Country history · Europe
History of North Macedonia
25 recorded states lay in what is now North Macedonia, from the Kingdom of Macedon (808 BCE). 4 of them have a full profile, and 10 outside powers ruled here.
Profiles
Empires that ruled here
Achaemenid Empire559 BCE – 330 BCE1 state here
Macedonian Empire336 BCE – 323 BCE1 state here
Roman Republic509 BCE – 27 BCE4 states here
Byzantine Empire330 CE – 1453 CE5 states here
Golden Horde1242 CE – 1502 CE1 state here
Ottoman Empire1299 CE – 1922 CE10 states here
Kingdom of Naples1282 CE – 1816 CE1 state here
Austro-Hungarian Empire1867 CE – 1918 CE1 state here
Kingdom of Italy1861 CE – 1946 CE1 state here
Nazi Germany1933 CE – 1945 CE1 state here
Timeline
9th century BCE
8th century BCE
6th century BCE
4th century BCE
- Dardanian Kingdom350 BCE – 28 BCE · kingdom
- Antigonid Kingdom of Macedonia306 BCE – 168 BCE · profile
2nd century BCE
7th century
- Berziti615 CE – 850 CE · tribal confederation
- Drougoubitai615 CE – 850 CE · tribal confederation
- Strymonians615 CE – 800 CE · tribal confederation
- First Bulgarian Empire681 CE – 1018 CE · profile
12th century
- Second Bulgarian Empire1185 CE – 1396 CE · profile
- Principality of Prosek1197 CE – 1202 CE · principality
13th century
- Kingdom of Thessalonica1204 CE – 1224 CE · crusader state
- Kingdom of Serbia (medieval)1217 CE – 1346 CE · kingdom
14th century
- Serbian Empire1346 CE – 1371 CE · kingdom
- District of Branković1371 CE – 1412 CE · other
- Kingdom of Prilep1371 CE – 1395 CE · kingdom
- Lordship of Dejanović1371 CE – 1395 CE · principality
- Principality of Kastrioti1389 CE – 1444 CE · principality
15th century
19th century
20th century
In the encyclopedia
Shared histories
States that also lay in other present-day countries:
States of Balkans and Hungary → States of Greece and the Aegean → All country histories →
Cite this page
- APA
- The Epoch Institute. (2026). History of North Macedonia. In The Epoch Institute States Register. https://the-epoch-institute.org/countries/north-macedonia
- MLA
- “History of North Macedonia.” The Epoch Institute States Register, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/countries/north-macedonia. Accessed .
- Chicago
- The Epoch Institute. “History of North Macedonia.” The Epoch Institute States Register. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/countries/north-macedonia.
- Harvard
- The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘History of North Macedonia’, The Epoch Institute States Register. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/countries/north-macedonia (Accessed: ).