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Honorary Citizen Of Zagreb
Honorary citizenship of the City of Zagreb may be conferred on a person who is especially meritorious for promoting the values of a democratic society, historic events and traditions of the Croatian people, the status and reputation of the City of Zagreb, or its relations with other cities in the country and abroad, and for the development of the City or some of its particular duties, to a statesman or high-ranking official of another country, a member of an international or foreign organization, or its respective bodies, considered especially meritorious in respect of the City of Zagreb and the Republic of Croatia in promoting its sovereignty, independence and self-determination on the basis of generally accepted principles of the modern world. The City Assembly decides on the conferment of honorary citizenship of the City. Honorary citizens of Zagreb Austria-Hungary (1850–1918) Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918–1941) *Milan Amruš (1919) *Vjekoslav Klaić (1922) *Frane Bulić ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honorary Citizenship
Honorary citizenship is a status bestowed by a city or other government on a foreign or native individual whom it considers to be especially admirable or otherwise worthy of the distinction. The honour usually is symbolic and does not confer any change to citizenship or nationality. North America By Act of Congress, act of United States Congress and presidential assent, an individual may be named an honorary citizen of the United States. Since 1963, it has been awarded to only eight individuals. Honorary Canadian citizenship requires unanimous approval in both houses of Parliament of Canada, Parliament. The only people to ever receive honorary Canadian citizenship are Raoul Wallenberg posthumously in 1985; Nelson Mandela in 2001; the 14th Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso in 2006; Aung San Suu Kyi in 2007 (revoked in 2018); Aga Khan IV, Prince Karim Aga Khan in 2009; and Malala Yousafzai in 2014. Europe In Germany honorary citizenship is awarded by cities, towns and sometimes feder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
August Šenoa
August Ivan Nepomuk Eduard Šenoa (; originally Schönoa; 14 November 1838 – 13 December 1881) was a Croatian novelist. Born to an ethnic German and Slovak family, Šenoa became a key figure in the development of an independent literary tradition in Croatian and shaping the emergence of the urban Croatian identity of Zagreb and its surroundings at a time when Austrian control was weaning. He was a literary transitional figure, who helped bring Croatian literature from Romanticism to Realism and introduced the historical novel to Croatia. He wrote more than ten novels, among which the most notable are: ''Zlatarovo zlato'' ( The Goldsmith's Treasure; 1871), ''Čuvaj se senjske ruke'' (Pirates of Senj; 1876), ''Seljačka buna'' (Peasants' revolt; 1877), and ''Diogenes'' (1878). Šenoa was one of the most popular Croatian novelists in his day, and the author of the popular patriotic song "Živila Hrvatska". Life He was born in Zagreb, then part of the Habsburg Empire, into a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milan Amruš
Milan Emil Amruš (October 1, 1848 – May 26, 1919) was a Croatian physician, lawyer and politician, a two-term mayor of Zagreb. Amruš was born in Brod na Savi, where he completed grammar school. He studied at the gymnasiums in Vinkovci and Zagreb, and then enrolled at the Josephinum, the academy for military doctors in Vienna. Since 1872 he worked in military hospitals in Vienna and Zagreb. After the Austro-Hungarian annexation of Bosnia, he moved to Sarajevo. He returned to Zagreb in 1882, when he also enrolled at the Faculty of Law at the University of Zagreb. While in Zagreb, he joined the Independent People's Party and in 1889 he became a member of the Croatian Parliament where he would serve until 1903. He received a law doctorate in 1890. The same year he was named the mayor of Zagreb. In his capacity as mayor, he brought Nikola Tesla back from the United States in an effort to get the city electric lighting, but was unsuccessful. The Zagreb Main Station was built duri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Šime Mazzura
