Ka tae mai nga Croats ki te rohe i te rautau 6th ka whakariterite i te rohe ki nga rangatira e rua i te rautau 9th. I mohiotia a Croatia hei whenua motuhake i te 7 o Hune 879 i te wa o te kingitanga o Duke Branimir. I noho a Tomislav hei kingi tuatahi i te 925, i whakaarahia a Croatia ki te mana o te rangatiratanga, i pupuri i tona mana rangatira mo te tata ki te rua rau tau. I te wa o te raru o te whakatipuranga i muri i te mutunga o te whare Trpović, ka uru atu ia ki te hononga whaiaro me Hungary i te 1102. I te 1527, i mua i te wikitoria a Ottoman, i pootihia e te Paremata o Croatia a Ferdinand I o Austria ki te torona o Croatia. I te Oketopa 1918, i nga ra whakamutunga o te Pakanga Tuatahi o te Ao, ko te State of Croats, Serbs and Slovenes, mai i Austria-Hungary, i whakapuakihia hei rangatiratanga motuhake i Zagreb, i te Tihema 1918 ka mohiotia ko Croatia i te rohe o Croatia.
te rau tau 6