Sunday, February 13, 2011

Chronology of important events in Macedonian history

-240,000 B.C. - A fossil of Homo erectus was uncovered in Patraloni, Chalcidice near Solun, dating back to this period.

-10,000 B.C. - Latest ice age retreats from the Balkans.

-7,000 B.C. - First “tell” type settlements built with clay bricks appear near Solun. First signs of agriculture appear
in the Aegean part of the Balkans over the Vardar River along the Danube and widening towards Europe. The
Lepenski Vir cult and paleographyisms begin to appear.

-6,000 B.C. - Footsteps of human culture appear in the terrain along the fl ow of the Vardar, Bistritsa, Tsrna and
Bregalitsa Rivers.

-5,500-3,500 B.C. - Neolithic settlement found in the village Dupjak on the shore of Lake Kostur in Western
Macedonia. First paleographyisms appear. Macedonians are settling on the shores of the Bistritsa River.

-3,500 B.C. - Pelazgians traveling over Asia Minor arrive and settle in Balkan Pelazgia.

-3,500-2,500 B.C. - Diminit culture in Magnesia (Macedonian tribes) and Minoan tablets appear. Podunavtsi
(Minoans, Lapits, Tirons, Flegeans in Eolia) (Thessaly).

-2,300 B.C. - Makedon son of Osiris, the Macedonian Mythological Dynasty, and Makedon son of Zeus, the
Macedonian Mythological Dynasty appear.

-2,100-1,900 B.C. - The Armenohori (Rupishta) culture appears in Pelagonia and Thessaly.

-1,700 B.C. - Linear A writing finds its way into the Aegean culture.

-1,600 B.C. - Migration of the Achaeans (later Hellenes) to Thessalean Phtiotida, and later to Achaea in the
Peloponnesus took place under the leadership of Pelop and in Asia Minor.

-1,500-1,200 B.C. - Linear B writing found its way in Crete, Mikena and Pil.

-1,300 B.C. - Makedon’s Macedonian Mythical Dynasty begins according to Hesiod.

-1,294 B.C. - Macedonian kings Pirrhus, Aematea and
Pind appear.

-1,225 B.C. - Midas becomes king of Macedonia.

-1,213 B.C. - The “War of the seven against Thebes”
begins.

-1,200 B.C. - The great Illyrian, Dorian and Epirean migration of the people of the sea begins and so does the
migration of the Phrygians, Strimoneans and Bithynians from the Balkans to Asia Minor. Macedonian free migration
of Baeotians from Pind to Baeotia and Tespotians to Thessaly. Agamemnon is crowned.

-1,104 B.C. - Dorians with help from the Macedonians conquer and settle the Peloponnesus. Exodus of the
Aeolians from the Peloponnesus to Aeolia in Asia Minor.

-1,068 or 1,050 B.C., Dorians conquer Athens.

-750 B.C. – Homer.

-700 B.C. - Perdiccass appears in Orestis (Argos  Orestikon-Rupishta, Kostur Region) in Western Macedonia.
Perdiccas is the founder of the Macedonian historical Argaed Dynasty. The fi rst Macedonian throne is established
in Aegae.

-500 B.C. - King Alcetas widens Macedonia’s frontiers.

-540-495 B.C. - King Amyntas becomes a Persian Vassal
king.

-495-452 B.C. - King Alexander I is fi rst to organize infantry and cavalry in Macedonia and to participate in
Olympic games.

-479 B.C. - Macedonians assist the Hellenes in the battle
at Platea.

-429 B.C. - King Perdiccas II defeats the Thracian king Saltik. Hippocrates, father of medicine, cures the
Macedonian king.

-413-399 - King Archelaus establishes Pella the new capital of Macedonia. Builds roads and improves internal
and external politics. This period was deemed the golden period for Macedonian culture and art. Improves the
Macedonian language.

-384 B.C. - Aristotle, a great Macedonian thinker and tutor of Alexander III, and his generation are born.

-359-336 B.C. - Philip II, Macedonian king of kings and initiator of the Macedonian world period, rules Macedonia.

-358 B.C. - Philip II defeats the Illyrians.

-356 B.C. - Alexander III later named Alexander the Great is born in Pella.

-350 B.C. - River Nestos becomes Macedonia’s Eastern frontier.

-349-248 B.C. – Chalcidice falls in Macedonian borders.

-342-340 B.C. – Macedonia widens its borders towards Thrace.

-338 (August 2nd) B.C. – Macedonians defeat the Athenian coalition in Chaeronea thus conquering continental Elada.

-338 B.C. – Multilateral Conference between Macedonians and Hellenes and the formation of the Macedonian-Hellenic
confederation termed the Corinthian League.

-336 B.C. – Philip II is murdered.

-336 B.C. – Alexander III the Great becomes king of Macedonia.

-336 B.C. – Macedonians become masters of the Balkans after defeating the Tribalians, Getites, Illyrians and Thebans.

-335 B.C. – The Macedonian language enters world diplomacy.

-335 B.C. – Alexander III’s campaigns to the East begin.

-334 B.C. – Macedonians defeat the Persians in a battle at the River Granicus.

-334 B.C. – Macedonians defeat the Persians in a battle at the River Issus, the greatest battles ever fought at that time.

-332 B.C. – Macedonians conquer Egypt.

-331 B.C. – Alexander III the Great is elevated to Pharaoh at the Sylva Oasis.

-331 B.C. – Macedonians defeat the Persians in a battle at Gaugamela and conquer Babylon.

-330 B.C. – Macedonians conquer Persepolis and other parts of Iran.

-330 B.C. – The Macedonian army in Macedonia defeats the Spartan king Agis III at Megolopolis in the Peloponnesus.

