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In 1918–1920, a series of '''riots''' took place in the city of Spalato, today called '''Split''' which is now part of modern [[Croatia]]. The incident was between [[Dalmatian Italians]] and local  Slavs fighting for the control of the city.

In 1918–1920, a series of '''riots''' took place in the city of Spalato, today called '''Split''' <ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Split,_Croatia|title=Split, Croatia, 2011. Mon. 03 Oct. 2011. |date=[[2011]]|accessdate=2011-10-03}}</ref> which is now part of modern [[Croatia]]. The incident was between [[Dalmatian Italians]] and local  Slavs fighting for the control of the city.

==Political background==

==Political background==

[[Image:antonio.bajamonti.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Antonio Bajamonti-the last Italian major of Split]]

[[Image:antonio.bajamonti.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Antonio Bajamonti-the last Italian major of Split]]

The ''the riots of Spalato'' were a group of violent  events – related to antiitalianism – that happened in Split between 1918 and 1920 and that resulted in the killing of '''Captain Tommaso Gulli''' of the [[Italy|Italian]] navy ship "Puglia" (and a sailor named Aldo Rossi). He was hit on July 11, 1920 and was dead the next morning.

The ''the riots of Spalato'' were a group of violent  events, related to antiitalianism that happened in Split between 1918 and 1920 and that resulted in the killing of '''Captain Tommaso Gulli''' of the [[Italy|Italian]] navy ship "Puglia" (and a sailor named Aldo Rossi). He was hit on July 11, 1920 and was dead the next morning.

These battles belong to a centuries-long struggle for the control of the Adriatic eastern coast between Slavs (mainly Croats and [[Slovenia|Slovenians]]) and Italians. A struggle that hugely increased during the [[Austria|Austro]]-Hungarian Empire, when the Italian irredentism and the Slavic nationalism at the end of the XIX century created a bloody confrontation in the Adriatic area.  

These battles belong to a centuries-long struggle for the control of the Adriatic eastern coast between Slavs (mainly Croats and [[Slovenia|Slovenians]]) and Italians. A struggle that hugely increased during the [[Austria|Austro]]-Hungarian Empire, when the Italian irredentism and the Slavic nationalism at the end of the XIX century created a bloody confrontation in the Adriatic area.