News On This Day In History: Fire Of Skopje Started Intentionally – On Oct 26, 1689 AncientPages.com | October 26, 2016 AncientPages.com - On October 26, 1689, 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 Read More