Skopje: All Data
Skopje is a city in Macedonia. This page covers its chronology of mentions across 5,500 years of history, including capitals, battles, events and subdivisions. Part of Phersu Atlas.
1. Lists and Timelines
Skopje: Chronology of Mentions
Note: For polities of antiquity, the listed capital or subdivision capital may also represent one or several of the most important cities of the region.
392 BC
Capital of Kingdom of Dardania
972 AD
Capital of First Bulgarian Empire
1005 AD
Mentioned in Event: Byzantine conquest of Bulgaria
1005 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Skopje, part of Byzantine conquest of Bulgaria
1033 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Thema of Bulgaria, part of Byzantine Empire
1255 AD
Mentioned in Event: Nicaean conquest of Veles
1299 AD
Capital of Kingdom of Serbia (Medieval)
1346 AD
Capital of Serbian Empire
1689 AD
Mentioned in: Austrian campaign for Skopje, part of Great Turkish War
1690 AD
Mentioned in Event: Habsburg Occupation of Serbia
1905 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Villayet of Kosovo, part of Ottoman Empire
1912 AD
Mentioned in Event: Macedonian Front (Balkan War)
1913 AD
Mentioned in Event: Treaty of Bucarest
1915 AD
Mentioned in Event: Invasion of Serbia
1918 AD
Mentioned in Event: Aftermath of World War I in Yugoslavia
1918 AD
Mentioned in Event: Liberation of the Balkan States
1921 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Province of Southern Serbia, part of Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
1930 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Banovina of Vardar, part of Kingdom of Yugoslavia
1941 AD
Mentioned in Event: German invasion of Greece
1941 AD
Mentioned in Event: Surrender and partition of Yugoslavia
1944 AD
Mentioned in Event: Soviet invasion of Bulgaria
1945 AD
Mentioned in Event: Establishment of Democratic Federal Yugoslavia
1990 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Socialist Republic of Macedonia, part of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
1991 AD
Capital of Republic of Macedonia
2019 AD
Capital of Republic of North Macedonia
2025 AD
Subdivision Capital of the Municipality of Centar Municipality, part of Republic of North Macedonia