Historical calendar

1880 - Born in Ioannina, Mid'hat bej Frashëri, Albanian diplomat, writer and politician. Among others, he was among the fathers...

1923- Gjon Shllaku was born, he was a seminarian and later distinguished himself as a translator of Hellenic, Latin and...

1919 - In Milan, Italy, Benito Mussolini establishes his own fascist political movement. Italian fascism was rooted in Italian nationalism,...

1916 - The last emperor of China, Yuan Shikai, abdicates from the royal throne and, later, restores the Republic of...

1921 - The New Economic Policy is implemented by the Bolshevik Party in response to economic failure as a result...

1916 - Jusuf or Isuf Vrioni, Albanian translator and diplomat, is born. On September 13, 1947, he was arrested by...

1875 - Born in Konica, Faik bey Konica, propagandist of the national cause, researcher of national history and the Albanian...

1915 - Mahir Domi was born in the city of Elbasan. He studied classical philology and graduated from the University...

1922 - Born in Istanbul, Cornelius Castoriadis. Castoriadis, was a philosopher, Greek-French, social critic, economist, psychoanalyst, author of The Imaginary...

1906 - The Courrieres mine disaster, the worst ever in Europe, kills 1100 miners in northern France. An explosion of...