1911 in Croatia
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Incumbents
- Ruler of Austria-Hungary â Franz Joseph I
- Ban of Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia â Nikola TomaÅ¡iÄ
Events
- The Union chocolate factory (present-day Kraš) opened in Zagreb.
- Slavoljub Penkala and Edmund Moster opened the Penkala-Moster pen and pencil company (present-day TOZ-Penkala) in Zagreb.
Arts and literature
- January 12 â Blagoje Bersa's opera Oganj (Der Eisenhammer) premiered at the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb.[1]
- Ante KovaÄiÄ published his novel U registraturi (originally published as a serial in Vienac in 1888).
- Dinko Å imunoviÄ published his novel TuÄinac.
Sport
- February 13 â Foundation of HNK Hajduk Split football club.
- April 26 â Foundation of 1. HÅ K GraÄanski football club.
Births
- February 4 â Antun Nalis, actor (died 2000).
- April 13 â Ico Hitrec, footballer (died 1946).
- October 28 â Rade KonÄar, communist leader and World War II resistance fighter (died 1942).
Full date unknown
- Slavko Kodrnja, footballer (died 1970).[2]
Deaths
- June 18 â Franjo KuhaÄ, conductor and musicologist (born 1834).
- July 16 â August HarambaÅ¡iÄ, writer, publisher and translator (born 1861).
- December 17 â Josip Frank, politician (born 1844).
Full date unknown
- Leo Hönigsberg, architect (born 1861).