Split becomes part of the Kingdom of Italy.^[14]
• 1806 – Split becomes part of the French Empire.^[14]
• 1809 – Illyrian Provinces established.^[15]
• 1813 – Split occupied by Austria.^[16]
• 1815 – Split officially ceded to Austria following the Congress of Vienna.^[17]
• 1820 Split Archaeological Museum, oldest museum in Croatia, established by a decree of the Dalmatian government.^[18]
• 1830 – Catholic diocese of Spalato-Macarsca established.^[19]
• 1851 – Population: 10,787.^[20]
• 1860 – Antonio Bajamonti of the Autonomist Party becomes mayor.^[21]
• 1864 – Bajamonti relieved of duties due to his opposition to Austrian centralism, Frano Lanza appointed mayor.^[22]
• 1865 – Bajamonti reelected for mayor.^[23]
• 1880 – Split county council dissolved, Aleksandar Nallini appointed commissary of Split.^[24]
• 1882 – People's Party wins elections for the first time,^[25] Dujam Rendić-Miočević becomes mayor.^[26]
• 1885 – Gajo Bulat becomes mayor.
• 1893 – Split Municipal Theatre opens.
• 1900 – Population: 27,198.^[4]
• 1922- New building of Split Archaeological Museum opened to public.^[18]

• 1911 – HNK Hajduk Split football team formed.
• 1918 – Ivo Tartaglia becomes mayor.
• 1924 – Museum of Natural History founded.^[27]
• 1925 – Zagreb-Split railway constructed.^[8]
• 1929 – Split becomes seat of the Littoral Banovina administrative region of Yugoslavia.^[28]
• 1931 – Gallery of Fine Arts founded.^[29]
• 1941 – Split annexed by Italy, becomes part of the Governorate of Dalmatia and capital of the province of Spalato.^[8]
• 1943
  • Split liberated by Yugoslav Partisans following the capitulation of Italy, later retaken by Nazi Germany^[8]
  • Slobodna Dalmacija newspaper begins publication.
• 1944 – Split liberated for the second and final time, becomes part of the Federal State of Croatia of Yugoslavia.
• 1954 – Split Summer Festival [hr; sh] founded.^[30]
• 1960 – Split Festival of music begins.
• 1966 – Split Airport opens in Kaštela.
• 1971 - Population: 152,905.^[31]
• 1974 – University of Split established.
• 1976 – Museum of Croatian Archaeological Monuments opens.
• 1979 – Poljud Stadium built.
• 1990 – City hosts 1990 European Athletics Championships.
• 1991
  • 6 May: Protest against Yugoslav People's Army.
  • 14–16 November: Battle of the Dalmatian Channels occurs near city.
  • Population: 200,459.^[32]
• 1993
  • Split-Dalmatia County assembly begins meeting.^{[citation needed]}
  • Sister city relationship established with Los Angeles, USA.^[33]
• 1995 – Radio Dalmacija [hr; sh] begins broadcasting.
• 1997 - Croatian Maritime Museum established.
• 1998 – Croatia Boat Show begins.
• 1999 – Splitska Televizija (television station) founded.

• 2001 – February: Political protest.^[34]
• 2005 – A1 motorway (Zagreb-Split) constructed.
• 2006 – Split Suburban Railway begins operating.
• 2008 – Spaladium Arena opens.
• 2009 – 24 July: Train derailment at Rudine, near Split.
• 2011
  • Split Pride begins.
  • Population: 178,192;^[35] metro 349,314.
• 2013 - 1 July: Croatia becomes part of the European Union.

• History of Split
• List of mayors of Split
• Timelines of other cities in Croatia: Rijeka, Zagreb