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Fan Noli. Theofan Stilian Noli, known as Fan Noli (6 January 1882 – 13 March 1965), was an Albanian -American writer, scholar, diplomat, politician, historian, orator, Archbishop, Metropolitan and founder of the Albanian Orthodox Church and the Albanian Orthodox Archdiocese in America who served as Prime Minister and regent of Albania in 1924 ...
Casualties and losses. 26 Deaths, 50 Injuries. The June Revolution ( Albanian: Lëvizja e Qershorit) also known as the Antibourgeois Democratic Revolution ( Albanian: Revolucioni Demokrat Antiborgjez) was a revolt backed by the parliamentary opposition to the Zog I government, following the 1923 Albanian parliamentary election .
Skanderbeg. Gjergj Kastrioti ( c. 1405 – 17 January 1468), commonly known as Skanderbeg, was an Albanian feudal lord and military commander who led a rebellion against the Ottoman Empire in what is today Albania, North Macedonia, Greece, Kosovo, Montenegro, and Serbia . A member of the noble Kastrioti family, he was sent as a hostage to the ...
Anës lumejve. Anës lumenjve ( By the rivers) is a poem in the Albanian language by Fan S. Noli, in which the history of Albania is described. [1] The poem was released in 1928, after Noli himself had been ousted from his position of Prime Minister by Ahmed Zogu 's coup, which would later make a monarchy of the country, a republic since its ...
Zog I. Zog I (Ahmed Muhtar Zogolli; 8 October 1895 – 9 April 1961) was the leader of Albania from 1922 to 1939. At age 27, he first served as Albania's youngest ever Prime Minister (1922–1924), then as president (1925–1928), and finally as king (1928–1939). Born to a beylik family in Ottoman Albania, Zog was active in Albanian politics ...
Gurakuqi was born to a Catholic family in Shkodër, a vilayet center of the Ottoman Empire at the time, on February 19, 1879. He studied at the Jesuit -run St. Xavier College [2] He was also a poet and published under the pen name Jakin Shkodra and Lekë Gruda. He published articles in Albania, Drita, Kalendari-kombëtar, Liria e Shqipërisë ...
Xhemal Deliallisi. Xhemal Deliallisi (1880 - 1941) was a prominent figure of the 19th century in the Shijak area of Albania. He was one of 40 signatories of the Albanian Declaration of Independence alongside his cousin Ymer Deliallisi. [1] [2] His tribe was one of the most influential in the area of central Albania where is his father, Sali bey ...
The National History Museum ( Albanian: Muzeu Historik Kombëtar) is a historical museum in Tirana, Albania. It was opened on 28 October 1981 and is 27,000 square metres in size, while 18,000 square metres are available for expositions. Above the entrance of the museum is a large mural mosaic titled The Albanians that depicts purported ancient ...