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  1. c. 130,000 years ago, Neanderthals in Krapina made jewellery from eagle talons. Radovčić et al., Evidence for Neandertal Jewelry: Modified White-Tailed Eagle Claws at Krapina, PLOS ONE 2015 · Hrvatska enciklopedija, krapinski pračovjek · Radovčić et al., Surface analysis of an eagle talon from Krapina, Scientific Reports 10:6329, 2020 · Hrvatska enciklopedija, Gorjanović-Kramberger, Dragutin · Smithsonian Human Origins Program, Krapina 3 · Radovčić D, Oros Sršen A, Radovčić J, Frayer DW, Evidence for Neandertal jewelry: modified white-tailed eagle claws at Krapina, PLoS One 2015, PMID 25760648 · Museums of Hrvatsko zagorje, Krapina Neanderthal Museum, 124th anniversary page
  2. 2010, The first draft of the Neanderthal genome was read mostly from bones in a Croatian cave. Green et al., A draft sequence of the Neandertal genome, Science 2010 · Prüfer et al., A high-coverage Neandertal genome from Vindija Cave in Croatia, Science 2017 · Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2022, press release
  3. c. 1280, Medieval Dubrovnik paid its doctors from public money, when the usual fee was a chicken. Fairer and healthier world for everyone: lessons from the Dubrovnik Republic. Croatian Medical Journal 2021 · Bakija-Konsuo A, Marlais M. A brief history of dermatovenereology in Dubrovnik. Acta Dermatovenerol Croat 2012 · Dubrovnik. Wikipedia · Borovečki A, Lang S. Zdravstvene i socijalne institucije staroga Dubrovnika. Revija za socijalnu politiku 2001, 8:301-8
  4. 1317, The pharmacy of the Friars Minor in Dubrovnik dates from 1317, and it survives in the friary on the Stradun. Ljekarništvo. Hrvatska enciklopedija · Andrija Nikić, Pharmacy of Friars Minor in Dubrovnik as Franciscan contribution to the history of pharmacy. Acta medico-historica Adriatica 4(1), 2006 · Paulina Kamm, Europas älteste Apotheken. Pharmazeutische Zeitung, 7 Aug 2026
  5. 1377, Dubrovnik became the first city in the world to bring in quarantine without stopping its trade. Etymologia: Quarantine. Emerging Infectious Diseases · Karantena. Hrvatska enciklopedija · Fairer and healthier world for everyone: lessons from the Dubrovnik Republic. Croatian Medical Journal 2021 · Lazzarettos of Dubrovnik. Wikipedia · Lazaret. Hrvatska enciklopedija
  6. 1432, In 1432 Dubrovnik opened a home for abandoned babies, with turning wheels built into its walls. Ljetopis socijalnog rada 15(3), 2008, From an orphanage to the Home for Children and Young Adults Maslina · Rina Kralj-Brassard, Pozornice milosrđa: smještaj zgrada dubrovačkog nahodišta · Leksikon Marina Držića, Nahodište · Kralj-Brassard and Puljizević, Clandestine birth, Dubrovnik Annals 16
  7. 1696, An orphan from Dubrovnik became physician to the Pope. Baglivi, Đuro. Hrvatski biografski leksikon · Crespi M. Baglivi, Giorgio. Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, vol. 5 · Giorgio Baglivi. Wikipedia
  8. 1826, A skin disease known to doctors worldwide is named after the island of Mljet. Bakija-Konsuo A. Mal de Meleda: through history and today. Acta Dermatovenerol Croat 2014 · Gjurasić M. Meleda disease: historical shifts in perception. Acta Med Hist Adriat 2010 · Stulli, Luko. Hrvatska enciklopedija · Borovečki A, Pavlović C. 200th anniversary of the poem Vaccinatio by Luko Stulli. Croatian Medical Journal 2004 · Bakija-Konsuo A et al. Luko Stulli and his endorsement of vaccination. Acta Med Hist Adriat 2026 · Borovečki A, Lang S. Revija za socijalnu politiku 2001, 8:301-8
  9. 1458, A merchant from Dubrovnik described double-entry bookkeeping decades before the man usually credited with it. Hrvatska enciklopedija, Kotruljević, Benedikt · Hrvatski biografski leksikon, Kotruljević, Benedikt · Treccani, Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Cotrugli, Benedetto · Yamey BS, Benedetto Cotrugli on bookkeeping
