Timeline Sunday 2 August 1903

Events on Sunday 2 August 1903 1

• 1903 Ilinden-Preobrazhenie Uprising Macedonian and Thracian revolutionaries rise against Ottoman rule Beginning on 2 August 1903, the Internal Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organization led a coordinated uprising against Ottoman authority in Macedonia and Thrace. Rebels briefly held the town of Kruu0161evo and declared a short-lived republic before Ottoman forces crushed the revolt within weeks. The uprising is commemorated as a foundational event in Macedonian national history.