1913 in Croatia

Events from the year 1913 in Croatia.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Franz Joseph I
• Ban of Croatia – Slavko Cuvaj

Events

• July 21 – Slavko Cuvaj relieved from the post of the Royal Commissioner for Croatia-Slovenia. He had been appointed in January 1912, when anti-Habsburg sentiments were on the rise in Croatia, often manifesting in sympathies for Serbia and calls for creation of Yugoslavia. Cuvaj tried to curb those trends by a series of decrees directed at curbing press freedom, limiting rights of assembly and local autonomy. This created a backlash in the form of strikes and demonstrations, and Cuvaj himself was target of two assassination attempts in 1912.
• November 27 – Iván Skerlecz proclaimed Ban and called for parliamentary elections.
• December 16–17 – Parliamentary elections are held in the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia. The Croat-Serb Coalition wins with 39.09% of the vote.

Arts and literature

• Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić released the children's book The Brave Adventures of Lapitch (Čudnovate zgode šegrta Hlapića) in Zagreb.

Sport

• Football club HNK Dinara founded in Knin (as SK Lav).

Births

• January 7 – Franjo Glaser, footballer (died 2003)
• January 9 – Fedor Hanžeković, film director (died 1997)
• February 22 – Ranko Marinković, writer (died 2001)
• March 21 – Ivan Goran Kovačić, poet and writer (died 1943)
• April 8 – Rudi Supek, sociologist (died 1993)
• November 25 – Franjo Punčec, tennis player (died 1985)

Deaths

• October 7 – Ivan Banjavčić, politician (born 1843)
• April 16 – Miroslav Kraljević, painter (born 1885)

References

Years in Croatia (1991–present) 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999