<P> The oldest settlement located near today 's Zagreb was a Roman town of Andautonia , now Šćitarjevo , which existed between the 1st and the 5th century AD . The first recorded appearance of the name Zagreb is dated to 1094 , at which time the city existed as two different city centres : the smaller , eastern Kaptol , inhabited mainly by clergy and housing Zagreb Cathedral , and the larger , western Gradec , inhabited mainly by craftsmen and merchants . Gradec and Kaptol were united in 1851 by ban Josip Jelačić , who was credited for this , with the naming the main city square , Ban Jelačić Square in his honour . During the period of former Yugoslavia , Zagreb remained an important economic centre of the country , and was the second largest city . After Croatia declared independence from Yugoslavia , Zagreb was proclaimed its capital . </P>
<P> The oldest settlement located near today 's Zagreb was a Roman town of Andautonia , now Šćitarjevo , which existed between the 1st and the 5th century AD . The first recorded appearance of the name Zagreb is dated to 1094 , at which time the city existed as two different city centres : the smaller , eastern Kaptol , inhabited mainly by clergy and housing Zagreb Cathedral , and the larger , western Gradec , inhabited mainly by craftsmen and merchants . Gradec and Kaptol were united in 1851 by ban Josip Jelačić , who was credited for this , with the naming the main city square , Ban Jelačić Square in his honour . During the period of former Yugoslavia , Zagreb remained an important economic centre of the country , and was the second largest city . After Croatia declared independence from Yugoslavia , Zagreb was proclaimed its capital . </P>
when did zagreb become the capital of croatia
when did zagreb become the capital of croatia
After Croatia declared independence from Yugoslavia
After Croatia declared independence from Yugoslavia