On April 2, 1769, Mehmet Pashë Bushati fought a battle in Zadrima to strengthen his Paschalik. This battle proved that the Bushatis of Shkodra, who created a powerful Paschalik and only formally dependent from the Porte, could not unite the Albanian forces, which was his intention.

On April 2, 1872, Andrea D’ara, Arbëresh folklorist and linguist, father of the well-known poet Gavril D’ara Jr. past away. Andrea D’ara is the author of an Albanian grammar, a work on the customs and traditions of the Arbëresh community, a bilingual Italian-Albanian dictionary and a volume of folk songs of the Arbëresh people of Sicily.

On April 2, 1910, the proceedings of the second Congress of Manastir were opened. It once again raised the demands for the problems of education and culture in the Albanian territory, which at the time were under the Ottoman rule.

On April 2, 1932, People’s Artist Margarita Xhepa was born in Lushnja. She took first place in one of the artistic speech contests on Radio Tirana and was nominated to the State Variety Show Theater, while in 1950 she step on the stage of the People’s Theatre. After a rich biography of roles on stage and screen, in 1997 Margarita Xhepa was honored by the American Biographical Institute with the high honorific title “Golden Disc”.

On April 2, 1939, Benito Mussolini presented King Zog I of Albania, a draft treaty according to which he requested that Italian troops land in the four main ports of Albania. As a counterproposal, the Zog I demanded the conclusion of a military convention to prevent the invasion of the country. Dissatisfied, the fascist leaders of Rome presented the Albanian government with an ultimatum that predicted the aggression of April 7, 1939.

April 2, 1981 – Demonstrations began in Kosova with the request of “Republic of Kosova”. The students were joined by a large part of the Albanian citizens of Kosova.

On April 2, 2005, Pope John Paul II passed away in the Vatican at the age of 85. He was elected to the throne of Saint Peter on October 16, 1978. On April 25, 1993, the Pope visited Albania for the first time together with Mother Teresa, blessing the long-awaited dream of the Albanians.