# Timeline of Kumanovo

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

## Prehistory

* 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

* 600 BC – 217 BC Kumanovo area under Peoninan Kingdom
* (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 Byzantine Empire
** 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 under First Bulgarian Empire
* 1018–1204 under Byzantine Empire
* 1020 Basil II in Kozjak established local episcopate from Archbishopric of Ohrid
* 1071 St. George monastery built
* 1094 Cumani tribe settled the area (It's believed the name Kumanovo came from this tribe)
* 1207–1217 under Second Bulgarian Empire
* 1313 Matejče Monastery built
* 1346–1371 under Serbian Empire
* 14th century Karpino Monastery built
* 1373–1395 under Principality of Velbazhd

## Ottoman Empire

* Kodza Mehmet Beg Mosque
* Karposh
* Eski Mosque
* St. Nikolas
* VMRO seal
* Holy Trinity
* (1395–1912) Kumanovo under Ottoman Empire
* 1415 Halit Efendi Mosque built
* 1463 under Sanjak of Skopje until 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
* 1810 population: 800 by: Gomera
* 1833 Dimitrije Mladenovich established as Protoiereus
* 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
* 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

### 1900–1912

* Bulgarian exarchist school in Kumanovo 1900–1910
* Krustio Lazarov's Cheta in Kumanovo, 1908
* 1900 population: 14,530 by: Knčev
* 1902 Holy Trinity church built
* 1903 Vlach school established
* 1904 Fight on Šuplji Kamen
* 1905
** Fight in Tabanovce
** Fight on Čelopek
* 1907 population: 15,000 by: Hadzi Vasiljevič

## Balkan Wars

* Monument Zebrnjak
* Kumanovo, c. 1913
* Radomir Putnik Kumanovo Railway Station 1912
* 1912 Battle of Kumanovo Kingdom of Serbia vs. Ottoman Empire
* 1913 under Kingdom of Serbia, see Treaty of London

## First World War

* Poppy grow band, 1917
* 1915,
** 9 Oct 1915 – 24 Sep 1918 under Bulgaria, (Georgi Stojanov Todorov, Racho Petrov Stojanov, Stefan Toshev Toshev)
** Ovče Pole Offensive
* 1918 under Serbia
* 1919 May 6, Boro Menkov birth

## Kingdom of Yugoslavia

* Barracks of 22 Serbian Infantry Regiment, 1928
* Kumanovo 1930s
* Kumanovo 1930s
* Kumanovo and Skopie chetas IMARO
* 1920 FK Shparta established$^{:173}$
* 1921
** Gymnasium established$^{:169}$
** Hristijan Todorovski Karpoš birth
* 1922 October 14, Bajram Shabani birth
* 1923 June 28, construction started of Sports Hall Sokolana
* 1924 FK Kumanovo established
* 1926
** Electricity arrived$^{:160}$
** Church St. Petka built
* 1928
** Lenche Kumanovche published
* 1929
** 9 Oct. Vardar Banovina established
** Kjira Manevich elected mayor
* 1930 Zanaetchiski Dom established$^{:167}$
* 1931
** Sports Hall Sokolana built
** Momchilo Jovanovski born
* 1934
** Two public execution in Kumanovo
** Town Hospital established, gift from Nikola Spasich$^{:250}$
* 1937 Zebrnjak monument built

## Second World War

* Map of Bulgaria WWII
* Georg Stumme
* Heinz Scheurlen
* Dedo Ivan
* M. Apostolski
* Boro Menkov
* Hristijan Todorovski
* Bajram Shabani
* 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)
** 11 October Anti-fascist insurrection started
** 14 October Boro Menkov Killed in Action
** 14 October Bajram Shabani Killed in Action
** Dedo Ivan newspaper established$^{:265}$
** Oktobris newspaper established$^{:265}$
* 1944
** 7 Sep – 12 Nov, under Nazi Germany (Heinz Scheurlen, Karl Hubert Lanz )
** February March
** Hristijan Todorovski Karpoš killed

