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Multiple timeline of Macedonia

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The Republic of Macedonia (Република Македонија) is a republic with a popularly elected president, a parliament, the Assembly elected in free multi-party elections, and a government responsible to the parliament. Due to the Greek position towards the name of the republic, it is internationally recognized as the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

Persian Empire 513 BC: Achaemenid Persia defeats in present-day Macedonia the Thracian or mixed Thraco-Illyrian tribe of the the Paeonians. Kingdom of Paeonia 440s BC: The Paeonian tribes coalesce into a kingdom. after 400 BC: Agis becomes king of Paeonia. 358 BC: The Hellenistic Macedonia reduces the Paeonian kingdom to a semi-autonomous, subordinate status with as king Lycceius. Kingdom of Macedonia 336 BC: Paeonia is fully incorporated into Macedonia. Roman Republic 146 BC: The region is conquered by and annexed to Rome. Roman Empire 27 BC: Gaius Octavianus becomes sole ruler of Rome and as Augustus the first emperor. Byzantine Empire 395: With the partition of the Roman Empire, the region becomes part of the (Eastern) Roman Empire, also rendered as Byzantine Empire. 580s: Slavs settle in the region. Bulgarian Khanate 681: Asparuch of the Bulgars defeats the Byzantines. The Byzantine Empire has to accept a Bulgarian state within its territory, including present-day Macedonia. The Bulgars merge with the Thracians, Vlachs and Slavs and are Slavicized. Principality of Bulgaria 864: Bulgaria is continued as principality. Bulgarian Empire 913: Bulgaria becomes an empire. 971: After a succesful invasion of Thrace and Bulgaria, grand prince Sviatoslav of Rus' is defeated by the Byzantine emperor Ioannis Tzimiskes. After the capture of the Bulgarian tsar Boris II, he claims the annexation of Bulgaria. The conquest of Bulgaria commences. 981: Basileios II begins the final conquest of Bulgaria. Byzantine Empire 1018: After a bitter 50-years struggle the Byzantine conquest of Bulgaria is completed by emperor Basileios II. Byzantium establishes control over Macedonia. 1041: An uprising by Petar Delyan, who claims to be emperor of Bulgaria and controlled parts of present-day Greece, Serbia and Macedonia, is surpressed. 1072: The Bulgarian nobility led by Georgi Voyteh choses Konstantin Bodin from Duklja. He is proclaimed emperor as Petar III. This uprising is suppressed the same year. Bulgarian Empire 1185: After a revolt against the Byzantine rulers, Ivan Asen becomes emperor of Bulgaria. The liberation war lasts until 1204. Kingdom of Serbia 1330: Stefan Uroš III Nemanjić of Serbia defeats at Velbazhd tsar Michael Asen III of Bulgaria. Serbia conquers Macedonia and parts of Greece reaching its greatest territorial extent ever. Empire of the Serbs and Greeks 1346: The area is ruled by emperor Stefan Dušan of Serbia. Kingdom of Prilep 1371: Serbia is continued in the region by the Kingdom of Prilep, ruled by Marko Mrnjavčević. Subleme Ottoman Empire 1395: Prilep is annexed to the Ottoman Empire, most of the time part of its Rumelia Eyalet. 1893: Tensions arise between Slavic and Greek inhabitants of Ottoman Macedonia and between the Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria, Serbia and Greece. 1903: In Ottoman Macedonia the Ilinden Uprising of ethnic Macedonians breaks out. Kruševo Republic 1903: Kruševo, led by president Nikola Karev, secedes unrecognized from the Ottoman Empire. 1903: The same month Kruševo is reincorporated into the Ottoman Empire. 1904: The death of the Greek officer Pavlos Melas leads to a guerilla warfare in the region. 1908: The guerilla warfare in Macedonia ends with the Young Turk Revolution in the Ottoman Empire. 1912: Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro and Serbia establish the Balkan League. After an ultimatum by the League, the Ottoman Empire declares war, the First Balkan War commences. Kingdom of Serbia 1913: The Balkan League defeats the Ottoman forces. As a result of the war the Ottoman Empire loses most of its European part. In the Treaty of London this territory is ceded to the Balkan League, with the exception of Albania that becomes independent. The division of the territories ceded to the Balkan League is not addressed in the Treaty. As a result of Bulgarian dissatisfaction with the de facto military division of Macedonia, the Second Balkan War breaks out between Bulgaria and Serbia, supported by Greece, Montenegro, Romania and the Ottoman Empire. A Bulgarian supported uprising is suppressed. The war ends with the Treaty of Bucharest. According to this treaty Macedonia is divided between Serbia, Greece and Bulgaria. The region becomes after the war part of Serbia. The Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (VMRO) organizes an uprising against the Serbian annexation. The uprising is suppressed. Kingdom of Bulgaria 1915: Bulgaria conquers parts of Serbia in World War I. Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes 1918: Bulgaria is defeated by the allied forces. Montenegro joins Serbia and Serbia merges the same year with the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs into the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, a.k.a Yugoslavia. Kingdom of Yugoslavia 1929: Yugoslavia is formally renamed. 1941: Yugoslavia joins the Tripartite Pact with Nazi Germany. After a coup d'état Yugoslavia leaves the pact. Nazi Germany together with Hungary and Italy invades and conquers as part of World War II Yugoslavia. Kingdom of Bulgaria 1941: Most of Vardar Banovina is annexed to Bulgaria. Albanian Kingdom 1941: Part of Vardar Banovina is annexed to Italian Albania. 1943: Albania becomes a German puppet state. Kingdom of Yugoslavia 1944: Bulgaria and Germany withdraw from the region. The National Liberation Army led by Josip Broz a.k.a Tito of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia (KSJ) leads the liberation of Eastern Yugoslavia, supported by the Soviet and Bulgarian armies. Macedonia is reincorporated into Yugoslavia. An attempt to create an Independent State of Macedonia as German puppet state fails. Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia 1945: A new of government of Yugoslavia is formed by Tito. The National Liberation Army defeats Croatia, the Slovenian Home Guard and the remaining German forces and liberates Yugoslavia. Yugoslavia is restored. The People's Republic of Macedonia is established as one of the members of the federation. Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1963: Yugoslavia is renamed. Macedonia is renamed into the Socialist Republic of Macedonia. 1990: For the first time free Elections are held. 1991: After its declaration of independence, Yugoslavia attacks Slovenia. Also Croatia declares independence. Macedonia is renamed into the Republic of Macedonia . Republic of Macedonia 1991: After the electorate supports in a referendum independence, Macedonia secedes as a democratic republic from Yugoslavia, recognized in 1993. Due to the position of Greece often recognized as the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. 1992. A new constitution stipulates that Macedonia has a parliament elected in free multi-party elections and a popularly elected president. The government is responsible to the parliament. 1993: Macedonia joins the United Nations. 1995: Macedonia joins the Council of Europe. 2001: During the insurgencies the National Liberation Army of Albanians in Macedonia is active against the state. After the Ohrid Agreement that ends the insurgencies it is disarmed. The Albanian National Army continues as an terrorist movement.