1016
King John Vladislav built royal palaces and placed in a prominent place a large marble block with text in Slavic Cyrillic script. On that memorial, the name Bitola is found for the first time.
1382 - 1383.
After many difficult and bloody battles and after the fierce resistance offered by the local population, they finally managed to conquer Bitola. According to some legends, the monks from the seventy monasteries and churches that existed in Bitola at that time offered very fierce resistance to the Turkish invaders. Hadji Euronos Bey, who was at the head of the Turkish army, revolted by the fierce resistance he encountered during the conquest of the city, ordered the demolition of the Bitola fortress. The Ottomans named the city Manastir.
XV century
The city received a new ethnic element - the Jews. The developed trades advanced even more with the arrival of the Jews, and with them the trade.
XVIII century
Certain circumstances led to the settlement of a larger number of Vlachs in Bitola, as a result of which craftsmanship and trade progressed significantly, and with that, the bazaar was gradually formed, which gave the city numerous markets, the most famous of which was the cotton market. During this period, the Clock Tower, Bezisten, Deboy and other ancillary buildings were built for the needs of the bazaar.
1830
The church of St. Dimitria was built.
1835
The Bitola bazaar suffered several times from large fires. Thus, this year a fire destroyed almost 2,000 shops.
1851
An Austrian consulate is opening.
1852
British Consulate, later – Greek Consulate.
1861
A Russian consulate and a number of European countries have opened diplomatic missions in Bitola.
1862
The Bitola bazaar suffered several times from large fires. Thus, in this year, 1,800 shops were burned again.
1897
The Bitola bazaar suffered several times from large fires. Thus, in this year the grain market and over 200 other buildings were destroyed.
1864 - 1912
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Bitola was the capital of the Bitola Vilayet. In particular, Bitola will take a prominent place in the country and the wider Balkans when it becomes the seat of the Rumeli Vilayet, which represents a kind of "golden age" for Bitola craftsmanship.
1870
The population built the churches of St. Sunday and St. Bogorodica, as well as a primary (later class) school where the vernacular and Slavic worship and singing dominated.
1906
The Manaki brothers buy a film camera, produced by the "Charles Urban Trading" company, and that is the 300th copy of the BIOSCOPE series. Thus, with that famous "Camera 300" cinematography in the Balkans began.
1908
At the Bitola congress, the Albanians decided to introduce the Latin script. In the same year, the new Young Turk constitution was ratified.
1909
The construction of the Officer's House started by the administrator of the Bitola Vilayet, Abdul Kerim Pasha. The construction was almost completed in 1911 and due to military and political reasons it was not able to be completed in their time. The officers' quarters were completely completed in 1919.
1914 - 1918
During the First World War, Bitola was bombed daily, as a result of which the city was destroyed, the population was scattered - evicted, suffering from epidemics.
1915
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Jewish neighborhood with shops.
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Wooden market.
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Pekmez market.
1918
With the peace agreement, Bitola came under Serbian rule. An artificial state border was drawn right next to the city, thus cutting off its homeland.
4 November 1944
Liberation of the city
6 February 1945
In Bitola, the first high school was opened (originally called "Goce Delchev", in 1952 it was renamed "Josip Broz Tito"), where the Macedonian language was taught.
8 September 1991
Bitola is a part of the independent Republic of Macedonia.