## Socialist Republic of Macedonia

* Tito
* Memorial Ossuary
* Polog and Kumanovo
* 1944 Zitomel company established$^{:229}$
* 1945
** Krsto Lazarov Konjushki executed
** Teodosiy Dzhartov executed
** Kumanovo Library established
** Tane Georgievski Library established$^{:257}$
** Pobeda company established$^{:220}$ Later renamed CIK
* 1946
** KIK company established$^{:225}$
** KK Kumanovo established
* 1947
** Jug Turist company established$^{:233}$
** DIER company established$^{:222}$ later renamed "Dimche Erebica"
** Iskara company established$^{:218}$
** FK Bashkimi established
* 1948
** Theater Kumanovo established
** NAMA (or Naroden Magazin) company established$^{:233}$
** Svetlina-Kumanovo company established$^{:233}$
** Prosveta company established$^{:244}$
** Population: 20,242
* 1951 Saltir Putinski elected mayor
* 1952 FZC 11 Oktomvri company established$^{:216}$
* 1953
** Kozjak company established$^{:244}$
** Population: 23,339
* 1954
** Tekstilpromet company established$^{:233}$
** Bibrok company established$^{:227}$
** Kiro Fetak company established$^{:227}$
** Biserka company established
** 11 Noemvri company established$^{:218}$
* 1956 Lipkovo Dam completed$^{:246}$
* 1957
** Memorial Ossuary built
** Josip Broz Tito visit
* 1958
** Diocese of Polog and Kumanovo established
** Kozhara-Kumanovo company established$^{:218}$
** 30 Juli company established$^{:222}$
* 1959 Josip Broz Tito 2nd brief visit
* 1960
** ZIK company established$^{:229}$
** Nace Bugjoni high school established
* 1961
** Nash Vesnik newspaper established$^{:265}$
** Josip Broz Tito 3rd visit
** Population: 30,762
* 1962 Monument to the Revolution built
* 1963 Jezdimir Bogdanski elected mayor
* 1964
** Boro Petrushevski – Papuchar tobacco company established$^{:233}$
** Museum Kumanovo established
* 1965 Radio Kumanovo established$^{:265}$
* 1967 Agro-Kumanovo company established$^{:234}$
* 1970 Polet Company established$^{:222}$
* 1971
** Kiril Installed as Metropolitan bishop of DPK
** Population: 46,363
* 1972
** KIB company established$^{:236}$
** Josip Broz Tito 4th visit
* 1974
** House Museum of Hristijan Todorovski Karpoš established
** Metodi Petrovski elected mayor
* 1976 Pioners Home 29 Noemvri established$^{:255}$
* 1980
** Cultural Center Trajko Prokopiev established$^{:259}$
** Sports Hall Kumanovo built
* 1981 Population: 60,842
* 1982 Momchilo Jovanovski elected Mayor
* 1986 Momchilo Jovanovski loses Mayor position

## North 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, Staro Nagoričane, Orašac and Klečovce seceded from Kumanovo and became Municipalities
* 1997 Matejche Mosque built
* 1998
** Days of Comedy theater festival established
* 1999 Kumanovo Agreement signed

## 21st century

* Batko Gjorgjija
* Kumanovo and Osogovo
* Logo of Northeastern Region of Macedonia where Kumanovo is part of
* ASNOM memorial center, Pelince

### 2000s

* 2000
** Slobodan Kovachevski elected Mayor
** St. George church built
* 2001
** Kumanovo water crisis during the insurgency in Macedonia
** Kokino discovered
** Orthodox cemetery desecrated in v. Opae
* 2002
** Gymnasium bombing
** 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
** population: 70,842
* 2003
** Euro College established
* 2004
** Daniel Markovski participated and came as runner up at the MRT reality TV show "Toa Sum Jas"
** ASNOM Memorial Center built
** Municipality of Orashec merged with Kumanovo Municipality
** Romeo Zhivikj Roki killed
* 2005
** Zoran Damjanovski elected Mayor (first term)
** Goran Georgievski Mujo killed
** Sasho Dimitrievski killed
** 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 built Cross in Kosmatac
** Bajrush Gang arrested
** Northeastern Statistical Region established
* 2009
** Zoran Damjanovski elected Mayor (second term)
** Faculty of Business Administration established

### 2010s

* Clashes 2015
* 2010
** Hadzi Shefket Mosque built
* 2011
** Romanian Embassy in Macedonia established Aliriza Osmani as Honorary council of Romania in Kumanovo
* 2012
** KK Kumanovo started to compete for the first time in the regional BIBL League
** FK Goblen established
* 2013
** Kiril of Polog and Kumanovo 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
** Nezim Gang arrested
** Church St. Archangel Michael built
** Police station bombing
** Listeriosis outbreak
* 2015
** K3 TV established
** TV Plus established
** Church of Resurrection of Christ built
** 9-10 May: Kumanovo clashes
** 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
** Orthodox Church Ascension of Christ built in Dolno Kojnare
** Consecration of the church of St Nicholas the Wonderworker in Umin Dol
** Kosturnik and Voinovikj villages established
** Darko "Spejko" Petkovski won regional Big Brother
* 2016
** Office of "Association of Macedonian-Bulgarian friendship" established
** 8 Police officers posthumously awarded with Medal of Bravery
** 10th annual "Gymnasiade 2016" was held in Kumanovo
** Olympiacos F.C. Fans attack on Lukoil Gas Station in Kumanovo
** Consecration of Orthodox Church of Ascension of Christ built in the village of Pcinja
** Consecration of Orthodox Church of Ascension of Christ in the village of Dolno Konjare
** Consecration of Orthodox Church of the Most Holy Theotokos in Studena Bara
** Public swimming pool Kumanovo established
** Momchilo Jovanovski dies
* 2017
** Christmas procession for the first time in Kumanovo