Timeline of Kumanovo

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Kumanovo, Macedonia.

Prehistory

Megalithic Observatory Kokino

• Kostoperska karpa settlement established
• Bronze Age Gradiste settlement established
• Neolithic site of Mlado Nagoričane settlement established
• Iron Age tumulus Groblje at Vojnik established

Antic Period

• (148BC-330AD) Kumanovo area under Roman Empire
  • Roman Necropolis Drezga of Lopate established
  • Roman Settlement Vicianus at village of Klečovce established

Early Middle Ages

• (330-836) Kumanovo area under  Byzantium
  • Slavic tribes arrived: Berziti

Middle Ages

• 

  Emperor Basil II

• 

  Monastery Karpino

• 

  St. George

• 

  Cumans

• 

  Emperor Stefan Dušan

• 

  Principality of Velbazhd

• old Žegligovo settlement established
• (836-1018) Kumanovo under First Bulgarian Empire
• 1020 Basil II in Kozjak established local episcopate from Archbishopric of Ohrid^[1]
• (1018-1204) Kumanovo under  Byzantium
  • 1071 St. George monastery built
• 1094 Cumani tribe settled the area^[2] (It's believed the name Kumanovo came from this tribe)
• (1207-1217) Kumanovo under Second Bulgarian Empire
• 1313 Matejče Monastery built
• (1346-1371) Kumanovo under  Serbian Empire
  • 4th century Karpino Monastery built
• (1373-1395) Kumanovo under sevastokrator Dejan's Principality of Velbazhd

 Ottoman Empire

• 

  Kodza Mehmet Beg Mosque

• 

  Evliya Celebi

• 

  Karposh

• 

  Eski Mosque

• 

  St. Nikolas

• 

  VMRO seal

• 

  Holy Trinity

• (1395-1912) Kumanovo under Ottoman Empire
• 1415 Halit Efendi Mosque built
• 1463 Kumanovo under Sanjak of Skopje till 1912
• 16th century Karpino Monastery built
• 1519 First time the name Kumanovo appears in documents
• 1586/96 Kodza Mehmet Beg Mosque built
• 1660 Evlija Celebi visits Kumanovo
• 1689
  • Karposh's Rebellion
  • Kumanovo Fortress built
  • Selim I Giray retakes Kumanovo
• 18th century Kumanovo Clock Tower built
• 1751 Eski Mosque built
• 1773 Jusuf Efendi Mosque built
• 1805 Gavril Kratovac established the first school^[3]
• 1810 population: 800 by: Gomera
• 1833 Dimitrije Mladenovich established as Protoiereus^[4]
• 1835 population: 5,000 by: Dupničanin
• 1851 St. Nicholas church built
• 1867 Kosovo Vilayet (Kumanovo Kaza) established (Vali Ibrahim Edhem Pasha)
• 1873 Kumanovo is connected by rail with Solun^[5]
• 1877 Kosovo Vilayet established
• 1878 Kumanovo Uprising
• 1885 population: 7,000 by: Bjankoni
• 1894 IMRO organize a committee in Kumanovo in the house of Jordan Jovčev
• 1899 Goce Delchev visits Kumanovo
• 1900 population: 14,530 by: Knčev
• 1902 Holy Trinity church built
• 1903 Vlach school established^[6]
• 1904 Fight on Šuplji Kamen
• 1905
  • Fight in Tabanovce
  • Fight on Čelopek
• 1907 population: 15,000 by: Hadzi Vasiljevič

Balkan Wars

Monument Zebrnjak

• 1912 Battle of Kumanovo vs.
• 1913 Kumanovo under  Serbia, see Treaty of London

First World War

• 1915,
  • 9 Oct 1915 - 24 Sep 1918 under  Bulgaria, (Georgi Stojanov Todorov, Racho Petrov Stojanov, Stefan Toshev Toshev)
  • Ovče Pole Offensive
• 1918 Kumanovo under  Serbia