Šime () is a masculine Croatian given name. Notable people with the name include: * Šime Budinić (1535–1600), a 16th-century Catholic priest and writer from Zadar, Venetian Dalmatia (today Croatia) *Šime Ljubić (1822–1896), Croatian historian *Šime Đodan (1927–2007), Croatian politician and economist *Šime Luketin (born 1953), Croatian footballer *Šime Vrsaljko (born 1992), Croatian footballer See also * Šimun, of which Šime can be a diminutive form * Šimić Šimić () is a surname found mainly among the Croats, but sometimes also among the Serbs. It may refer to: * Ana Šimić, Croatian athlete *Andrijica Šimić, Croatian folk hero * Antun Branko Šimić, Bosnian Croat poet *Dario Šimić, Croatian f ... {{DEFAULTSORT:Sime Croatian masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stjepan Sarkotić
Stjepan Freiherr Sarkotić von Lovćen (also ''Stefan Sarkotić'', ''Stjepan Sarkotić'', or ''Stephan Sarkotić''; 4 October 1858 – 16 October 1939) was an Austro-Hungarian Army generaloberst of Croatian descent who served as Governor of Bosnia and Herzegovina and military commander of Dalmatia and Montenegro during the World War I. Early life and education Stjepan Sarkotić was born in Sinac near the Croatian town of Otočac on 4 October 1858 as one of four siblings. His father was Lieutenant Matija Sarkotić of the Otočac Border Regiment Nr.2. After he attended gymnasium in Senj, he entered in Military School in Sankt Pölten, and later he attended Theresian Military Academy in Wiener Neustadt. Military career In 1884 he got his first military post in the Königgrätz Regiment, and later he was transferred to 16th Infantry Regiment in Trebinje, Herzegovina. In 1886, he was stationed in Mostar in the 1. Mountain Brigade. Until 1887 he was involved in military actions tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Svetozar Boroević
Svetozar Boroević von Bojna (or Borojević) (13 December 1856 – 23 May 1920) was an Austro-Hungarian field marshal who was described as one of the finest defensive strategists of the First World War. He commanded Austro-Hungarian forces in the Isonzo front, for which he was nicknamed the "Lion of Isonzo". For his service during the First World War, Boroević rose to the rank of '' Feldmarschall'' before the end of the war in 1918, becoming the first and only Austro-Hungarian field marshal of South Slavic descent. Life Early life Boroević was born on 13 December 1856 in the village of Umetić, Croatian Military Frontier. He was baptized in the Eastern Orthodox Church, most likely in the parish church in Mečenčani, where his father served. Some sources state that Boroević was an ethnic Serb or of Serb origin. Other sources regard him as an ethnic Croat or of Croat origin.: "A Croat (the Croats prided themselves on their particular loyalty to the emperor)." Boroević hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josip Juraj Strossmayer
Josip Juraj Strossmayer, also Štrosmajer (; german: Joseph Georg Strossmayer; 4 February 1815 – 8 April 1905) was a Croatian politician, Roman Catholic Bishops in the Catholic Church, bishop, and benefactor (law), benefactor. Early life and rise as a cleric Strossmayer was born in Osijek to a Croats, Croatian family. His great-grandfather was an ethnic German immigrant from Styria (duchy), Styria who had married a Croatian woman. He finished school at a gymnasium (school), gymnasium in Osijek, and then graduated theology at the Roman Catholic Church, Catholic seminary in Đakovo. He earned a PhD in philosophy at a high seminary in Budapest, at the age of 20. In 1838 he worked as a vicar in Petrovaradin, before moving to Vienna in 1840 to the Augustineum, Vienna, Augustineum and the University of Vienna, where he received another doctorate in philosophy and Canon law (Catholic Church), Canon law in 1842. In 1847 he was made the Habsburg palace chaplain (a position he would ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juraj Posilović
Juraj is a given name used in a number of Slavic languages, including Czech, Slovak, and Croatian. Pronounced "You-rye" but with a trilled r. The English equivalent of the name is George. Notable people * Juraj Chmiel, Czech diplomat and politician * Juraj Dobrila, Croatian bishop and benefactor * Juraj Filas, Slovak composer * Juraj Habdelić, Croatian writer and lexicographer * Juraj Herz, Czechoslovakian director * Juraj Jakubisko, Slovak director * Juraj Jánošík, Slovak national hero * Juraj Križanić, Croatian Catholic missionary and first pan-Slavist * Juraj Kucka, Slovak footballer * Juraj Okoličány, Slovak ice hockey referee * Juraj Sviatko, Slovak figure skater * Josip Juraj Strossmayer, Croatian politician, Roman Catholic bishop * Juraj Slafkovský, Slovak ice hockey player * Juraj Hromkovič, Slovak Computer Scientist and Professor at ETH Zürich Derived forms * Jura: ''Czech, Slovak, Moravian, Croatian and Romanian'' * Jure: ''Croatian, Slovene'' * Juric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Đuro Deželić
