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 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
1900–1912
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 , (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 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 (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 Karpoš killed