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Timeline of Skopje

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 7, 2026
Entity authorityQ16191973 ↗
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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Skopje, North Macedonia.

Prior to 20th century

6th C. CE - Skopje Fortress built.

518 CE - Earthquake.

6th C. CE - Town rebuilt; called "Justiniana Prima."

585-837 C. CE - Slavs in power.

837-1282 C. CE - Lot of Bulgarian rulers are missing. The city was capital of Bulgaria. Byzantine rule is missing. The city was capital of a Byzantine province called Bulgaria?!?

1282 - Serbs in power.

1346

Coronation of Stephen Uroš IV Dušan as Emperor of the Serbs of the Church-People's Council in Skopje.

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