Timeline of Kumanovo
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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Kumanovo, North Macedonia.
- 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
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[1]
- 1071
St. George monastery built - 1094 Cumani tribe settled the area[2] (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[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[6] - 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[7]
- 1904
Fight on Šuplji Kamen - 1905
- 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
- 9 Oct 1915 – 24 Sep 1918 under
- 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[8]: 173
- 1921
- Gymnasium established[8]: 169
- Hristijan Todorovski Karpoš birth
- 1922 October 14, Bajram Shabani birth
- 1923 June 28, construction started of Sports Hall Sokolana[9]
- 1924
FK Kumanovo established - 1926
- Electricity arrived[8]: 160
- Church St. Petka built
- 1928
- Lenche Kumanovche published[10]
- 1929
- 9 Oct. Vardar Banovina[11] established
- Kjira Manevich elected mayor[12]
- 1930 Zanaetchiski Dom established[8]: 167
- 1931
- Sports Hall Sokolana built
- Momchilo Jovanovski born[13]
- 1934
- 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
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- 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[15] - 14 October Boro Menkov Killed in Action
- 14 October Bajram Shabani Killed in Action
- Dedo Ivan newspaper established[8]: 265
- Oktobris newspaper established[8]: 265
- 8 Apr – 19 Apr, under
- 1944
- 7 Sep – 12 Nov, under Nazi Germany (Heinz Scheurlen, Karl Hubert Lanz )
- February March
- Hristijan Todorovski Karpoš killed
- 7 Sep – 12 Nov, under
Socialist Republic of Macedonia
Tito
Memorial Ossuary
Polog and Kumanovo
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- 1944
Zitomel company established[8]: 229 - 1945
- Krsto Lazarov Konjushki executed[16]
- Teodosiy Dzhartov executed
- Kumanovo Library established
- Tane Georgievski Library established[8]: 257
- Pobeda company established[8]: 220 Later renamed CIK
- 1946
- KIK company established[8]: 225
- KK Kumanovo established
- 1947
- Jug Turist company established[8]: 233
- DIER company established[8]: 222 later renamed "Dimche Erebica"
- Iskara company established[8]: 218
- FK Bashkimi established
- 1948
- Theater Kumanovo established
- NAMA (or Naroden Magazin) company established[8]: 233
- Svetlina-Kumanovo company established[8]: 233
- Prosveta company established[8]: 244
- Population: 20,242
- 1951 Saltir Putinski elected mayor
- 1952 FZC 11 Oktomvri company established[8]: 216
- 1953
- Kozjak company established[8]: 244
- Population: 23,339
- 1954
- 1956 Lipkovo Dam completed[8]: 246
- 1957
- Memorial Ossuary built
Josip Broz Tito visit[17]
- 1958
- Diocese of Polog and Kumanovo established
- Kozhara-Kumanovo company established[8]: 218
- 30 Juli company established[8]: 222
- 1959 Josip Broz Tito 2nd brief visit[17]
- 1960
- ZIK company established[8]: 229
- Nace Bugjoni high school established
- 1961
- Nash Vesnik newspaper established[8]: 265
- Josip Broz Tito 3rd visit[17]
- Population: 30,762
- 1962 Monument to the Revolution built
- 1963 Jezdimir Bogdanski elected mayor
- 1964
- Boro Petrushevski – Papuchar tobacco company established[8]: 233
- Museum Kumanovo established
- 1965 Radio Kumanovo established[8]: 265
- 1967 Agro-Kumanovo company established[8]: 234
- 1970 Polet Company established[8]: 222
- 1971
- 1972
- KIB company established[8]: 236
- Josip Broz Tito 4th visit[17]
- 1974
- House Museum of Hristijan Todorovski Karpoš established
- Metodi Petrovski elected mayor
- 1976 Pioners Home 29 Noemvri established[8]: 255
- 1980
- Cultural Center Trajko Prokopiev established[8]: 259
- Sports Hall Kumanovo built
- 1981 Population: 60,842
- 1982 Momchilo Jovanovski elected Mayor[13]
- 1986 Momchilo Jovanovski loses Mayor position[13]
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[18]
- 1998
- Days of Comedy theater festival established
- 1999
Kumanovo Agreement signed
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