TRENDEFRARAtlas of the Sultans · Cities and countries
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The lands of today's North Macedonia joined the Ottoman state at the end of the 14th century and remained Ottoman for more than five centuries, until the Balkan War of 1912.
Bitola came under Ottoman rule in 1382, Skopje in 1392 and Ohrid in 1395. For centuries Skopje was one of the main cities of Rumelia. The region was lost in the Balkan War in 1912.
Conquered under Murad I in 1382–1383 (some accounts say 1385), it began to be called Manastır.
The town probably came under Ottoman suzerainty in 1385 during the raids towards Albania; at first it was ruled by vassals.
According to Western sources the city came under Ottoman rule on 6 January 1392.
After Prince Marko died at the Battle of Rovine the Ottomans took over direct rule.
Austrian general Piccolomini occupied the city on 25–27 October 1689 and it burned; the next year Koca Halil Pasha and the Crimean khan Selim Giray recovered it.
In the Balkan War Serbian forces occupied the city on 14–18 November 1912, ending 530 years of Ottoman rule.
The Serbs occupied the city on 23–24 October 1912; the 1913 Treaty of Bucharest gave it to Serbia.
Ottoman rule ended on 29 November 1912 and the town passed to the Serbian army.
Source: TDV Encyclopedia of Islam, article “MAKEDONYA” (in Turkish) and the atlas's city pages. Present-day borders are used.