{"slug": "skopje", "label": "Skopje", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skopje", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q384", "qid": "Q384", "description": "capital city of North Macedonia", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [518, 1993], "span_label": ["518 CE", "1993 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 2}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "north-macedonia", "label": "North Macedonia", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "ottoman-empire", "label": "Ottoman Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "first-bulgarian-empire", "label": "First Bulgarian Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "basil-ii", "label": "Basil II", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "samuel-of-bulgaria", "label": "Samuel of Bulgaria", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "moesia", "label": "Moesia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "socialist-federal-republic-of-yugoslavia", "label": "Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "zurich", "label": "Zürich", "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": 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": 1346, "year_label": "1346 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "April 16", "text": "April 16 – The Serbian Empire is proclaimed in Skopje by Dusan Silni, occupying much of Southeast Europe.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350441074#Events", "title": "1346", "revid": 1350441074, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1392, "year_label": "1392 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 16", "text": "January 16 – The semi-independent Serbian state (sanjak) of Uskup is annexed by the Ottoman Empire and General Pasha Yiğit Bey becomes the first Ottoman governor of the new province.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360558319#January–March", "title": "1392", "revid": 1360558319, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"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": 1993, "year_label": "1993 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "March 5", "text": "March 5 – Macedonian Palair Flight 301, an F-100 on a flight to Zürich, crashes shortly after take-off from Skopje, killing 83 of the 97 on board.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366430372#March", "title": "1993", "revid": 1366430372, "section": "Events › March"}}]}