On This Day In History: Fire Of Skopje Started Intentionally – On Oct 26, 1689
On October 26, 1689, the Austrian General Enea Silvio Piccolomini led a campaign against the Ottomans in Kosovo, Bosnia and Macedonia. Piccolomini (ca.1640-1689) was an Italian nobleman with his root in Siena in Italy. During the offensive, the city of Skopje, (present-day capital of the...