CHRONOLOGY OF IMPORTANT EVENTS IN MACEDONIAN HISTORY (19)
PART OF THE BOOK “SELECTED PAPERS FOR MACEDONIA”
BY SLAVÉ KATIN
240,000 B.C. - A fossil of Homo erectus was uncovered in Patraloni, Chalcidice near Solun..
10,000 B.C. - Latest ice age retreats from the Balkans.
7,000 B.C. - First “tell” type settlements built with clay bricks appear near Solun. First signs of agriculture appear in the Aegean part of the Balkans over the Vardar River along the Danube and widening towards Europe. The Lepenski Vir cult and paleographyisms begin to appear.
6,000 B.C. - Footsteps of human culture appear in the terrain along the flow of the Vardar, Bistritsa, Tsrna and Bregalitsa Rivers.
5,500-3,500 B.C. - Neolithic settlement found in the village Dupjak on the shore of Lake Kostur. First paleographyisms appear. Macedonians are settling on the shores of the Bistritsa River.
3,500 B.C. - Pelazgians traveling over Asia Minor arrive and settle in Balkan Pelazgia.
3,500-2,500 B.C. - Diminit culture in Magnesia (Macedonian tribes) and Minoan tablets appear.
Podunavtsi, (Minoans, Lapits, Tirons, Flegeans in Eolia) (Thessaly).
2,300 B.C. - Makedon son of Osiris, the Macedonian Mythological Dynasty, and Makedon son of Zeus, the Macedonian Mythological Dynasty appear.
2,100-1,900 B.C. - The Armenohori (Rupishta) culture appears in Pelagonia and Thessaly.
1,700 B.C. - Linear A writing finds its way into the Aegean culture.
1,600 B.C. - Migration of the Achaeans (later Hellenes) to Thessalean Phtiotida, and later to Achaea in the Peloponnesus took place under the leadership of Pelop and in Asia Minor.
1,500-1,200 B.C. - Linear B writing found its way in Crete, Mikena and Pil.
1,400 B.C. - Mikena is founded.
1,300 B.C. - Makedon’s Macedonian Mythical Dynasty begins according to Hesiod.
1,313 B.C. – Cadmus of Phoenicia finds Thebes. Phoenician script comes to Elada.
1,294 B.C. - Macedonian kings Pirrhus, Aematea and Pind appear.
1,248 B.C. - Orpheus, king of Macedonia invents alphabet.
1,225 B.C. - Midas becomes king of Macedonia.
1,225 B.C. - The Argonaut, Minoan and other Aeolian expeditions begin
1,213 B.C. - The “War of the seven against Thebes” begins.
1,200 B.C. - The great Illyrian, Dorian and Epirean beging migration of the people of the sea begins and so does the migration of the Phrygians, Strimoneans and Bithynians from the Balkans to Asia Minor.Macedonian free migration of Baeotians from Pind to Baeotia and Tespotians to
Thessaly.Agamemnon is crowned.
1,200 (1193) B.C. - Trojan Wars begin.
1,119 (1,183) B.C. - Troy falls. Chee Century – Aegean – Vergina (Kutlesh) oldest Macedonian royal necropolis with tombs.
1,124 B.C. - Exodus of Achaeans (Hellenes) from Thessaly to Aeolia in Asia Minor.
1,120 B.C. - Dorian settlement of greater Thessaly begins. Exodus of the Aeolians.
1,104 B.C. - Dorians with help from the Macedonians conquer and settle the Peloponnesus. Exodus of the Aeolians from the Peloponnesus to Aeolia in Asia Minor.
1,068 or 1,050 B.C., Dorians conquer Athens.
1,044 B.C- Exodus of Ionians from Elada to Ionia in Asia Minor.Chee-VII Century–Dark period.
776 B.C. - First Olympic Games and restoration.
750 B.C.– Homer.
700 B.C. - Hesiod.
700 B.C. - Perdiccass appears in Orestis in Western Macedonia.Perdiccas is the founder of the
Macedonian historical Argaed Dynasty. The first Macedonian throne is established in Aegae.