 Yugoslavia

• 1920 FK Shparta established ^[7]:173
• 1921
  • Gymnasium established ^[7]:169
  • Hristijan Todorovski Karpoš born
• 1924 FK Kumanovo established
• 1926
  • Electricity arrived^[7]:160
  • Church St. Petka built
• 1928
  • Lenche Kumanovche published^[8]
• 1929
  • 9 Oct. part of Vardar Banovina^[9]
  • Kjira Manevich elected mayor^[10]
• 1930 Zanaetchiski Dom established^[7]:167
• 1931 Sports Hall Sokolana built
• 1934
  • Two public execution in Kumanovo^[11]
  • Town Hospital established, gift from Nikola Spasich^[7]:250
• 1937 Zebrnjak monument built

Second World War

• 

  Map of Bulgaria WWII

• 

  Georg Stumme

• 

  Heinz Scheurlen

• 

  Dedo Ivan

• 

  M. Apostolski

• 1941
  • 8 Apr - 19 Apr, under Nazi Germany (Georg Stumme)
  • 19 Apr 1941 - 7 Sep 1944 under  Bulgaria (Nikola Mihov Mikhailov, Anton Kozarov , Dimităr Raev, Toma Petrov)
  • Anti-fascist insurrection started
  • Dedo Ivan newspaper established ^[7]:265
  • Oktobris newspaper established ^[7]:265
• 1944
  • 7 Sep - 12 Nov, under Nazi Germany (Heinz Scheurlen, Karl Hubert Lanz )
  • February March
  • Hristijan Todorovski Karpoš killed

SR Macedonia

• 

  Tito

• 

  KK Kumanovo

• 

  FK Bashkimi

• 

  Memorial Ossuary

• 

  Polog and Kumanovo

• 1944 Zitomel company established ^[7]:229
• 1945
  • Krsto Lazarov Konjushki executed^[12]
  • Teodosiy Dzhartov executed
  • Kumanovo Library established
  • Tane Georgievski Library established ^[7]:257
  • Pobeda company established ^[7]:220 Later renamed CIK
• 1946
  • KIK company established ^[7]:225
  • KK Kumanovo established
• 1947
  • Jug Turist company established ^[7]:233
  • DIER company established ^[7]:222 later renamed "Dimche Erebica"
  • Iskara company established ^[7]:218
  • FK Bashkimi established
• 1948
  • Theater Kumanovo established
  • NAMA (or Naroden Magazin) company established ^[7]:233
  • Svetlina-Kumanovo company established ^[7]:233
  • Prosveta company established ^[7]:244
  • Population: 20,242
• 1951 Saltir Putinski elected mayor
• 1952 FZC 11 Oktomvri company established ^[7]:216
• 1953
  • Kozjak company established ^[7]:244
  • Population: 23,339
• 1954
  • Tekstilpromet company established ^[7]:233
  • Bibrok company established ^[7]:227
  • Kiro Fetak company established ^[7]:227
  • Biserka company established
  • 11 Noemvri company established ^[7]:218
• 1956 Lipkovo Dam completed ^[7]:246
• 1957
  • Memorial Ossuary built
  • Josip Broz Tito visit^[13]
• 1958
  • Diocese of Polog and Kumanovo established
  • Kozhara-Kumanovo company established ^[7]:218
  • 30 Juli company established ^[7]:222
• 1959 Josip Broz Tito 2nd brief visit^[14]

Red flag represents the great achievement of communism in Kumanovo

• 1960
  • ZIK company established ^[7]:229
  • Nace Bugjoni high school established
• 1961
  • Nash Vesnik newspaper established ^[7]:265
  • Josip Broz Tito 3rd visit^[15]
  • Population: 30,762
• 1962 Monument to the Revolution built
• 1963 Jezdimir Bogdanski elected mayor
• 1964
  • Boro Petrushevski - Papuchar tobacco company established ^[7]:233
  • Museum Kumanovo established
• 1965 Radio Kumanovo established ^[7]:265
• 1967 Agro-Kumanovo company established ^[7]:234
• 1970 Polet Company established ^[7]:222
• 1971
  • Kiril Installed as Metropolitan bishop of DPK
  • Population: 46,363
• 1972
  • KIB company company established ^[7]:236
  • Josip Broz Tito 4th visit^[16]
• 1974
  • House Museum of Hristijan Todorovski Karpoš established
  • Metodi Petrovski elected mayor
• 1976 Pioners Home 29 Noemvri established ^[7]:255
• 1980
  • Cultural Center Trajko Prokopiev established ^[7]:259
  • Sports Hall Kumanovo built
• 1981 Population: 60,842

