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1922 In Croatia
Events from the year 1922 in Croatia. Incumbents * Monarch – Alexander I Events *February 19 – First issue of '' Borba'', the newsletter of the banned Yugoslav Communist Party, published in Zagreb Arts and literature Sport Births *January 7 – Ivan Milat-Luketa, painter and sculptor (died 2009) *February 11 – Ivo Padovan, physician (died 2010) *April 10 – Vesna Parun, poet (died 2010) *May 10 – Krešo Golik, film director and screenwriter (died 1996) *May 14 – Franjo Tuđman, statesman (died 1999) *May 22 – Mirjana Gross, historian (died 2012) *July 1 – Kruno Prijatelj, art historian (died 1998) *September 12 – Jure Bilić, communist politician (died 2006) *September 21 – Vladimir Ruždjak, opera singer (died 1987) *November 9 – Maja Bošković-Stulli, ethnologist (died 2012) *November 30 – Nenad Lhotka, ballet master (died 2011) Deaths *February 5 – Slavoljub Eduard Penkala, inventor (b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1922
Events January * January 7 – Dáil Éireann (Irish Republic), Dáil Éireann, the parliament of the Irish Republic, ratifies the Anglo-Irish Treaty by 64–57 votes. * January 10 – Arthur Griffith is elected President of Dáil Éireann, the day after Éamon de Valera resigns. * January 11 – The first successful insulin treatment of diabetes is made, by Frederick Banting in Toronto. * January 15 – Michael Collins (Irish leader), Michael Collins becomes Chairman of the Provisional Government of the Irish Free State. * January 26 – Italian forces occupy Misrata, Italian Libya, Libya; the Pacification of Libya, reconquest of Libya begins. February * February 6 ** Pope Pius XI (Achille Ratti) succeeds Pope Benedict XV, to become the 259th pope. ** The Washington Naval Treaty, Five Power Naval Disarmament Treaty is signed between the United States, United Kingdom, Empire of Japan, Japan, French Third Republic, France and Kingdom of Italy, Italy. Japan returns some ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 In Croatia
Events in the year 2012 in Croatia. Incumbents *President – Ivo Josipović *Prime Minister – Zoran Milanović Events Ongoing – Accession of Croatia to the European Union * January 22 – 2012 Croatian European Union membership referendum * November 14 – Economy minister Radimir Čačić sentenced to 22 months in prison by a Hungarian court for causing a traffic accident involving two fatalities. * November 16 – Croatian generals Ante Gotovina and Mladen Markač are acquitted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. * November 20 – Former Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader is sentenced to 10 years in prison on bribe-taking. Deaths * February 13 – Zlatko Crnković, actor (born 1936) * February 27 – Helga Vlahović, television personality (born 1945) * July 23 – Mirjana Gross, historian (born 1922) * August 7 – Veljko Rogošić, swimmer (born 1941) * August 14 – Maja Bošković-Stulli, historian (born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vinko Dvořák
Vinko Dvořák (January 21, 1848 – May 6, 1922) was a Czech people, Czech-Croatian people, Croatian physicist, professor and academician. He studied mathematics and physics at the Charles University in Prague, and after graduating he became an assistant to professor Ernst Mach. After obtaining his doctorate in Prague in 1873/1874 he came to Zagreb (at the time also part of Austria-Hungary) and founded the Physics Cabinet at the Faculty of Philosophy, Zagreb, Faculty of Philosophy in 1875. Dvořák made many important discoveries in the field of experimental acoustics and optics, which are known as the Dvořák-Rayleigh current, the Dvořák acoustic repulsion, and the Dvořák circuit. His work on acoustic radiometers coincided with that of Lord Rayleigh. He was the dean of the Faculty of Philosophy in 1881/82 and again in 1891/92 and the rector of the University of Zagreb in 1893/94. Professor Dvorak made constant advancements in physics experimentation at the Faculty— ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1871 In Croatia
Events January–March * January 3 – Franco-Prussian War – Battle of Bapaume: Prussians win a strategic victory. * January 18 – Proclamation of the German Empire: The member states of the North German Confederation and the south German states, aside from Austria, unite into a single nation state, known as the German Empire. The King of Prussia is declared the first German Emperor as Wilhelm I of Germany, in the Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles. Constitution of the German Confederation comes into effect. It abolishes all restrictions on Jewish marriage, choice of occupation, place of residence, and property ownership, but exclusion from government employment and discrimination in social relations remain in effect. * January 21 – Giuseppe Garibaldi's group of French and Italian volunteer troops, in support of the French Third Republic, win a battle against the Prussians in the Battle of Dijon. * February 8 – 1871 French legislative election el ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slavoljub Eduard Penkala
Slavoljub Eduard Penkala (; 20 April 1871 – 5 February 1922) was a Croatian engineer and inventor of Dutch-Polish descent. Biography Eduard Penkala was born in Liptószentmiklós (now Liptovský Mikuláš), then part of Austria-Hungary, to Franciszek Pękała, who was of Polish heritage, and Maria Pękała (née Hannel), who was of Dutch descent. He attended the University of Vienna and Royal Saxon Polytechnic Institute, graduating from the latter on March 25, 1898, and going on to earn a doctorate in organic chemistry. During his studies, he attended violin lessons where he met his future wife, pianist Emily Stoffregen. He then moved with his wife to Zagreb (which was then in the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia). To mark his loyalty to his new homeland, he took on the Croatian name Slavoljub ( Croatian for "slavophile"), becoming a naturalized Croat. He became renowned for further development of the mechanical pencil (1906) - then called an "automatic pencil" - and the first so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 In Croatia
Events in the year 2011 in Croatia. Incumbents *President – Ivo Josipović *Prime Minister – Jadranka Kosor (until 23 December), Zoran Milanović (starting 23 December) *Speaker – Luka Bebić (until 22 December), Boris Šprem (from 22 December) Events Ongoing – Accession of Croatia to the European Union * June 11 – The first Split Pride is held. * July 19 – Former prime minister Ivo Sanader is extradited from Austria * December 4 – Croatian parliamentary election, 2011 Arts and entertainment In music: Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011. Sports Football (soccer) competitions: Prva HNL, Druga HNL, Croatian Cup. For more in football (soccer) see: 2010–11 in Croatian football. In motorsports, Croatia will host the 2011 Speedway Grand Prix of Croatia. Deaths *January 3 – Fadil Hadžić, playwright and film director (born 1922) *April 18 – Ivica Vidović, actor (born 1939) *June 24 – Tomislav Ivić, football manage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nenad Lhotka
Nenad (; Cyrillic script: Ненад) is a male personal Slavic names, name of Slavic origin common in countries that speak Slavic languages. It is more widespread in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, and North Macedonia than in other countries. The name is derived from the word ''nenadan'', which means "unexpected". It was introduced to North Macedonia via Serbian and is now a fairly popular name. This name is often given to the younger of twins, in this case usually paired with the name Predrag, from the epic Serbian folk song "Predrag i Nenad". People *Nenad Adamović, Serbian football player *Nenad Bach, Croatian-American composer *Nenad Begović, Serbian football player *Nenad Bjeković, former director of FK Partizan *Nenad Bjeković (footballer born 1974), Serbian football player *Nenad Bjelica, Croatian football player and coach *Nenad Bogdanović, former mayor of Belgrade *Nenad Brnović, Montenegrin football player *Nenad Buljan, Croatian Olympic swim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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