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TIMELINE OF THE HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY IN SLOVENIA AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD

1773 First written record of lodge in Trieste by the name of "Unity" ("La Concordia"). In 1774 it had twelve members. In 1774 it got its first Book of Constitutions as the first Scottish Lodge.
1776 Most probably the year of foundation of the lodge by the name of "First Harmony and Unity" ("L'Harmonie et Concorde universelle" or "Zur wahren Eintracht und Harmonie").
1782 The lodge "United Hearts" ("Zu den vereinigten Herzen") was founded in Maribor. It moved to Graz in 1783 where it has operated intermittently until today.
1785 The lodge "By Courage" (Zur Freiem Uthigkeit) operated in Gorica. It had fiften members in 1785. Most probably it was founded in 1784 and lasted only until 1786.
1792 In Ljubljana the lodge by the name of "Charity and Stability" ("Zur Wohltätigkeit und Standhaftigkeit") was founded. Gustav Brabbe published a paper on the lodge in the "Allgemeine österreichische Freimaurer Zeitung, III, Wien 1876". The source for his paper was a correspondence of this Lodge from the end of the 18th century.
1812 In Ljubljana the French-Illyrian lodge "Friends of the Roman King and Napoleon" ("Les Amis du Roi de Rome et de Napoleon") was founded. It ceased to exist with the demise of the Illyrian Provinces in the fall of 1813.
1940 The Grand Lodge of Yugoslavia founded the lodge "Valentin Vodnik" on 21st May in Ljubljana.
1941 Lodge "Valentin Vodnik" was put to sleep at the Occupation in 1941.
1992 Freemasonry was brought back to life after a long pause of fifty years on 21st March 1992 when the Dsignated lodge "Illyria" was founded in Vienna.
1993 On 18th December the first separate Designated lodge for Slovenia by the name of "Illyria" was founded with the permission of the Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Austria.
1994 Light was brought to the Designated lodge "Dialogus" on 5th March.
1996 On 2nd April two Lodges were constituted, "Dialogus" and "Žiga Zois" originating from the Designated lodge "Dialogus".
The Temple was erected in Slovenia. Light was brought in regular lodges "Dialogus" in "Žiga Zois" on 26th October in Orient Ljubljana.
1998 Light was brought to the regular lodge "Arcus" on 17th October in Orient Ljubljana.
1999 The Grand Lodge of Slovenia was founded on 16th October, when Light was brought to the Lodge.
2002 Light was brought in Designated Lodge "Hospitality" on 14th September in Orient Ljubljana.
  Light was brought in the regular Lodge "A.T. Linhart" on 16th November in Orient Bled.
2005 Designated Lodge "Hospitality" was abolished on 12th June.
  Lodge "A.T. Linhart" was abolished on 12th October in Orient Bled.
2006 Light was brought in the Designated Lodge "Združena srca" (United hearts) on 25th March in Orient Maribor after 224 years.