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North Macedonian History Timeline

Events in North Macedonian History

  • 1901-04-05 Under threats from the Ottoman Turkish Government, Bulgaria is forced to arrest the leaders of the Macedonian Committee
  • 1902-07-24 In Turkey, the Sultan Abdul-Hamid, under pressure from within the Ottoman Empire, appoints a commission to consider reforms that might pacify Macedonian revolutionaries
  • 1903-02-23 The Sultan agrees to an Austro-Russian plan to reform the government of Macedonia in yet another effort to stifle the rising disorder among the rival Bulgarian
  • 1903-08-02 Unsuccessful uprising of Macedonians against Turkey
  • 1908-03-12 The Pan-Macedonian group is formed in Athens to support the Greek Struggle for Macedonia

Edward VII Meets Nicholas II

1908-06-09 King Edward VII of Great Britain visits Tsar Nicholas II at Reval, Russia, where the two discuss the growing power of Germany and British plans for reform in Macedonia

  • 1908-07-05 Niazi Bey, a chief organizer of the revolutionary movement in Turkey, raises the standard of revolt at Resna, Macedonia
  • 1912-08-25 Different nationalities battle with each other in Macedonia
  • 1913-06-01 The Serbian government concludes a ten-year treaty with Greece against Bulgaria; Serbia wishes to pursue Macedonian aspirations with Greece's help
  • 1916-08-17 Bulgarian offensive in Macedonia
  • 1941-04-19 Bulgarian troops invade Macedonia
  • 1991-09-08 Macedonia votes for independence from Yugoslavia
  • 1992-01-15 Bulgaria recognizes Macedonia
  • 1993-03-05 Fokker 100 crashes at Skopje Macedonia, 81 die
  • 1993-11-20 Jakovlev-42 crashes into mountain at Ohrid Macedonia, 116 killed
  • 1994-10-30 Leftist coalition wins Macedonian parliamentary election
  • 2001-08-01 An agreement is reached on the position of the minority Albanian language in the Republic of Macedonia
  • 2001-08-21 NATO decides to send a peace-keeping force to the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
  • 2004-02-26 Macedonian President Boris Trajkovski is killed in a plane crash near Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
  • 2008-07-10 Former Macedonian Interior Minister Ljube Boškoski is acquitted of all charges by a UN Tribunal accusing him of war crimes
  • 2009-09-21 Macedonia officially enters the recession after experiencing a drop in GDP of 0.9% in the first quarter, followed by 1.4% in the second quarter
  • 2015-05-09 A gun fight erupts in Macedonian town of Kumanovo between police and Albanian separatists adding to the government crisis
  • 2016-03-09 EU Migrant Crisis: Macedonia, Croatia and Slovenia close their borders to migrants trying to reach Northern Europe
  • 2018-06-17 Historic deal signed between Greece and Macedonia to end dispute over Macedonia's name - changing to North Macedonia
  • 2019-02-12 Republic of Macedonia officially changes it name to the Republic of North Macedonia to end long dispute with Greece