-On January 25, 1479, the Venetian commander surrendered the castle of Shkodër to the Ottomans.

-On January 25, 1822, Ali Pasha Tepelena, feudal ruler in southern Albania, founder of the Pachalic of Ioannina (Ottoman administrative division), was murdered. He was born in Tepelena in 1740. He was a landowner, entrepreneur of state taxes, supporter of commercial activity. He removed the supporters of the central Ottoman power by transforming the territories included under his rule into a formation. Due to his tendencies to break away from the Porte, he was forced to face alone the long Ottoman attack and siege until he was stranded on the island in the Lake of Ioannina, when he was treacherously murdered.

-Albanian patriots gathered on January 25, 1919 in Durrës, from where the government emerged, unable though to avoid Italian influence. The Government of Durrës appointed a delegation for the Peace Conference in Paris, after the WWI.

-On January 25, 1945, the first issue of the “Pioneri” newspaper (dedicated to children until 14 years) was published. In the 1970s it turned into a color illustrated magazine. The periodic Pionieri continued publication until 1991.

-On January 25, 1973, the first meeting of the Assembly of the Academy of Sciences of Albania was held, which simultaneously marks the official day of the foundation of the Academy of Sciences of Albania.

-The Holy See, with the signature of Pope John Paul II, recognized Tirana as a Metropolitan City on January 25, 2005 and gave the Episcopal See the title of Metropolitan Archbishopric of Tirana-Durrës.

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