• <178BC Occupied by the ancient Histri tribe (Illyrians)

• 179BC - Romans conquered the Histri

• 489AD - Conquered by Ostrogoths

• 539AD form part of the Byzantine Empire

• 599AD passed to Lombard Kingdom

• ~700AD Avarian-Slavic invasions - Arrival of Slavs 

• Passed to the Frankish kingdom by Pepin of Italy in 788 

• 10th and 11th centuries, Istria was ruled by the German feudal families 

• Eastern parts of Istria north of Raša River at that time belonged to Croatian Kingdom 

• The inner Istrian part around the town of Pazin (German: Mitterburg), named Pazin County (Croatian: Pazinska knežija or Pazinska grofovija), with its stronghold Pazin Castle, was held for centuries by the members of the House of Habsburg and was part of the Habsburg Empire (Holy Roman Empire). The Venetian part of the peninsula passed to it in 1797 with the Treaty of Campo Formio.

• Following the fall of the Venetian Republic (1797), Istria was occupied by Napoleon; however, he gave Venice and the Venetian part of Istria and Dalmatia to Austria, in exchange for the Netherlands and Lombardia.

• In 1805, Napoleon re-occupied the former Venetian Istria. The Holy Roman Empire ended with the period of Napoleonic rule from 1805 to 1813, when Istria became part of the Italian Kingdom and, from 1809, of the Illyrian provinces of the Napoleonic Empire. For the first time, inner and eastern parts of Istria became a part of Croatia, as a part of Civil Croatia, established by Napoleon.

Austria and Western Hungary South 1908.

Map name Austria and Western Hungary South 1908 From Harmsworth Atlas and Gazetteer, London, 1909, Scale: 1:2,800,000

Austria and Western Hungary South 1908.

Map name Austria and Western Hungary South 1908 From Harmsworth Atlas and Gazetteer, London, 1909, Scale: 1:2,800,000