1895 visit by Emperor Franz Joseph to Zagreb

Visit by the Austrian Emperor to Croatia marked by local protests March 2024 thumb|250px|Painting by Vlaho Bukovac commemorating the visit On the initiative of Croatian ban Károly Khuen-Héderváry,Aralica 2003 in mid-October 1895 Austro-Hungarian Emperor Franz Joseph visited Zagreb, at the time the capital of the Kingdom of Croatia–Slavonia, in order to attend the opening of the Croatian National Theatre. A group of Croatian students used the visit to protest the rule of the Hungarian Khuen-Héderváry as Croatian ban. They were led by Stjepan Radić, who would later form the influential Croatian People's Peasant Party. Events thumb|left|The main triumphal arch, erected for the occasion, was decorated with a Hungarian flag, which was widely resented among the Croatian opposition.Racko 1990 234 The emperor arrived in Zagreb by train on October 14, 1895. Upon his arrival a group of students chanted "Slava Jelačiću" ("Glory to Jelačić"), in reference to the former Croatian ban Josip Jelačić who had risen up against the Hungarians in the Revolutions of 1848. That day the emperor attended the unveiling ceremonial completion of the Croatian National Theatre.1895 at the Croatian National Theatre Music by Ivan Zajc was subsequently performed inside the theatre. The following day, the emperor attended an honorary dance at the Kolo building. On this day a group of students led by Stjepan Radić, then a 24-year-old student of the Faculty of Law, planned a burning of the Hungarian tricolour. On October 16, the final day of the imperial visit, the students marched to Ban Jelačić Square where they chanted "Živio hrvatski kralj Franjo Josip I" ("Long live Croatian king Franz Joseph I"), "Slava Jelačiću" and "Abzug Magjari" ("Away with Hungarians"). They doused the Hungarian tricolour in brandy and set it on fire. They then marched towards the University of Zagreb. The city police soon informed ban Khuen-Héderváry of the act, and he ordered that the students be arrested. By the end of the following day, 24 were arrested, Radić among them.Aralica 2003 Aftermath The students were subsequently charged for the incident. Stjepan Radić was sentenced to six months in jail, Gjuro Balaško to five, and Milan Dorwald, Osman Hadžić, Vladimir Vidrić, Josip Šikutrić, Vladimir Frank and Ivo Frank to four months, while others (including Milan Heimerl, Živko Bertić, and Gjuro Červar) were mostly sentenced to two months. The students were all barred from the University of Zagreb while Stjepan Radić was barred from all universities in the empire.Aralica 2003Šicel 1983 This led him to continue his studies abroad in Paris. The other students went to the Charles University in Prague and the University of Vienna. These students would form the basis of the Croatian Moderna and the Progressive Youth, a cultural and a political movement respectively, active at the turn of the century, characterized by anti-traditionalism, cosmopolitanism, and focus on artistic freedom.https://www.enciklopedija.hr/clanak/moderna moderna Croatian Encyclopedia Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography Zagreb hr 16 January 2018 In 1897, the Prague group of students began publishing Hrvatska misao hr Hrvatska misao (časopis, Prag) Hrvatska misao, while in 1898 the Vienna students began publishing Mladost.Marjanović 2002 The flag burning also resulted in a schism within the Party of Rights. Its leader Fran Folnegović distanced himself from the incident, and the dissenters, headed by Ante Starčević and Josip Frank, formed a splinter party, Croatian Pure Party of Rights.https://zbl.lzmk.hr/?p=3412 FRANK, Josip (Josef, Josif) Židovski biografski leksikon Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography hr 27 January 2020 The flag burning incident impacted the coverage of the celebration of the Hungarian Millenium in 1896 in Croatia, but the business community still participated at the exposition in Budapest, which later led to the creation of the Art Pavilion in Zagreb.Holjevac Rimac 2011 48 See also Unveiling of the Gundulić monument (1893) Notes 30em References http://www.hrvatski-vojnik.hr/hrvatski-vojnik/952003/sablja.asp Svečana sablja sveučilišnih građana zagrebačkog sveučilišta iz 1895. godine Hrvatski vojnik 95 May 2003 Aralica Tomislav hr Honorary saber of the university students of 1895 12 January 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20120212082613/http://www.hrvatski-vojnik.hr/hrvatski-vojnik/952003/sablja.asp 2012-02-12 dead https://hrcak.srce.hr/73980 Europska književnost i umjetnost u časopisu Mladost Marjanović Stanislav Dani Hvarskoga kazališta 28 1 247–257 2002 hr PDF 15 January 2020 http://hrcak.srce.hr/57029 Spaljivanje mađarske zastave 1895. godine u Zagrebu Racko Ljerka Radovi Zavoda za hrvatsku povijest 23 1 233–246 October 1990 hr PDF 27 June 2017 https://hbl.lzmk.hr/clanak/bertic-zivko Bertić, Živko Croatian Biographical Lexicon Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography hr Miroslav Šicel 1983 17 January 2024 https://hrcak.srce.hr/en/103098 hr Zemlje ugarske krune u doba mađarskoga milenija Lands of the Holy Crown of Hungary at the time of the Hungarian Millenium Željko Holjevac Marko Rimac Croatian Historical Society Historijski zbornik 64 1 2011 Category:History of Zagreb Visit Of Emperor Franz Joseph To Zagreb, 1895 Category:Diplomatic visits by heads of state Category:October 1895 in Europe