Historical calendar

1882 - Born in Edirne, Turkey, Theofan Stilian Noli. He enrolled at the Faculty of Philosophy in the Greek capital....

1888 - Born in Shiroka, Shkodra, Anton Harapi was a Franciscan friar, teacher, thinker, writer and Albanian politician. The high...

1918 - The declaration of independence of Finland is recognized by Russia, Sweden, Germany and France. This declaration declared Finland...

1923 - Died at the age of 39 in Lipnice, Jaroslav Hashek. Hashek, was a writer, humorist, satirist, bohemian journalist,...

1896 - Born in Byalistok, Dziga Vertov. Vertov was a film director, documentary, news director, and a Russian cinema theorist....

1920 - Shaban Demiraj, a well-known Albanian linguist, albanologist and academic, is born in Vlora. He was the president of...

1879 - Thomas Edison demonstrates the first incandescent flame to the public in Menlo Park, New Jersey. The first successful...

1916 - Russian priest and Tsar adviser Grigory Yefimovich Rasputin is assassinated by a group of officers led by Prince...

1911 - Sun Yat Sen becomes interim President of the Republic of China. He officially takes office on January 1,...

1895 - Wilhelm Röntgen publishes a paper detailing his discovery of a new type of radiation, which would later be...