History
The territory of Virovitica County was part of the Kingdom of Croatia when it entered into personal union with the Kingdom of Hungary in 1102, and with it became part of the Habsburg Monarchy in 1526. The County was re-established in 1718, after it was retaken from Ottoman rule. In 1918 (confirmed by the Treaty of Trianon 1920), the county became part of the newly formed Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later Yugoslavia). Since 1991, when Croatia became independent from Yugoslavia, the county is part of Croatia.
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