{"slug": "north-macedonia", "label": "North Macedonia", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Macedonia", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q221", "qid": "Q221", "description": "country in southeastern Europe", "entries": 15, "years": 15, "span": [518, 2024], "span_label": ["518 CE", "2024 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 5}, {"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 3}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 3}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "greece", "label": "Greece", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "slavs", "label": "Slavs", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "pannonian-avars", "label": "Pannonian Avars", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "european-union", "label": "European Union", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "nato", "label": "NATO", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "first-bulgarian-empire", "label": "First Bulgarian Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "basil-ii", "label": "Basil II", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "bulgaria", "label": "Bulgaria", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "balkans", "label": "Balkans", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "croatia", "label": "Croatia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "serbia", "label": "Serbia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "dalmatia", "label": "Dalmatia", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 518, "year_label": "518 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": null, "text": "An earthquake destroys the city of Scupi (modern-day Skopje, North Macedonia), in what once was the Roman province of Moesia Superior.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364754317#Balkans", "title": "518", "revid": 1364754317, "section": "Events › By place › Balkans"}}, {"year": 615, "year_label": "615 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Balkans are freely overrun by the Slavs, who settle in large numbers in what is now Bulgaria, Serbia, North Macedonia and parts of Greece. The western territories of modern-day Yugoslavia (Bosnia, Croatia and Dalmatia) suffer raids from the Avars, who settle in this region.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364752554#Europe", "title": "615", "revid": 1364752554, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 685, "year_label": "685 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Kuber, brother of Asparukh of Bulgaria, defeats the Avars in Syrmia (Pannonia). He leads his followers of around 70,000 people to Macedonia (modern North Macedonia).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364749113#Europe", "title": "685", "revid": 1364749113, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 905, "year_label": "905 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Naum of Preslav, a Bulgarian missionary, founds a monastery on the shores of Lake Ohrid (modern-day North Macedonia), which later receives his name.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350019271#Religion", "title": "905", "revid": 1350019271, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 916, "year_label": "916 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Clement of Ohrid, Bulgarian scholar, writer and enlightener of the Slavs, dies. He is regarded as the first bishop of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church and the founder of the first Slavic Literary School. Clement is buried in his monastery, Saint Panteleimon, in Ohrid (modern North Macedonia).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352766259#Religion", "title": "916", "revid": 1352766259, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 1004, "year_label": "1004 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Battle of Skopje: Emperor Basil II defeats the Bulgarian forces near Skopje (modern North Macedonia). Leaving his army behind, Samuel of Bulgaria manages to escape. Basil continues his campaign and besieges the fortress of Pernik. By the end of the year Basil has reconquered about half of the Bulgarian Empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369529611#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "1004", "revid": 1369529611, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 1448, "year_label": "1448 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 14", "text": "May 14 – The Siege of Svetigrad is started by the Ottoman Sultan Murad II against an Albanian fortress at Svetigrad, now Kodžadžik in North Macedonia. After two and a half months, the siege is successful in capturing the fortress.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367832753#April–June", "title": "1448", "revid": 1367832753, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1464, "year_label": "1464 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 15", "text": "September 15 – At the Battle of Ohrid in what is now North Macedonia, ends with the Albanian leader Skanderbeg and a supplementary force from the Venetian Republic, luring an estimated 10,000 Ottoman Empire soldiers out of the walled city of Ohrid, then captures the group as prisoners and seizes the city.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367795127#July–September", "title": "1464", "revid": 1367795127, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1864, "year_label": "1864 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "July 2", "text": "July 2 – Dimitri Atanasescu founds the first Romanian school in the Balkans for Aromanians in Trnovo, in the Ottoman Empire (modern-day North Macedonia). By the early 20th century, the number of these schools will have risen to 106.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369213895#July", "title": "1864", "revid": 1369213895, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 1963, "year_label": "1963 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "July 26", "text": "July 26 – An earthquake in Skopje, Yugoslavia (present-day North Macedonia) leaves 1,800 dead.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370539540#July", "title": "1963", "revid": 1370539540, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 1991, "year_label": "1991 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "September 8", "text": "September 8 – Dissolution of Yugoslavia: The Republic of Macedonia becomes independent, beginning a name dispute with Greece.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371487470#September", "title": "1991", "revid": 1371487470, "section": "Events › September"}}, {"year": 1993, "year_label": "1993 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "November 20", "text": "November 20 – An Avioimpex Yakovlev Yak-42D crashes into Mount Trojani near Ohrid, North Macedonia. All 8 crew members and 115 of the 116 passengers are killed.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366430372#November", "title": "1993", "revid": 1366430372, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 2018, "year_label": "2018 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "June 12", "text": "June 12 – Greece and the Republic of Macedonia reach a deal to end a 27-year naming dispute between both countries, which would result in Macedonia being officially renamed the Republic of North Macedonia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373090883#June", "title": "2018", "revid": 1373090883, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 2019, "year_label": "2019 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "February 12", "text": "February 12 – The Republic of Macedonia renames itself the Republic of North Macedonia, officially ending a decades-old dispute with Greece and paving the way for the former's integration into NATO and the EU.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373255188#February", "title": "2019", "revid": 1373255188, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 2024, "year_label": "2024 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "May 8", "text": "May 8 – In North Macedonian elections, the right-wing party VMRO-DPMNE wins in a landslide in the parliamentary elections, while its presidential candidate Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova is elected as the first female president of the country in the second round of the presidential election.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371869228#May", "title": "2024", "revid": 1371869228, "section": "Events › May"}}]}