1914 in Croatia
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Incumbents
Events
- July 28 â Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia after Serbia rejects the conditions of an ultimatum sent by Austria on July 23 following the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand in Sarajevo by Gavrilo Princip, a member of the Yugoslav nationalist movement Young Bosnia.
- August â Author Ivo AndriÄ arrested in Split because of his support for Young Bosnia. Convicted for high treason by the Austro-Hungarian authorities, he is imprisoned and eventually released in July 1917.
Arts and literature
- FebruaryâMarch â International graphic arts exhibition held at the Art Pavilion in Zagreb. Contemporary reviews praise the engravings and etchings of Frank Brangwyn and Joseph Pennell.[1]
Sport
- March 5 â Rowing club HVK Gusar founded in Split
- May 1 â Football club NK Lokomotiva founded in Zagreb (as ŽŠK Viktorija)
Births
- February 15 â Ernest Dubac, footballer (died 1985)
- May 21 â Oton Gliha, painter (died 1999)
- July 16 â August LeÅ¡nik, footballer (died 1992)
- August 5 â Stjepan Å ulek, composer and conductor (died 1986)
- December 21 â Ivan GeneraliÄ, painter (died 1992)
Deaths
- February 11 â Armin PaviÄ, linguist (born 1844)
- March 2 â Franjo IvekoviÄ, linguist (born 1834)
- March 17 â Antun Gustav MatoÅ¡, writer (born 1873)
- June 8 â Tadija SmiÄiklas, historian (born 1843)
- September 15 â Franjo MarkoviÄ, philosopher (born 1845)
- October 26 â Fran GaloviÄ, writer (born 1887)
- December 16 â Ivan Zajc, composer (born 1832)
- December 27 â Pero Budmani, linguist (born 1835)