Calendar – February the 23rd

February 23, 1748 – the Albanian newspaper “L’Albanese d’Italia” was published for the first time in Naples, Italy, by the great Albanian Renaissance activist, Jeronim De Rada.
On February 23, 1913, with the Greek occupation of Çamëria, Deli Janaqi’s gang massacred 72 men from the province of Paramithi.
On February 23, 1924, in the premises of the Albanian Assembly in Tirana, a failed attempt to the life of the then prime minister, Ahmet Zogu was made.
On February 23, 1932, Marigo Pozio, the Albanian who embroidered the flag that was raised in Vlora on Independence Day 1912, passed away at the age of 40. Marigo wrote and published in the press of the time. She suffered from tuberculosis, a very difficult to cure disease during that period.
February 23, 1999 – After 17 days of talks in Rambouillet, France, an agreement was reached for an extended autonomy of Kosova and an implementation conference was agreed upon, which began a month later, in March 1999.
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