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
• Kumanovo area under
• * Roman Necropolis Drezga of Lopate established
• * Roman Settlement Vicianus at village of Klečovce established

  Early Middle Ages

• 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
• 1207–1217 under
• 1313 Matejče Monastery built
• 1346–1371 under
• 14th century Karpino Monastery built
• 1373–1395 under Principality of Velbazhd

  Ottoman Empire

• 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 established
• 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 Šuplji 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,
• * Ovče Pole Offensive
• 1918 under
• 1919 May 6, Boro Menkov birth

  Kingdom of Yugoslavia

• 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

  Second World War

• 1941
• * 8 Apr – 19 Apr, under Nazi Germany
• * 19 Apr 1941 – 7 Sep 1944 under
• * 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
• * February March
• * Hristijan Todorovski Karpoš 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 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

  21_st century

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 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
• * 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
• * established
• 2009
• * Zoran Damjanovski elected Mayor
• * 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 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
• * 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