 Macedonia

• 1990
  • Blage Kiprijanovski elected Mayor
  • Kumani established
  • FK Milano established
• 1993 TV Hana established
• 1994
  • RK Kumanovo reached the 1/8 finals at the EHF Cup Winners' Cup
  • Population: 65,233
• 1996
  • Boris Protikj elected Mayor
  • Lipkovo, Mlado Nagorichane, Oraashec and Klechovce divided as new Municipalities from Kumanovo
• 1997
  • Matejche Mosque built^[17]
• 1998
  • Days of Comedy theater festival established
  • Dragan Bogdanovski dies
• 1999 Kumanovo Agreement

21_st century

• 

  Special Police Unit

• 

  Special Police Unit

• 

  Batko Gjorgjija

• 

  Kumanovo and Osogovo

2000s

• 2000
  • Slobodan Kovachevski elected Mayor
  • St. George church built
• 2001
  • Albanian insurgency
    • Operation MH - 2, Operation Vaksince, Kumanovo Water Crisis
  • Kokino discovered
  • Orthodox cemetery desecrated in v.Opae^[18]
• 2002
  • Gymnasium bombing^[19][20]
  • Radio Bravo established
  • KK Kumanovo reached the play-off final in the Macedonian First League
  • Football player Stefan Tolevski (age 23) dies while playing a game on Gradski Stadium Kumanovo^[21]
  • population: 70,842
• 2003 Euro College established^[22]
• 2004
  • Daniel Markovski participated and came as runner up at the MRT reality TV show "Toa Sum Jas"^[23]
  • ASNOM Memorial Center built
  • Municipality of Orashec merged with Kumanovo Municipality
• 2005
  • Zoran Damjanovski elected Mayor (first term)
  • Goran Georgievski Mujo killed^[24]
  • Sasho Dimitrievski killed^[25]
  • New Mosque built
  • FC Bashkimi made it to the Q2 of UEFA Cup first time for a team from Kumanovo
• 2006
  • Church of St. George built
  • Josip Broz Tito Monument built
• 2008
  • Consecration of the newly build Cross in Kosmatac^[26]
  • Bajrushci Clan arrested^[27]
  • Northeastern Statistical Region built
• 2009
  • Zoran Damjanovski elected Mayor (second term)
  • Faculty of Business Administration established

2010s

• 2010 Hadzi Shefket Mosque built
• 2011 Romanian Embassy in Macedonia established Aliriza Osmani as Honorary council of Romania in Kumanovo^[28][29]
• 2012
  • KK Kumanovo started to compete for the first time in the regional BIBL League^[30]
  • FK Goblen established
• 2013
  • Kiril dies, Diocese of Polog and Kumanovo dissolved, Diocese of Kumanovo and Osogovo established, Joseph Installed as Metropolitan bishop of the DKO
  • Ploshtad newspaper established
  • Zoran Damjanovski elected Mayor (third term)
  • Kumanovo religious attacks
• 2014
  • Start of Rehabilitation of Section Kumanovo - Beljakovce, Railway Corridor VIII
  • Nezimci Clan arrested
  • Church St. Archangel Michael built
  • Police Station Bombing^[31][32]
  • Listeriosis outbreak