-329-328 B.C. – The Macedonians reach the western borders of China after conquering the North-eastern part
of the Persian provinces Eschate, Bactria, etc., today’s Samarkand, Bihar, Tashkent and others.

-327 B.C. – Macedonians conquer Cashmere and Punjab.

-326 B.C. – Macedonians conquer Eastern India and establish Macedonian rule. Many scientifi c projects are initiated.

-325-324 B.C. – Establishment of the Macedonian Imperial throne in Babylon. Macedonian settlement of the
Empire and the establishment of more than one hundred new cities.

-323 B.C. – Alexander III the Great dies.

-323-221 B.C. – Macedonian Commonwealth and the period of inheritors and followers. The Macedonian state occupied three continents Europe, Asia and Africa.

-316 B.C. – Alexander III’s mother Olympias dies.

-315 B.C. – Macedonian king Cassander builds the city Thessalonica (Solun) in honour of his wife and sister of Alexander III.

-310 B.C. – Founding of the Alexandrian library, a world cultural institution, where the Old and New Testaments
are translated into the Macedonian language (Alexander’s Koine) and the Buddhist Canons to Chinese.

-309 B.C. – Roxana, Alexander III’s wife, and Alexander IV, Alexander III’s son die.

-279-276 B.C. – Celtic wars in Macedonia.

-168 B.C. – Roman occupation and division of Macedonia after the Romans defeated the Macedonians at the great
battle of Pindus. 
-535 AD.- The Byzantine Emperor establishes the town of Justiniana Prima (in the vicinity of Skopje), an important church (archbishop's seat) and political centre in the Balkans.

-End of 6th and beginning of 7th centuries-Slavs settle the territory of Macedonia.

-855 AD.-The brothers Cyril and Methody create the first Slavonic alphabet.

-886 AD.-Clement comes to Macedonia, spreads Christianity in the Slavonic language and founds the Ohrid Literary School.

-969 AD.-The sons of komes Nicholas (David, Moses, Aaron, and Samuil) rebel against Bulgarian authority and establish the medieval Macedonian state, which in 997 becomes the Macedonian Empire.

-1014 AD.-Battle of Mount Belasica. The army of the Macedonian Tsar Samuil is defeated by the Byzantines.

-1018 AD.The Macedonian Empire falls under Byzantine rule.

-1040-1042 AD.-Insurrection against Byzantine authority led by Petar Deljan.

-1072-1073 AD.-Gjorgji Vojteh's insurrection based in Macedonia.

-1371 AD.-The Battle of Marica and penetration of the Turks into the Balkans.

-1395 AD.-Macedonia falls under Turkish domination. King Marko dies in a battle near Rovin.

-1564-1565 AD.-The Mariovo - Prilep Rebellion, the first known rebellion of the Macedonian peasants.

-1689 AD.-The Karpos Uprising, insurrection of the Macedonian people against the Turks in the Kriva Palanka and Kumanovo regions.

-1767 AD.-The Abolition of the Archbishopric of Ohrid by an irade of the Sultan under the pressure of the Greek Patriarchate of Constantinople.

-1822 AD.-The Negus Uprising, insurrection of the Macedonians for liberation in the Aegean part of Macedonia.

-1876 AD.-The Razlovci Uprising, insurrection in eastern Macedonia which heralded the national liberation struggle.

-1878-1879 AD.-The Macedonian Kresna Uprising, insurrection which adopted a constitution known as The Rules of the Macedonian Uprising Committee.

-1894 AD.-Establishment of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization. Gotse Delchev joins the Organization.

-1902 AD.-Foundation of the Slavonic - Macedonian Scholarly Literary Society in St. Petersburg, Russia.

-1903 AD.-The Ilinden Uprising and the ten days of the Krushevo Republic.

-1909 AD.-Establishment and activity of the Popular Federal Party.

1912-13 AD.-The Balkan Wars and Macedonia's partition with the Peace Treaty of Bucharest.

1914-1918 AD.-The First World War.

1919 AD.-The Treaty of Versailles sanctions the partition of Macedonia.

1924 AD.-The May Manifesto, resolution of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia on the right of the Macedonian people to self- determination.

-1925 AD.-The establishment of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (United).

-1934 AD.-The Fourth Nationwide Conference of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia. This passed a decision on the establishment of a national party in Macedonia.

-1936 AD.-Establishment and ideational-political formation of the MANAPO (Macedonian National Movement).

-1936 AD.-Foundation of the Macedonian Literary Society in Sofia by outstanding Macedonian writers.
-1940 AD.-The Fifth Nationwide Conference of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia. This passed a resolution on the equality and self- determination of the Macedonian people.

-1939-1945 AD.-The Second World War.

-1941-1944 AD.-Macedonia's participation in the Second World War (National Liberation War of Macedonia).

-1944 AD.-Proclomation of the Macedonian state. (August 2).

-1945 AD.-Formation of the first government of the People's Republic of Macedonia (April 16).

-1945 AD.-Adoption of the Macedonian alphabet.

-1946 AD.-Start of university education in Macedonian (Faculty of Philosophy).

-1946 AD.-Adoption of the first constitution of the People's Republic of Macedonia.

-1967 AD.-Foundation of the Macedonian Academy of Arts and Sciences.

-1967 AD.-Proclomation of the autocephalous Macedonian Orthodox Church (Restoration of the Archbishopric of Ohrid).

-1991 AD.-Referendum on a sovereign and independent state (September 8).

-1991 AD.-Adoption of the Constitution of the Republic of Macedonia (November 17).

-1993 AD.-Macedonia is admitted to the United Nations.

-1995 AD.-Macedonia becomes a member of the Council of Europe.

No comments:

Post a Comment

Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.