Knowra History of Slovenia History of Slovenia The history of the lands and peoples of present-day Slovenia, from prehistoric settlement through changing empires and Yugoslavia to the independent state established in 1991.
Hallstatt culture : An Iron Age archaeological culture of central Europe, known for fortified settlements, salt mining, and rich burials. Hallstatt sites in Slovenia show the region’s place in early Iron Age networks.
Slovene national awakening : The nineteenth-century growth of Slovenian national consciousness, language activism, and political organization. Its cultural and political campaigns helped unite divided Slovenian-speaking lands as a national project.
Primož Trubar : A sixteenth-century Protestant reformer and writer who published the first books in Slovene. His printed works helped establish Slovene as a written language during the Reformation.
Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes : A South Slav state established in 1918 and renamed Yugoslavia in 1929. It incorporated most Slovenian lands after the collapse of Austria-Hungary, replacing Habsburg rule.
Slavic settlement of the Eastern Alps : The migration and settlement of Slavic-speaking groups in the Eastern Alps during the sixth and seventh centuries. These migrations formed the foundations of Slovenia’s Slavic-speaking population.
United Slovenia : A nineteenth-century political program calling for the unification of Slovenian lands and equal status for Slovene. The 1848 program supplied a lasting territorial and linguistic goal for Slovenian politics.
France Prešeren : A nineteenth-century Slovenian poet whose work became central to Slovenian literary culture. His poetry strengthened the prestige of Slovene during the national awakening.
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia : A socialist federation of six republics that existed from 1945 until its dissolution in the early 1990s. Slovenia was its most economically developed republic before pursuing independence.
Carantania : An early medieval Slavic principality centered in the Eastern Alps, known from the seventh century onward. Carantania was an early polity in the territory of modern Slovenia and neighboring regions.
Carinthian plebiscite : A 1920 vote that determined the border between Austria and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes in southern Carinthia. The vote fixed a disputed northern border and left a Slovenian-speaking minority in Austria.
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