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| 1924, Dec |
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| The government outlawed the most important Croat party, the Peasant Party, and imprisoned its leader, Stephen Radich. In March, after the government failed to win a majority in elections (Feb.), Radich, realizing he could garner Serbian support, accepted the constitution and agreed to work within the political system he had earlier fought to overthrow. He was released from prison and, making a deal with Pashich, joined a coalition government with long-time foes, the Radicals. | 1 |
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| 1927, June |
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| Rupture of relations with Albania, following repeated frontier incidents (See 1927, May–July). | 2 |
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| 1928, June 20 |
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| Stephen Radich, leader of the Croatian Peasant Party, and his associates were fired upon in Parliament by a Radical deputy. Radich died on Aug. 8. The Croat deputies withdrew from Parliament. | 3 |
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| Aug. 1 |
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| The Croats once more demanded the institution of a federal regime as the price of their cooperation. They then set up a separatist “parliament” at Zagreb and refused to have anything more to do with the Belgrade government (Oct.). All efforts of the king to effect a compromise ended in failure. | 4 |
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