Josif Bageri, a poet, writer, publicist, and activist of the National Renaissance, was born in the village of Nistrovë in Upper Reka, which at that time belonged to the Sanjak of Dibra.
In Vau i Deja, the "Battle of Oroniku" took place, where Albanian warriors led by Skënderbeu fought against a large Ottoman army in open combat, with the Venetians also opposing them.
The "Fier Uprising" was organized, organized for the overthrow of the monarchical regime, the liquidation of the intervention of Italian imperialism and the establishment of a republican regime. Its cause was the deterioration of the country's economic and political situation.
In Pejë, Kosovo, Ali Kelmendi was born, a fighter for national liberation in Kosovo, an activist of the democratic communist and antifascist movement in Albania, and a People's Hero.