History of Croatia: Difference between revisions

{{Main|1527 election in Cetin|Kingdom of Croatia (Habsburg)|Budin Eyalet|Bosnia Eyalet|Kanije Eyalet|Kingdom of Slavonia|Triune Kingdom of Croatia|Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia|Illyrian Provinces|Kingdom of Dalmatia|Croatia during World War I}}A decisive battle between Hungarian army and the [[Battle of Mohács|Ottomans occurred on Mohács]] in 1526, where Hungarian king [[Louis II of Hungary|Louis II]] was killed and his army was destroyed. As a consequence, in November of the same year, the Hungarian parliament elected [[John Zápolya|János Szapolyai]] as the new king of Hungary. In December 1526, another Hungarian parliament elected Ferdinand Habsburg as King of Hungary.<ref>{{cite book |author=Robert A. Kann |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cG570mijBF4C&pg=PA611 |title=A History of the Habsburg Empire, 1526–1918 |publisher=[[University of California Press]] |year=1980 |isbn=9780520042063 |page=611}}</ref>

 

[[File:Isprava o izboru Ferdinanda I., Cetin 1527.jpg|thumb|200x200px|The 1527 Cetingrad Charter, preserved in the [[National Archives of Austria]] contains seals of most distinguished Croatian nobles such as: [[Ivan Karlović]], [[Nikola III Zrinski]] as well as seal with [[Croatian checkerboard]]. ]]

According to historian {{ill|Milan Kruhek|hr|lt=Milan Kruhek}}, the crucial decision determining next four centuries of Croatian history happened when Croatian nobles [[1527 election in Cetin|assembled in Cetingrad in 1527 and chose]] [[Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor|Ferdinand I]] of the [[House of Habsburg]] as the new ruler of Croatia. Albeit Habsburg delegation composed of Pavao Oberstein, [[Nikola Jurišić]] and Ivan Puchler arrived in [[Cetin Castle|Cetingrad]], Croatia, as early s [[Christmas Eve]] 1526, they had to wait, as Croat high dignitaries spent Christmas holidays at home. After finally assemblying on New Year's Eve 1526, Croats publicly proclaimed their decision on a mass held next day in Francisian Monastery in Cetin.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Kruhek |first=Milan |title=Cetin: grad izbornog sabora Kraljevine Hrvatske 1527. |publisher=Karlovačka žzpanija |year=1997 |isbn=953-97378-0-X}}</ref> In turn, the present Habsburg delegation confirmed that new Habsburg rulers will contribute to the defense of Croatia against the Ottomans, and respect its political rights.<ref name="Povijest-saborovanja" /><ref name="frucht422" /><ref name="archive.org">{{cite web |title=R. W. SETON -WATSON:The Southern Slav question and the Habsburg Monarchy page 18 |url=https://archive.org/stream/southernslavques00seto/southernslavques00seto_djvu.txt |access-date=24 April 2012}}</ref>