Gjerasim Qiriazi (1858–1894), an activist of the National Movement, founder of the First Albanian School for Girls in Korçë, and author of educational texts, passed away.
Haxhi Lleshi, chairman of the Presidium of the People's Assembly from 1953 to 1982, participant in the Anti-Fascist National Liberation War, and People's Hero, passed away in Tirana.
In Partinico, Italy, afflicted by an illness that caused him to go blind, Gjergj Guzzeta, the founder of the Greek-Albanian Seminary of Palermo, passed away in 1734.