On March 12, 1867, The prominent patriot and theologian Haxhi Vehbi Agolli was born in Dibër (North Macedonia). He was a delegate in the Historical Assembly of Vlora of 1912, where he was elected the chairman of the Eldership or (Senate). The post gave him the right to be Ismail Qemali’s deputy in his absence. He died in Tirana in 1937.

On March 12, 1880, the Parish of Hoti sent a note of protest to the Austro-Hungarian consul in Shkodër, opposing decisions of the Ottoman government to hand over territories to Montenegro.

In March 1908, Fan Noli was ordained as a priest.

On March 12, 1940, demonstrations broke out in Durrës against the Fascist Italian invaders.

On March 12, 1992, the writer and albanologist Martin Camaj passed away in Munich, at the age of 67. After living for short periods in Yugoslavia and Rome, from 1961 he settled in Munich. There he taught Albanian literature. Martin Camaj is included in all anthologies and works that talk about Albanian writers.

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