Đuro Deželić (Ivanić-Grad, 25 March 1838 – Zagreb, 28 October 1907) was a Croatian writer. After finishing law school at the University of Zagreb, he soon became involved with the city's municipal government. From 1871 until his death he served as a member of the Zagreb city council and deputy mayor of Zagreb. In 1868 he established the Croatian firefighting service. Politically, he considered himself a Unionist until 1873, but in later years he shifted closer to the Party of Rights. He was also editor of ''Narodne novine'' (1862-1864) and ''Danica'' (1863-1864) newspapers, and was the first editor of magazines ''Domobran'' (1864) and ''Vienac'' (1869). He also wrote historical and philosophical essays, political articles, poetry, short stories, novels, travel literature The genre of travel literature encompasses outdoor literature, guide books, nature writing, and travel memoirs. One early travel memoirist in Western literature was Pausanias, a Greek geographer of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Trnski
Ivan Trnski (1 May 1819 – 30 June 1910) was a Croatian writer, translator and puzzle designer. Glorified by his contemporaries as a great poet and patriot, he is now considered a skillful poet and a prolific author of occasional verse. Life Trnski was born in a family of teachers in the village of Nova Rača near Bjelovar. He completed his primary education in Grubišno Polje in 1830. When his father died, Ivan was sent to the diocesan orphanage in Zagreb, where he went to the Gymnasium. He completed the three-year course for administrative border officer in Graz. After serving for several years on the Military Frontier, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1867 and to colonel in 1869. He was the first prefect of the Bjelovar-Križevci County from July 1871 until February 1872, when he renounced the post. In 1901 Trnski served as the president of Matica hrvatska. He died in Zagreb. He was the brother-in-law of the Slovene liberal politician Karel Lavrič. Works Trnski wro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tadija Smičiklas
Tadija "Tade" Smičiklas (1 October 1843 – 8 June 1914) was a Croatian historian and politician. He was a professor at the Zagreb university and a member of the Croatian Academy. A member of the Illyrianist People's Party, he supported the independence of Croatia from the Austrian Empire. He authored the first history book on Croatia and laid the foundation of Croatian historiography. Early life Smičiklas was born in Reštovo in Žumberak (german: Sichelburg), into a Greek-Catholic family. Greek-Catholics in Žumberak, including Smičiklas, are descendants of Uskoks. His father Ilija sent a request on 13 August 1853 to the Greek-Catholic bishop of Križevci, Gabrijel Smičiklas (his relative), to accept Tadija free of charge into the Greek Catholic Seminary in Zagreb and stressed Tadija's talent and wish to learn more. His uncle Đuro Smičiklas had him accepted. Education In September 1843 Tadija enrolled at the Greek Catholic Seminary in Zagreb, where he would stay fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dezső Bánffy
Baron Dezső Bánffy de Losonc (28 October 184324 May 1911) was a Hungarian politician who served as Prime Minister of Hungary from 1895 to 1899. Biography The son of Baron Dániel Bánffy and Anna Gyárfás, Dezső Bánffy was born in Kolozsvár, Hungary (now Cluj-Napoca, Romania) on 28 October 1843, and educated at the Berlin and Leipzig universities. As lord lieutenant of the county of Belső-Szolnok, chief captain of Kővár and curator of the Reformed Church of Transylvania, Bánffy exercised considerable political influence outside parliament from 1875 onwards, but his public career may be said to have begun in 1892, when he became speaker of the house of deputies. As speaker he continued, however, to be a party-man (he had always been a member of the left-centre or government party) and materially assisted the government by his rulings. He was a stringent adversary of the radicals, and caused some sensation by absenting himself from the capital on the occasion of Lajo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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