• 2015
  • K3 TV established
  • TV Plus established
  • Church of Resurrection of Christ built
  • Goshince attack
  • Kumanovo shootings
  • KK Kumanovo started to compete for the first time in the newly formed FIBA Europe Cup
  • Consecration of the church of Holy Martyr Cyriaca in Zubovce^[33]
  • Orthodox Church Ascension of Christ built in Dolno Kojnare^[34]
  • Consecration of the church of St Nicholas the Wonderworker in Umin Dol^[35]
  • Darko "Spejko" Petkovski won regional Big Brother
• 2016
  • Office of "Association of Macedonian-Bulgarian friendship" established^[36]
  • 8 Police officers posthumously awarded with Medal of Bravery^[37]
  • 10th annual "Gymnasiade 2016" was held in Kumanovo^[38]
  • Olympiacos F.C. Fans attack on Lukoil Gas Station in Kumanovo^[39]
  • Consecration of Orthodox Church of Ascension of Christ built in the village of Pcinja^[40]
  • Consecration of Orthodox Church of Ascension of Christ in the village of Dolno Konjare^[41]
  • Consecration of Orthodox Church of the Most Holy Theotokos in Studena Bara^[42]
  • Public swimming pool Kumanovo established

See also

List of mayors of Kumanovo

List of Metropolitans of Diocese of Kumanovo and Osogovo

Timeline of Skopje

References

Kumanovo
Geography	Skopska Crna Gora Gradištanska planina German mountain Kumanovo River Kojnarka River
History	Timeline of Kumanovo
Places of interest	Buildings Memorial Ossuary Zebrnjak Zanaetchiski Dom Kasapski Krug Clock Tower (former) Kumanovo Fortress (former) Monuments Batko Gjorgjija Chetiri Bandere Josip Broz Tito Woman Fighter Pero Chicho Magdalena Antova Ajduchka Cheshma Menkova Koliba Parks Gradski Park Sokolana Shetalishte - Kej Kumanovska Banja Squares Nova Jugoslavija Square Josip Broz Tito Square Bridges Iskta bridge Mitev bridge Sredorek bridge Streets Ivo Lola Ribar Nagorichki sokak Done Bozinov Proevski sokak 11 Oktomvri Ukjumat sokak Narodna Revolucija Pchinski pat Nikola Tesla Vranjsko dzade Ilindenska Romanovski sokak Cemetery Kumanovo Town Cemetery Muslim cemetery
Religion	Religious organizations MOC-OA IRC Orthodox Churches and Monasteries St. Nikolas Old church Holy Trinity New church St. Archangel Michael Karposh St. George Near cemetery St. Petka Bedinje Resurrection of Christ Inside cemetery St. Mina Proevce St. George Tromegje Nagorichane Monastery Karpino Monastery Matejche Monastery Sunni Mosques Cherkezi Mosque Willage Mosque D'lga Tatar Sinan Beg Mosque New Mosque Hadzi Shefket Mosque Osman Biligbash Mosque Lopate Romanovce Mosque Sopot Mosque Kodza Mehmet Beg Mosque Tabanovce Catholic church St. Therese of the Child Jesus Protestant church Evangelic church Adventist church Jehovah's witnesses Church
Museums and Cultural Buildings	Museum Kumanovo Cultural Center "Trajko Prokopiev" House Museum of Hristijan Todorovski Karpoš ASNOM Memorial Center Theater Kumanovo Art Gallery Kumanovo Rezhanovce Museum of folk costumes Kumanovo Library Kozjak cinema (former) Napredok cinema (former)
Local media	TV K3 TV+ KRT Festa Hana TV Nova (former) TVK (former) KTL (former) Radio Radio Bravo City FM (former) Newspaper Ploshtad newspaper (former) Nash Vesnik (former) Dedo Ivan (former) Oktobris (former)
Sport	Sport Centers Gradski Stadium Kumanovo Sports Hall Kumanovo Sports Hall Sokolana Milano Arena Public swimming pool Sport Teams FK Bashkimi (1947–2008) (2011) FK Goblen FK Kumanovo FK Milano KK Kumanovo RK Kumanovo FHC Kumanovo OC Kumanovo
Education	Euro College State University of Tetovo - Faculty of Business Administration
Events	Days of Comedy International Art Colony Pivtijada Summer Jazz Festival (former)
Economy and Transportation	List of companies in Kumanovo European route E75 Pan-European Corridor X Pan-European Corridor VIII Skopje "Alexander the Great" Airport Adzi Tepe Airport Kumanovo Bus Station Kumanovo Railway Station Mall Garnizon SUMA Shopping center Tush Market Ramstor Market Tinex Market
People	List of people from Kumanovo