-The patriotic clergyman Pjeter Mazreku, in his address to the Holy See on August 18, 1623, requested the opening of Colleges in Albania.

-On August 18, 1835, the Shkodra insurgents, led by the military commander Hamza Kazazi, won a victory over the Ottoman forces.

-On August 18, 1887, the patriot, clergyman Ferid Vokopola was born in Berat, the delegate of Lushnja in the National Assembly of Vlora in 1912 that declared Independence of Albania, and among the organizers of the Lushnja Congress, a member of the Albanian Parliament in the period 1920-1924. He worked with dedication in the field of journalism, poetry and Islamic theology. He passed away in Durres in 1969.

-On August 18, 1912, the Ottoman government publicly accepted the demands presented in Hasan Prishtina’s memorandum, which demanded that the Ottoman employees in Albania to know Albanian language, and know the customs of the country, that military service be performed only in Albania and Macedonia, and the opening in the 4 Albanian vilayets, of schools of every level in the Albanian language.

-On August 18, 1986, the actor of the Albanian stage, Prokop Mima, Merited Artist, passed away. He was born on July 8, 1920 in Durrës. He was first engaged in the amateur theater. In the memory of Albanians remain his the roles in the dramas: “Intrigue and Love”, “Arturo Ui”, “Our Land”, “The General of the Dead Army”, or in the movies “The Old Emblem”, “The Intendent”, “Brothers and Friends” and others. In addition to the prominent characters he left on stage and screen, he brought one of the favorite shows “Ora Gazmore”/ The humoristic Hour/ to Radio Tirana listeners.

-On August 18, 1920, the Lushnja, the Educational Congress was convened. It addressed the problems of the Albanian education system, the structure and content of the school, as well as the unification of the language in the schools too.

– On August 18, 1939, Pandi Mele, the distinguished painter and teacher, was born in Devoll. After graduating from Jordan Misja Artistic High School, he completed his higher studies in the Department of Graphics in Leningrad and Tirana. There are hundreds of his works in paintings and graphics, property at the Albanian central Art Gallery, as well as in art galleries in Greece, Italy, Holland, Poland, Japan, USA, and Canada.