Outstanding Facts in Albania
1946: January 11
The Albanian Constituent Assembly, which has been elected the previous month, proclaims the People's Republic of Albania. A new constitution and a new government will be promulgated in March, headed by Enver Hoxha. The communist regime will initiate a wide campaign of purges to eliminate the opponents and initiate the socialization of the State. (75 years ago)
1912: November 28
In Vlorë, nationalist Albanian delegates, led by Ismail Qemali, proclaim the independence of Albania and the formation of an independent government, raising the Albanian flag in the city, after forming the Albanian National Congress. This fact means the end of the domination of almost 500 years of the Ottoman Empire. Ismail Qemali will be the Prime Minister of Albania between 1912 and 1914. (108 years ago)
48aC: July 10
In the territories of present-day Albania the battle of Dirraquio takes place in which Cneo Pompeyo defeats Julius Caesar but, having everything in his favor, he does not take advantage of the opportunity to annihilate him and end the Civil War. (2069 years ago)
Outstanding births in Albania
1910: August 26
Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, later known as Mother Teresa of Calcutta, was born in Albania, a Catholic nun famous for her brilliant humanitarian work in India, alongside the poorest. After her death in 1997, she will be beatified by Pope John Paul II in 2003. (111 years ago)
Reported deaths in Albania
1985: April 11
In Tirana, the capital of Albania, Enver Hoxha, the Albanian communist dictator, dies, who was in close harmony with Stalin, and took advantage of Tito's Yugoslavia break with the Soviet regime to break with Yugoslavia and strengthen his control over the Party Albanian Communist, purging him of pro-Tito elements. Later he rejected de-Stalinization and the opening that Khrushchev introduced into the Soviet Union, breaking with that country in 1961. (36 years ago)
