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Some Important Historical Milestones after 568:
Dominance of the Slav people in the territory of Slovenia.
7 to 11 century:
The Slavic Duchy of Carantania, the oldest-known, independent Slavonic state in this area.
745:
Carantania became a vassal duchy under the rule of the Frankish Empire, which began to spread Christianity. The Slavs converted to Christianity and gradually lost independence.
9th century:
The spread of the Frankish feudal system and the beginning of the formation of the Slovene nation. At the beginning of the 9th century, the Franks removed the Carantanian princes and replaced them with their own border dukes. The Frankish feudal system started spreading to the Slovene territory.
around 1000:
The appearance of the “Freising” manuscripts, the first-known text written in the Slovene and Slavic dialect in Latin script (a few prayers written in the Slovene language of the time).
10th century:
The beginning of the development of the Carniola, Styria, Carinthia and Gorizia regions, and intensive German colonization.
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11th to 14th centuries: The development of medieval towns in Slovenia. 14th to 15th centuries: Most of the territory of Slovenia including all its hereditary estates is taken over by the Habsburgs. 15th century:
Turkish invasions begin.
15 to 17 centuries: Peasant revolts: Dissatisfaction with the ineffective feudal defences against tribute, as well as bonded labour, brought about peasant revolts. A greater revolt in 1515 took place across nearly the entire Slovene territory. th
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1550:
Protestantism and the first book written in Slovene: In the middle of the 16th century, the Reformation, mainly Lutheranism, spread across Slovene territory, helping to create the foundations of the Slovene literary language. In 1550, Primož Trubar published the first two books in Slovene, Katekizem and Abecednik (Catechism and Abecedary). By that time, around 500 books had been written, among them the first Slovene grammar and, in 1584, Dalmatin’s translation of the entire Bible.
18th century:
Enlightenment and compulsory universal education: The reign of Emperor Joseph II, which saw, among other things, the introduction of compulsory education and primary education conducted in Slovene (1774), together with the start of cultural–linguistic activities by Slovene intellectuals; it was a time of Slovene national revival and of the birth of the Slovene nation in the modern sense of the word.
1809-1813:
Illyrian Provinces: At the time of the Napoleonic Wars, Napoleon captured south–eastern Slovene regions and created the Illyrian Provinces of the French state, with Ljubljana as the capital.
Slovenia Olympic Team at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad Beijing, China 8 – 24 August 2008
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