Danica ilirska was the first Croatian literary magazine launched on 10 January 1835 as a weekly supplement to Novine horvatske newspaper in Zagreb, the Kingdom of Croatia.

[1] It was initially published under the title of Danicza horvatzka, slavonzka y dalmatinzka (Danica of Croatia, Slavonia and Dalmatia) and edited by a leader of the Croatian national revival Ljudevit Gaj.

[1] On 2 January 1836, the magazine was renamed Danica ilirska in reference to the name used by Count Janko Drašković in his Dissertation, the political programme of the Croatian national revival – which likewise became known as the Illyrian movement.

It was printed and once again in 1863–1867, when Gaj's son Velimir took over the editor's function and then shared those responsibilities with Antun Mažuranić, Dragutin Rakovac, Vjekoslav Babukić, Bogoslav Šulek, and Dimitrija Demeter.

One such poem, Horvatska domovina by Antun Mihanović first appeared on the front page of the issue published on 14 March 1835 – before it became the Croatian national anthem.