-A contract that dates October 16, 1455 introduces to Andrea Aleksi, originally from Durrës, as one of the most prominent painters, sculptors and architects of the time. The great Durrës master in this document commits to teach the arts he possessed to generations of young artists.

-According to research in the archives of the Ottoman Empire, by researcher Nexhip P. Alpan, on October 16, 1844, Ismail Qemali was born in Vlora. Ismail Qemali had the beginnings of his political career in Ottoman offices and in cooperation with the Ottomans. But he spent seven years in exile, because of his liberal ideas. On November 28, 1912, he presided over the meeting of the National Assembly in Vlora, which proclaimed the Independence of Albania. Ismail Qemali spent the last years of his life in Italy, defending the Albanian issue. He passed away on January 24, 1919.

-On October 16, 1912, the Shkup/Skopje Assembly approved the declaration which was submitted to the Great Powers. According to which the Albanians had managed to ensure territorial entirety and the freedom of Albania too.

-In Vlora on October 16, 1913, the international control commission created by the Conference of Ambassadors in London held its first meeting

-Petro Zheji was born on October 16, 1929 in the city of Gjirokastër. He completed his early studies in Mathematics-Physics, later he studied Language-Literature at the University of Tirana. For years he worked at the publishing house “8 Nëntori” where he made a valuable contribution to the promotion of a number of authors in the Albanian language. Zheji belongs to a constellation of authors who not only spoke Albanian, but also opened windows that connected with the world through books, thousands of readers, at the time of an isolated Albania. Translation was his great love, which he did not give up until the last days of his life. He was also committed into linguistic research on the Albanian language. Petro Zheji passed away at the age of 85, on March 15, 2015.

-On October 16, 1998, the famous singer and one of the oldest employees of Radio Tirana, Hysen Pelingu, passed away.

-For the first time, on October 16, 1999, the regular Tirana-Prishtina air line was established.

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