  10. c. 1510–1520, The earliest known use of the word “psychology” is by a poet from Split. d'Isa R, Abramson CI, The origin of the phrase comparative psychology: an historical overview, Frontiers in Psychology 2023, 14:1174115 · Hrvatska enciklopedija, Marulić, Marko · Wikipedia, Psychology
  11. 1603–1608, In a cave near Dubrovnik, Getaldić built a mirror that melted lead and silver with sunlight. MacTutor History of Mathematics, Marino Ghetaldi · Hrvatski biografski leksikon, Getaldić, Marin · Hrvatska enciklopedija, Getaldić, Marin
  12. 1611, Isaac Newton credited a Croatian archbishop with explaining the rainbow. Isaac Newton, Opticks, Book I Part II Prop. IX · Hrvatska enciklopedija, Dominis, Markantun de
  13. c. 1615, One of the earliest printed parachute designs was drawn by a bishop from Šibenik. Hrvatska enciklopedija, Vrančić, Faust · Hrvatska tehnička enciklopedija, Vrančić, Faust · Library of Congress, Homo volans, engraving, catalogue record · Wikipedia, Fausto Veranzio · Lynn White Jr., The Invention of the Parachute, Technology and Culture 9(3):462-467, 1968
  14. 1742–1744, When cracks spread through the dome of St Peter’s, the Pope asked three mathematicians. britannica.com/biography/Ruggero-Giuseppe-Boscovich · mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Boscovich · treccani.it/enciclopedia/ruggero-giuseppe-boscovich_(Dizionario-Bio… · irb.hr/eng/Education/Ruder-Josip-Boskovic · hbl.lzmk.hr/clanak/boskovic-rudjer-josip · theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/16/dubrovnik-airport-rename-ruder-bo… · airport-dubrovnik.hr · en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Boscovich,… · it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cupola_di_San_Pietro
  15. 1750s, Before Gauss and Legendre, he fitted a line through messy measurements, a method statisticians still use. treccani.it/enciclopedia/ruggero-giuseppe-boscovich_(Dizionario-Bio… · en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Boscovich,… · britannica.com/biography/Ruggero-Giuseppe-Boscovich · irb.hr/eng/Education/Ruder-Josip-Boskovic · hbl.lzmk.hr/clanak/boskovic-rudjer-josip · mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Boscovich · econ.uiuc.edu/~roger/research/galton/Galton.pdf · econ.uiuc.edu/~roger/research/rq/QReco.pdf · en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Joseph_Boscovich
  16. 1758, He proposed that matter is made of points held apart by a single law of force. treccani.it/enciclopedia/ruggero-giuseppe-boscovich_(Dizionario-Bio… · mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Boscovich · en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Boscovich,… · irb.hr/eng/Education/Ruder-Josip-Boskovic · en.wikisource.org/wiki/Kinetic_Theories_of_Gravitation/Faraday,_1844 · en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_1885-1900/… · en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_1912_suppl… · en.wikisource.org/wiki/Popular_Science_Monthly/Volume_69/July_1906/… · theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/16/dubrovnik-airport-rename-ruder-bo… · airport-dubrovnik.hr · irb.hr/eng/About-RBI · planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/831
  17. 1856, Nikola Tesla, whose name is the unit used to rate MRI magnets, was born in Smiljan. IEEE Engineering and Technology History Wiki, Nikola Tesla · Hrvatska enciklopedija, Tesla, Nikola · Memorial Center Nikola Tesla, Smiljan · US FDA guidance on MR diagnostic devices
  18. 1864–1866, The modern torpedo was developed in Rijeka in the 1860s, from an idea by a local naval officer. Hrvatska enciklopedija, Lupis, Ivan Blaž · Hrvatska tehnička enciklopedija, Lupis, Ivan Blaž · Grace's Guide to British Industrial History, Robert Whitehead
