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
• Slavic tribes arrived: Berziti

Middle Ages

• old Žegligovo settlement established
• 836-1018 under First Bulgarian Empire
• 1018–1204 under
• 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
• 1313 Matejče Monastery built
• 1346–1371 under
• 14th century Karpino Monastery built
• 1373–1395 under Principality of Velbazhd

Ottoman Empire

• (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
• 18<small>th</small> 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

• 1900 population: 14,530 by: Knčev
• 1902 Holy Trinity church built
• 1903 Vlach school established
• 1904 Fight on Å uplji Kamen
• 1905
• Fight in Tabanovce
• Fight on Čelopek
• 1907 population: 15,000 by: Hadzi Vasiljevič

Balkan Wars

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

First World War

• 1915,
• 9 Oct 1915 – 24 Sep 1918 under , (Georgi Stojanov Todorov, Racho Petrov Stojanov, Stefan Toshev Toshev)
• Ovče Pole Offensive
• 1918 under
• 1919 May 6, Boro Menkov birth

Kingdom of Yugoslavia

• 1920 FK Shparta established
• 1921
• Gymnasium established
• Hristijan Todorovski KarpoÅ¡ birth
• 1922 October 14, Bajram Shabani birth
• 1923 June 28, construction started of Sports Hall Sokolana
• 1924 FK Kumanovo established
• 1926
• Electricity arrived
• Church St. Petka built
• 1928
• Lenche Kumanovche published
• 1929
• 9 Oct. Vardar Banovina established
• Kjira Manevich elected mayor
• 1930 Zanaetchiski Dom established
• 1931
• Sports Hall Sokolana built
• Momchilo Jovanovski born
• 1934
• Two public execution in Kumanovo
• Town Hospital established, gift from Nikola Spasich
• 1937 Zebrnjak monument built

Second World War

• 1941
• 8 Apr – 19 Apr, under Nazi Germany (Georg Stumme)
• 19 Apr 1941 – 7 Sep 1944 under (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
• Oktobris newspaper established
• 1944
• 7 Sep – 12 Nov, under Nazi Germany (Heinz Scheurlen, Karl Hubert Lanz )
• February March
• Hristijan Todorovski KarpoÅ¡ killed

Socialist Republic of Macedonia

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

• 1960
• ZIK company established
• Nace Bugjoni high school established
• 1961
• Nash Vesnik newspaper established
• 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
• Museum Kumanovo established
• 1965 Radio Kumanovo established
• 1967 Agro-Kumanovo company established
• 1970 Polet Company established
• 1971
• Kiril Installed as Metropolitan bishop of DPK
• Population: 46,363
• 1972
• KIB company established
• Josip Broz Tito 4th visit
• 1974
• House Museum of Hristijan Todorovski KarpoÅ¡ established
• Metodi Petrovski elected mayor
• 1976 Pioners Home 29 Noemvri established
• 1980
• Cultural Center Trajko Prokopiev established
• 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, OraÅ¡ac 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

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
• established
• 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
• 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

See also

List of mayors of Kumanovo

List of Metropolitans of Diocese of Kumanovo and Osogovo

Timeline of Skopje

References