In Skopje began the "Dervish Cara Uprising" (1843–1844), a popular uprising with a nationalist character during the period of the Albanian National Renaissance.
Misto Mame, participant of the National Liberation Anti-Fascist War, one of the first leaders and organizers of the Communist Youth, Hero of the People, was born in Erind of Lunxheria (Gjirokastër).
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.