500 B.C. - King Alcetas widens Macedonia’s frontiers.
540-495 B.C. - King Amyntas becomes a Persian Vassal king.
495-452 B.C. - King Alexander I is first to organize infantry and cavalry in Macedonia and to participate in Olympic games.
480 B.C. - Macedonians participate in Salamian battle on the side of the Hellenes.
479 B.C. - Macedonians assist the Hellenes in the battle at Platea.
429 B.C. - King Perdiccas II defeats the Thracian king Saltik. Hippocrates, father of medicine, cures the Macedonian king.
413-399 - King Archelaus establishes Pella the new capital of Macedonia.
384 B.C. - Aristotle, a great Macedonian thinker and tutor of Alexander III, and his generation are born.
359-336 B.C. - Philip II, Macedonian king of kings, rules Macedonia.
358 B.C. - Philip II defeats the Illyrians.
356 B.C. - Alexander III later named Alexander the Great is born in Pella.
350 B.C. - River Nestos becomes Macedonia’s Eastern frontier.
349-248 B.C. – Chalcidice falls in Macedonian borders.
342-340 B.C. – Macedonia widens its borders towards Thrace.
338 (August 2nd) B.C. – Macedonians defeat the Athenian coalition in Chaeronea thus conquering continental Elada.
338 B.C. – Multilateral Conference between Macedonians and Hellenes and the formation of the
Macedonian-Hellenic confederation termed the Corinthian League.
336 B.C. – Philip II is murdered.
336 B.C. – Alexander III the Great becomes king of Macedonia.
336 B.C. – Macedonians become masters of the Balkans after defeating the Tribalians, Getites, Illyrians and Thebans.
335 B.C. – The Macedonian language enters world diplomacy.
335 B.C. – Alexander III’s campaigns to the East begin.
334 B.C. – Macedonians defeat the Persians in a battle at the River Granicus.
334 B.C. – Macedonians defeat the Persians in a battle at the River Issus.
332 B.C. – Macedonians conquer Egypt.
331 B.C. – Alexander III the Great is elevated to Pharaoh at the Sylva Oasis.
331 B.C. – Macedonians defeat the Persians in a battle at Gaugamela and conquer Babylon.
330 B.C.– Macedonians conquer Persepolis and other parts of Iran.
330 B.C. – The Macedonian army in Macedonia defeats the Spartan king Agis III at Megolopolis.
329-328 B.C. – The Macedonians reach the western borders of China after conquering the North-
eastern part of the Persian provinces Eschate, Bactria, etc., today’s, Tashkent and others.
327 B.C. – Macedonians conquer Cashmere and Punjab.
326 B.C. – Macedonians conquer Eastern India and establish Macedonian rule. Many scientific projects are initiated.
325-324 B.C. – Establishment of the Macedonian Imperial throne in Babylon. Macedonian settlement of the Empire and the establishment of more than one hundred new cities.
323 B.C. – Alexander III the Great dies.
323-221 B.C. – Macedonian Commonwealth and the period of inheritors and followers. The
Macedonian state occupied three continents Europe, Asia and Africa.
322 B.C. – Aristotle dies in Chalcidice. Demosthenes dies in Calabria.
316 B.C. – Alexander III’s mother Olympias dies.315 B.C.– Macedonian king Cassander builds the city Thessalonica (Solun) in honour of his wife and sister of Alexander III.
310 B.C. – Founding of the Alexandrian library, where the Old and New Testaments are translated into the Macedonian language (Alexander’s Koine) and the Buddhist Canons to Chinese.
309 B.C. – Roxana, Alexander III’s wife, and Alexander IV, Alexander III’s son die.
279-276 B.C. – Celtic wars in Macedonia.
168 B.C. – Roman occupation and division of Macedonia after the Romans defeated the Macedonians at the great battle of Pindus.
To be continued
By Slave Nikolovski-Katin
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