On February 21, 1272, Charles of Anjou was proclaimed king of Naples and Albania, after the pact he made with the Albanian princes. “Durresi, Berat, Janina, Butrint enter the new kingdom”.

On February 21, 1914, the German prince, Wilhelm von Wied, a German army officer and a close friend of Queen Elisabeth of Romania, accepts the throne of Albania proposed by Austria-Hungary.

On February 21, 1918, Frano Ilia, cleric, archbishop of Shkodra, was born in Juban of Shkodra. He interceded for the forgiveness of bloodshed, the reconciliation of enmities between people. Frano Ilia died in Shkodra on October 22, 1997.

On February 21, 1945, the first priest in Albania, Dom Lazër Shanto, was shot dead. The cleric, writer, essayist, translator, enlightened priest, man of culture, literature and art, was massacred before being shot in Tirana at the age of 53. Together with the cleric Dom Lazer Shanto, Sylço Beg Bushati, the protagonist of political movements, was shot. He led the gendarmerie at the time of Zog. After the failure of the Mukje conference, he aligns himself with the anti-communist camp. With the liberation of Albania, he refuses to leave Albania.

Andrea Varfi, poet, researcher, publicist, was born on February 21, 1914. He completed his primary education in his hometown, while he attended secondary school at the Commercial School of Vlora.In 1935, he finished the classical branch of the high school in Tirana. In 1941, he completed his studies at the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences at the University of Perugia, Italy. In 1941 he returned to his homeland, where he became part of the Communist Fire Group. After Liberation, he worked at the “Naim Frashëri” publishing house and then at the League of Writers. He died on September 18, 1992, in Tirana.

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