Timeline of Kumanovo

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

old Žegligovo settlement established

836-976 under First Bulgarian Empire

976-1018 under  Tzar Samuil

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

(1395-1912) Kumanovo under Ottoman Empire

1415 Halit Efendi Mosque built

1463 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

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 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

1912 Battle of Kumanovo  Kingdom of Serbia vs.  Ottoman Empire

1913 under  Kingdom of Serbia, see Treaty of London

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

1920 FK Shparta established

1921

Gymnasium established

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

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

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

Oktobris newspaper established

1944

7 Sep - 12 Nov, under Nazi Germany (Heinz Scheurlen, Karl Hubert Lanz )

February March

Hristijan Todorovski Karpoš killed

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 Karpoš 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

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

Dragan Bogdanovski dies

1999 Kumanovo Agreement signed

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

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 build Cross in Kosmatac

Bajrush Gang arrested

 Northeastern Statistical Region established

2009

Zoran Damjanovski elected Mayor (second term)

Faculty of Business Administration established

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 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

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

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