The first issue of the newspaper "L'Albanese d'Italia" (" The Albanian of Italy") was published in Naples, a political, social and literary newspaper in Italian, partly also in Arbërisht.
Mehdi Frashëri, prime minister of Albania in the years 1935-1936, senior functionary in the administration of the Ottoman Empire and in the Albanian state, political activist, was born in Frashër of Dangëlli (Përmet).
Jeronim de Rada, poet, journalist, folklorist, philologist, founder of Arbëresh literature and culture, National Renaissance activist, Teacher of the People, passed away.
The "Massacre of Likoshan and Qirez" occurred on February 28, 1998, when Serbian police and military forces attacked Albanian civilians in the villages of Likoshan and Qirez in the municipality of Skenderaj.
Jani Minga was an activist of the Albanian school, of the National Renaissance, the "Democratic Movement" (1920-1924), and a Teacher of the People, was born in Shënpjetër in Fier.