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Name: ragusa

Type: Cluster

Start: 481 AD

End: 1808 AD

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The cluster includes all the forms of the country.

The cluster includes the following incarnations of the same nation:

  • Ragusa (City-State)
  • Republic of Ragusa (1187)
  • Republic of Ragusa (Hungary)
  • Republic of Ragusa (Ottoman Empire)
  • Republic of Ragusa (Habsburg)
  • Establishment


  • January 481: Ragusa was one of the localities where the local Romance population survived the Barbarian invasions after the fall of the Western Roman Empire in the 400s CE. Phersu Atlas Assumption: we assume that they become de facto indipendent after the conquest of Dalmatia by Odoacer in 480.
  • Chronology


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    1. Independence of Roman centers in Dalmatia


    Several important cities in Dalmatia became factually independent after the end of the Western Roman Empire.


    2. Hungarian invasions of Europe


    The Magyars (or Hungarians) successfully conquered the Carpathian Basin (corresponding to the later Kingdom of Hungary) by the end of the ninth century, and launched a number of plundering raids thoughout Europe.

  • January 922: In 921, the Hungarians raided Italy, reaching Apulia in 922.
  • February 922: In 921, the Hungarians raided Italy, reaching Apulia in 922. The territories were left after the raid.
  • January 928: The Hungarians marched up to Rome and imposed large tribute payments on Tuscany and Tarento.
  • February 928: The Hungarians marched up to Rome and imposed large tribute payments on Tuscany and Tarento. After the raid, the Hungarians left these territories.
  • January 938: In 937, the Hungarians raided France as far west as Reims, Lotharingia, Swabia, Franconia, the Duchy of Burgundy and Italy as far as Otranto in the south.
  • February 938: In 937, the Hungarians raided France as far west as Reims, Lotharingia, Swabia, Franconia, the Duchy of Burgundy and Italy as far as Otranto in the south. After the ride they left these territories.
  • January 948: In 947, Bulcsú, a Hungarian chieftain of Taksony, led a raid into Italy as far as Apulia.
  • February 948: In 947, Bulcsú, a Hungarian chieftain of Taksony, led a raid into Italy as far as Apulia.

  • 3. Venetian expedition in Dalmatia under Pietro II Orseolo


    In the year 1000 AD an expedition of Venetian ships in coastal Istria and Dalmatia secured the Venetian suzerainty in the area.

  • January 1001: Venetian control over Dubrovnik (Raguxa/Ragusa) from 1000 AD.

  • 4. Dissolution of Serbia


    Dissolution of Serbia after the Battle of Maritsa between the Ottoman Empire and Serbia.

  • September 1371: After the dissolution of the Serbian Empire, the Vojinović family established a personal domain in 1371.

  • 5. Wars of Mehmed II


    Wars during the rule of Mehmed II in the Ottoman Sultanate.

  • January 1459: Ragusa conquered by the Ottomans.

  • 6. Ottoman-Habsburg Wars


    Were a series of conflicts between the Ottoman Empire and the Habsburg Domains. The conflicts started with the partition of Hungary between the Ottomans and the Habsburgs after the Battle of Mohács (1526).

    6.1.Great Turkish War

    Was a series of conflicts between the Ottoman Empire and the Holy League consisting of the Holy Roman Empire, Poland-Lithuania, Venice, Russia, and Habsburg Hungary.

  • January 1685: Republic of Ragusa part of Habsburg Austria from 1684.

  • 7. French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars


    Were a series of conflicts between France and several European monarchies between 1792 and 1815. They encompass first the French Revolutionary Wars against the newly declared French Republic and from 1803 onwards the Napoleonic Wars against First Consul and later Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. They include the Coalition Wars as a subset: seven wars waged by various military alliances of great European powers, known as Coalitions, against Revolutionary France - later the First French Empire - and its allies.

  • January 1808: After the Peace of Pressburg in 1805, the territory of the Republic of Ragusa was occupied by France under Napoleon Bonaparte (May 27, 1806). The Republic was ultimately abolished by decree issued by General Marmont on January 31, 1808.

  • 8. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)


  • September 1187: An agreement was signed which left Ragusa independent, but subjected it to Serbian power.

  • January 1188: In 1187 the Republic of Ragusa was conquered by Serbia.

  • February 1358: Venetian Dubrovnik refers to the periods when the city-state of Dubrovnik was under the control of the Republic of Venice. The Republic of Ragusa, also known as Ragusa, was a maritime republic centered in the city of Dubrovnik. In 1358, the territory of Dubrovnik was transferred to the Republic of Ragusa from Hungary.

  • July 1440: Vladislaus, king of Poland, was crowned king of Hungary despite continuing disputes.

  • November 1444: King Vladislaus' death in battle in 1444 ended the union of Hungary with Poland.

  • Disestablishment


  • January 1808: After the Peace of Pressburg in 1805, the territory of the Republic of Ragusa was occupied by France under Napoleon Bonaparte (May 27, 1806). The Republic was ultimately abolished by decree issued by General Marmont on January 31, 1808.
  • Selected Sources


  • Jackson, T.G. (1887): Dalmatia : the Quarnero and Istria with Cettigne in Montenegro and the Island of Grado, Robarts - University of Toronto, pp. 14-16
  • Leyser, K. (1982): Medieval Germany and its neighbours, 900-1250, London (UK), p. 50
  • Makkai, L. (1990): The Hungarians' prehistory, their conquest of Hungary and their raids to the west to 955, in: A History of Hungary, Bloomington (USA) p. 8-14
  • Reuter, T. (1995): The New Cambridge Medieval History: c. 900-c. 1024, Cambridge (UK), p. 543
  • Reuter, T. (1995): The New Cambridge Medieval History: c. 900-c. 1024, Cambridge University Press, p. 543
  • Sugar, P. F. / Hanák, P. (1994): A History of Hungary, Bloomington (USA), p. 13
  • Timothy R. (1995) The New Cambridge Medieval History Volume 3, c. 900-c. 1024, Cambridge (UK), p. 543
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