  19. 1874–1880, Asteroids were discovered from a telescope in Pula, among them Kleopatra. NASA JPL Small-Body Database, 136 Austria · NASA JPL Small-Body Database, 216 Kleopatra · NASA NSSDC, Astronomers Catch Images of Giant Metal Dog Bone Asteroid, 4 May 2000 · Wikipedia, Johann Palisa · ESO, eso2113e, the moons of Kleopatra
  20. 1887, An Istrian physics teacher built an electric speed recorder, a forerunner of the taximeter and tachograph. Hrvatska enciklopedija, Belušić, Josip · Hrvatska tehnička enciklopedija, Belušić, Josip
  21. 1892, The fingerprint system that solved a double murder was devised by a man born on Hvar. Visible Proofs: Juan Vucetich. US National Library of Medicine · Vučetić, Ivan. Hrvatska enciklopedija · Juan Vucetich. Wikipedia · Gambini H. La masacre de Necochea que dio origen a las huellas digitales. Clarín, 8 July 2016 · US National Library of Medicine, Visible Proofs exhibition, Juan Vucetich
  22. 1895, In 1895 Šibenik switched on one of the first complete multiphase alternating-current systems in the world. IEEE Milestone, Krka-Šibenik Electric Power System, 1895 · Krka National Park, Hidroelektrana Krka · Hrvatska tehnička enciklopedija, hidroenergetski sustavi
  23. 1906, A Zagreb engineer filed his automatic pencil for a patent in 1906. Hrvatska enciklopedija, Penkala, Slavoljub Eduard · Hrvatska tehnička enciklopedija, Penkala, Slavoljub Eduard
  24. 1909, The boundary between the Earth’s crust and mantle was discovered in Zagreb. Hrvatska enciklopedija, Mohorovičić, Andrija · Hrvatski biografski leksikon, Mohorovičić, Andrija
  25. 1926–1948, A doctor from a Slavonian village chaired the commission that set up the World Health Organization. Štampar, Andrija. Hrvatska enciklopedija · Dugac Ž et al. Role of Andrija Štampar in building the World Health Organization. Croatian Medical Journal 2008 · Ružić A, Dugac Ž. Andrija Štampar as President of the Interim Commission of the WHO. Acta Med Hist Adriat 2023 · Kujundžić Tiljak M. The 90th anniversary of Andrija Štampar School of Public Health. Croatian Medical Journal 2017 · Škola narodnog zdravlja "Andrija Štampar". Wikipedia · Škola narodnog zdravlja Andrija Štampar. Hrvatska enciklopedija
  26. 1939, A cooper’s son from Vukovar won the Nobel Prize. Leopold Ruzicka, Biographical. NobelPrize.org · Ružička, Lavoslav. Hrvatska enciklopedija · Ružička, Lavoslav. Hrvatski biografski leksikon · Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1939, summary
  27. 1941, The cage molecule behind drugs for Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease was first synthesised in Zagreb. Prelog, Vladimir. Hrvatska enciklopedija · Vladimir Prelog, Biographical. NobelPrize.org · Prelog, Vladimir. Hrvatski biografski leksikon · PubChem, amantadine · PubChem, memantine · MedlinePlus, memantine · MedlinePlus, amantadine · Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1975, summary · Prelog V, Seiwerth R, Über die Synthese des Adamantans, Berichte der deutschen chemischen Gesellschaft 74:1644-1648, 1941
  28. 1968, A measles vaccine strain made in Zagreb still protects children in India. Raising epidemiological awareness: measles/MMR susceptibility in Hungarian and Croatian populations. Vaccines · A review of safety and immunogenicity of a novel MMR vaccine. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics 2024 · Ikić, Drago. Hrvatska enciklopedija
  29. 1980, Azithromycin, sold worldwide as Zithromax, was invented in Zagreb. Azitromicin. Hrvatska enciklopedija · Jelić D, Antolović R. From erythromycin to azithromycin. Antibiotics 2016 · US Patent 4,517,359 · Kobrehel, Gabrijela. Hrvatska enciklopedija · US Patent 4,328,334
  30. Plexus Week 2026, dates, places and figures medx.hr/plexus · medx.hr/plexus-gala · medx.hr/building-bridges
  31. Map positions of Mrkan, Cavtat and Novinarski dom Wikidata Q1988669 · Wikidata Q221350 · OpenStreetMap relation 1847511

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