Timeline of Skopje explained

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

Prior to 20th century

See also: Scupi.

• 6th C. CE - Skopje Fortress built.
• 518 CE - Earthquake.
• 6th C. CE - Town rebuilt; called "Justiniana Prima."
• 585-837 C. CE - Slavs in power.
• 837-1282 C. CE - Lot of Bulgarian rulers are missing. The city was capital of Bulgaria. Byzantine rule is missing. The city was capital of a Byzantine province called Bulgaria?!?
• 1282 - Serbs in power.
• 1346
  • Coronation of Stephen Uroš IV Dušan as Emperor of the Serbs.
  • Town becomes capital of the Serbian Empire.
  • Marko's Monastery established near town.
• 1366 - Serbian Vukašin Mrnjavčević in power.
• 1391 - Ottomans in power; town renamed "Üsküp" and becomes capital of the Ottoman Sanjak of Üsküb.
• 1392 - Pasha Yigit-Beg becomes governor of the Sanjak of Üsküb.
• 1415 - Ishak Bey becomes governor of the Sanjak of Üsküb.
• 1436 - Sultan Murad Mosque built.
• 1443 - Islamic library established.
• 1454 - Isa-Beg Isaković becomes governor of the Sanjak of Üsküb.
• 1465 - Madrasa of Ishak Beg established.
• 1467 - Kapan Han (caravanserai) active (approximate date).
• 1469 - Stone Bridge built.
• 1476 - Mosque of Isa Bey built.
• 1485 - Kodja Mustafa mosque built.
• 1492 - Mustafa Pasha Mosque built in the bazaar.
• 1495 - Karlozade mosque built.
• 1503 - Mosque of Yahya Pasha built.
• 1519 - Aladja Mosque built.
• 1555 - 1555 Skopje earthquake
• 1569 - Population: 10,525.
• 1572 - Political unrest.
• 1584 - Political unrest.
• 1595 - Political unrest.
• 1661 - Traveller Evliya Çelebi visits town.
• 1689 - October: Fire of Skopje 1689.
• 1803 - Mosque of Murat Pasha built.
• 1868 - Town becomes part of the Ottoman Prizren Vilayet.
• 1873 - Thessaloniki–Skopje railway begins operating.
• 1875 - Seat of the Prizren Vilayet relocated to Uskub from Pristina.
• 1877 - Town becomes part of the Ottoman Kosovo Vilayet.
• 1882 - Population: 34,152.
• 1888 - Belgrad-Nish-Skoplye railway begins operating.

20th century

• 1905 - Population: about 32,000.
• 1912
  • August: Albanians in power.
  • Spiro Hadzhi Ristic becomes mayor.
• 1913 - Serbs in power per Treaty of London.
• 1918 - Town becomes part of Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.
• 1921 - Population: 32,249.
• 1926 - Skopje Zoo opens.
• 1928 - Skopje International Airport opens
• 1929 - Josif Mihajlović becomes mayor.
• 1931 - Population: 64,807.
• 1936 - Freedom Bridge built.
• 1941
  • April: City taken by German forces.
  • Spiro Kitinchev becomes mayor.
• 1944
  • November 13 - Bulgarian Army captured the city, ejecting the Germans.^{[1] [2]}
  • Nova Makedonija newspaper begins publication.^[3]
  • Public hospital established.
  • Lazar Tanev becomes mayor.
• 1945 - City becomes capital of the Socialist Republic of Macedonia of Yugoslavia.
• 1946
  • Saints Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje established.
  • Association of Journalists of Macedonia headquartered in city.^[4]
• 1947 - City Stadium of Skopje opens.
• 1949
  • City becomes capital of Skoplje Oblast.
  • Museum of the City of Skopje founded in a former railway station.
  • Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje founded.
• 1953 - Population: 121,551.^[5]
• 1963
  • 26 July: 1963 Skopje earthquake.
  • Revolution Bridge built.
  • Contemporary Art Museum of Macedonia founded.
• 1967 - Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts headquartered in city.
• 1974 - Metodi Antonov becomes mayor.
• 1976 - City administration organized into five municipalities: Čair, Centar, Gazi Baba, Karpoš, and Kisela Voda.
• 1977 - Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus founded.
• 1978 - Tumba Madžari archaeological excavations begin.
• 1981
  • Transportation Center Skopje rebuilding completed.
  • Population: 408,143.^[6]
• 1984 - Macedonian Radio-Television Center built.
• 1986 - Jugoslav Todorovski becomes mayor.
• 1990 - Church of St. Clement of Ohrid consecrated.
• 1991 - Milan Talevski becomes mayor.
• 1992 - July: Political demonstration.^[7]
• 1993
  • City becomes capital of the Republic of Macedonia.
  • Library of Islamic Culture built.^[8]
  • United States Army Camp Able Sentry established near city.
• 1995 - Macedonian Stock Exchange established.
• 1996
  • City administration organized into seven municipalities: Čair, Centar, Gazi Baba, Gjorče Petrov, Karpoš, Kisela Voda, Šuto Orizari.
  • Yahya Kemal College established.
  • Risto Penov becomes mayor.
• 1997 - Center for Strategic Research and Documentation founded.
• 1998 - Albanian demonstration.^[9]
• 1999 - Euro-Balkan Institute headquartered in city.^[10]

