 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Nhoroondo yehuwandu hwevanhu veCroatia inoratidzirwa nekutama kwakakura, kutanga nekusvika kwevaCroats munzvimbo iyi. Maererano nebasa rinonzi De Administrando Imperio rakanyorwa nomuzana remakore rechi10 naMambo weByzantine Constantine VII, vaCroat vakasvika munharaunda yeCroatia yemazuva ano mukutanga kwezana remakore rechi7. Zvisinei, kutaura ikoko kunopokanidzwa, uye fungidziro dzinokwikwidzana dzinoisa chiitiko chacho pakati pezana ramakore rechi6 nerechi9. Pashure pokugadzwa kwesangano revanhu veCroatia neHungary muna 1102, uye kubatana neHumambo hweHabsburg muna 1527, vagari veHungary neGerman vanotaura muCroatia vakatanga kuwedzera zvishoma nezvishoma. Nzira dzokuita kuti vanhu vave vaMagyari uye kuti vave vaGermany dzaiva dzakasiyana-siyana asi dzakaramba dziripo kusvikira muzana remakore rechi20. Kukunda kwevaOttomanvakatanga kutamira kumadokero kwezvikamu zvevagari veCroatia; maBurgenland maCroat vazukuru vakananga vevamwe vevagari ivavo. Kuti vatsive vaCroat vaitiza, vaHabsburg vakakumbira vanhu veOrthodox vokuBosnia neSerbia kuti vaite basa rechiuto muCroatian Military Frontier. Kufamba kwevaSerbia kunharaunda ino kwakakwira panguva yeGreat Serb Migrations ya1690 na173739. Saizvozvowo, kutonga kweVenetian Republic muIstria neDalmatia, zvichitevera Hondo yeChishanu neyeChinomwe yeOttoman-Venetian yakatanga kukura zvishoma nezvishoma kwevanhu vanotaura chiItaly munzvimbo idzodzo. Kutevera kuparara kweAustria-Hungary muna 1918, vagari veHungary vakaderera, kunyanya munzvimbo dziri kuchamhembe kwerwizi rweDrava, kwavakamirira ruzhinji pamberi peHondo Yenyika I. 