Important dates in Macedonian History 
 
C. 653 B.C.
King Perdiccas I establishes the Macedonian Kingdom.

359-336 B.C.
Significant military and financial reforms carried out during the reign of Phillip II, determining the geographical, historical, and ethnic boundaries of Macedonia. 

336-323 B.C.
Reign of Alexander the Great, King of Macedon. Macedonia reaches the peak of its military power. He spreads Macedonian culture to the East. 

215-205, 200-193, 171-167 B.C.
Macedonian - Roman wars. Macedonia falls under Roman rule.

A.D. 535
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.

855
The brothers Cyril and Methody create the first Glagolic (later Cyrilic) alphabet.

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

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

1018
The Macedonian Empire falls under Byzantine rule. 

1395
Macedonia falls under Turkish domination. King Marko dies in a battle.

Philip II

Alexander

St. Climent

King Marko

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

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

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

1822
The Negus Uprising, insurrection of the Macedonians for liberation. 

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

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

1894
Establishment of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization. Goce Delchev joins the Organization. 

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

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

1905
Brothers Milton and Janaki Manaki made the first moving pictures in the Balkans in Bitola. Thus laid the foundations of the "seventh art" in the region.

1912-13
The Balkan Wars and Macedonia's partition between Greece, Serbia, Bulgaria and Albania with the Peace Treaty of Bucharest. 

1914-1918
The First World War. 

1919
The Treaty of Versailles sanctions the partition of Macedonia. 

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

1936
Foundation of the Macedonian Literary Society in Sofia by outstanding Macedonian writers. 

1940
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
The Second World War. 

1941-1944
Macedonia's participation in the Second World War (National Liberation War of Macedonia). Proclomation of the Macedonian state. (August 2). 

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

1946
Start of university education in Macedonian (Faculty of Philosophy). Adoption of the first constitution of the People's Republic of Macedonia. 

1967
Foundation of the Macedonian Academy of Arts and Sciences. Proclomation of the autocephalous Macedonian Orthodox Church (Restoration of the Archbishopric of Ohrid). 

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

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

1993
Macedonia is admitted to the United Nations. 

1994
Milcho Manchevski's "Before the Rain" wins the Golden Lion at the Venice film festival.

1995
Macedonia becomes a member of the Council of Europe. 

2001
Albanian terrorist attacking Macedonia.