21st century

• 2001
  • May: Political unrest.
  • June: Anti-NATO demonstration.^[11]
  • July: Anti-NATO demonstration.^[12]
  • August: Protest against Ohrid Agreement.^[13]
• 2002
  • May: Labour unrest.^[14]
  • Population: 506,926; metro 668,518.
• 2004
  • City administration organized into ten municipalities: Aerodrom, Butel, Čair, Centar, Gazi Baba, Ǵorče Petrov, Karpoš, Kisela Voda, Saraj, Šuto Orizari.
  • Press to Exit project space established.^[15]
• 2005
  • Dance Fest Skopje begins.
  • Trifun Kostovski becomes mayor.
• 2009
  • Memorial House of Mother Teresa opens.
  • Koce Trajanovski becomes mayor.
• 2010 - Skopje 2014 construction project announced.
• 2011
  • Skopje Airport new terminal and Museum of the Macedonian Struggle open.
  • Millennium Cross Cable Car begins operating.
  • Statue of Alexander the Great unveiled in Macedonia Square.^[16]
  • Cevahir Towers construction begins.
• 2012 - March: Ethnic unrest.
• 2013
  • March: Ethnic unrest.^[17]
  • Air pollution in Skopje reaches annual mean of 45 PM2.5 and 74 PM10, more than recommended.
• 2014 - Skopje 2014 extensive re-building project.
• 2016
  • 2016 Macedonian protests.
  • 2016 Macedonian floods

See also

• History of Skopje
• List of mayors of Skopje

References

This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia and Macedonian Wikipedia.

Bibliography

• Book: Edward Brown . A Brief Account of Some Travels in Hungaria, Servia, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Thessaly, Austria, Styria, Carinthia, Carniola, and Friuli . 1673 . London . Benj. Tooke . Skopia . https://books.google.com/books?id=_uhXAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA47 . Edward Browne (physician) .
  • Usküb . 27 . 811 . 1910 . . 1.
• Book: Catholic Encyclopedia . Archdiocese of Scopia . https://archive.org/stream/catholicencyclop13herbuoft#page/609/mode/1up . New York . 1913 . Anthony Lawrence Gancevic . Catholic Encyclopedia .
• Book: Üsküb . Fehim Bajraktarević . E.J. Brill . Encyclopaedia of Islam . 1936 . https://books.google.com/books?id=ro--tXw_hxMC . 1052+ . . Encyclopaedia of Islam . 9789004097940 .
• Book: Trudy Ring . Southern Europe . International Dictionary of Historic Places . 3 . 1996 . Fitzroy Dearborn . 31045650 . Skopje . Randall J. Van Vynckt . .
• Skopje . Cities . S. Bouzarovski . 2011 . 28 . 3 . 265–277 . 10.1016/j.cities.2010.05.002.
• Book: Roman A. Cybriwsky. Capital Cities around the World: An Encyclopedia of Geography, History, and Culture . 2013. . 978-1-61069-248-9 . Skopje . 281+ .

External links

• Europeana. Items related to Skopje, various dates.

Notes and References

1. Crawford, Steve. The Eastern Front Day by Day, 1941-45: A Photographic Chronology, Potomac Books, 2006,, p. 170: "November 13, 1944: Greece, land war. The Bulgarian First Army ejects Army Group E from Skopje although, as most Axis forces have left Greece, this does not trap the army group."
2. Stone & Ston; An online database of World War II, books and information on the Web since 1995: War Diary for Monday, 13 November 1944: "German forces withdraw from Skopje as Bulgarian 1st Army advances. Bulgarian 1st Army captures Skopje. Southern flank of the Russian Front, 1944-1945; Balkan campaigns, the Aegean, and the Adriatic, 1942-1945."
3. Web site: Global Resources Network . . Chicago, USA . 29 December 2013.
4. Web site: Members . Global Investigative Journalism Network . 29 December 2013.
5. Web site: Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants . Demographic Yearbook 1955 . . New York .
6. Book: https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/1980_round.htm . 1985 Demographic Yearbook . 1987 . United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office . New York . Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants . 247–289 .
7. Book: Europa World Year Book 2004 . 978-1857432534 . Taylor & Francis . https://books.google.com/books?id=gP_-8rXzQs8C&pg=PA2705 . Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia . 2004 .
8. Web site: Skopje . ArchNet.org . MIT School of Architecture and Planning . Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA . 29 December 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131230233413/http://archnet.org/library/places/one-place.jsp?place_id=2128 . 30 December 2013 . dmy-all .
9. News: Macedonia Profile: Timeline . 29 March 2012 . BBC News . 29 December 2013.
10. Web site: Think Tank Directory . Philadelphia, USA . . 28 December 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131110100006/http://thinktanks.fpri.org/ . 10 November 2013 . dmy-all .
11. Web site: U.S. Wades Into Macedonian Conflict and Skopje Erupts . 25 June 2001 . New York Times .
12. Web site: Mobs Protest In Macedonia . 25 July 2001 . New York Times .
13. Web site: Violence on Both Sides in Macedonia Mars Peace Accord . 10 August 2001 . New York Times .
14. Web site: Global Nonviolent Action Database . . Pennsylvania, USA . 29 December 2013 .
15. Web site: Macedonia . Art Spaces Directory . New York . . 29 December 2013.
16. Web site: Skopje Journal: Weary of Greek Pressure, Macedonia Claims a Hero . 4 July 2011 . New York Times .
17. Web site: Ethnic Albanians clash with police in Macedonia . 2 March 2013 . Reuters .