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Some Important Milestones:
| 6th century AD |
The Slavic ancestors of present day Slovenia first settle in the area in the 6th century AD.
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| 7th century |
The Slavic Duchy of Carantania, the first Slovenian state.
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| 745 |
Carantania becomes part of the Frankish empire; the Slavs convert to Christianity and gradually lose their independence.
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| around 1000 |
The
Freising manuscripts, the first known writings in the Slovenian
and Slavic dialect in Latin script.
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| 14th century to 1918 |
All the Slovenian regions pass into the possession of the Habsburgs, later the Austro-Hungarian monarchy.
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| 1550 and 1584 |
The Reformation brings literacy, the first printed book in 1550 and in 1584 the first Slovenian translation of the Bible.
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| 1918 |
Formation of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.
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| 1945 |
Federal Peoples' Republic of Yugoslavia (officially declared on 29 November 1945).
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| April 1990 |
First democratic elections.
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| 23 December 1990 |
88.5% of voters at the referendum
vote in favour of an independent Slovenia.
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| 25 June 1991 |
Slovenia officially declares its independence.
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| 15 January 1992 |
The EU officially recognises Slovenia's independence.
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| 22 May 1992 |
Slovenia becomes a member of the UNO.
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| 1 February 1999 |
Association Agreement with the EU comes into effect.
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| 26 April 2003 |
Slovenia signed EU Accession Treaty in Athenes.
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| 1 May 2004 |
Slovenia became an EU member.
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| 1 January 2007 |
Slovenia introduced euro.
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