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The Slovakian priest Stephen Furdek encouraged the Marijin Spolek members to fund a Slovene church, which laid the groundwork for St. Vitus's Church. [11] The church was named after its founding priest, Vitus Hribar, who moved from Kamnik, Slovenia at the request of Turk to provide church service in Slovenian to the growing
The peak of emigration from what is now Slovenia was between 1860 and 1914; during this period, between 170,000 and 300,000 left areas that are now part of Slovenia. [6] By 1880 there were around 1,000 Slovene Americans, many of whom worked in the Upper Midwest as miners; within 30 years, about 30,000 to 40,000 Slovenian immigrants lived in the ...
The Slovene National Benefit Society, known in Slovenian as Slovenska narodna podporna jednota, and by its Slovene initials S.N.P.J. is an ethnic fraternal benefit and social organization for Slovene immigrants and their descendants in the United States. [1] Founded in 1904, it is headquartered in suburban Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA near ...
On 25 May 2022, Slovenia’s parliament voted to appoint the leader of Freedom Movement, Robert Golob, as the new Prime Minister of Slovenia to succeed Janez Janša. [64] In November 2022, Natasa Pirc Musar, liberal candidate and lawyer, won the second round of Slovenia's presidential election, becoming Slovenia's first female president. [65]
Antonija Höffern (née Baraga; 4 February 1803 – 21 May 1871) was a Slovenian noblewoman and educator who is credited as being the first Slovenian woman to immigrate to the United States, doing so in 1837.
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This is a timeline of Slovenian history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Slovenia and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of Slovenia. See also the list of presidents of Slovenia. third century BC Year Date Event 250 BC The Celtic La Tène culture comes to the territories of modern Slovenia, replacing the ...