August 15 is the Day of St. Mary, the mother of Christ, which is also celebrated in Albania.

August 15, 1575 dates the opening of the first fair in Albania. It was organized in the city of Vlora, on the Island of the Manastir of Zvernec.

On August 15, 1847, the leaders of the Albanian peasant movement sent a memorandum to the Ottoman state and the country’s ladnowners, definig the causes of this social movement.

On August 15, 1902, the Committee of the Patriotic Society “Shpresa” /The Hope/ organized a demonstration of Albanian exiles in Bucharest. Demonstrators led by the Albanian orchestra, to the sound of Skanderbeg’s march and patriotic songs, took to the streets of the Romanian capital with Albanian flags and a portrait of Geoge Kastrioti.

In the village of Veleshnja in Skrapar, on August 15, 1902, the democratic fighter, Hero of the People Zylyftar Veleshnja was born. He has performed important duties in the army and in social organizations.

On August 15, 1916, the poet and publicist Aleks Çaçi was born in Palasa of Himara. It belongs to the generation of writers of the 1930s. During 60 years of creativity, he published a considerable number of works. He passed away in Tirana in 1989.

On August 15, 1926, the patriot Muço Kapinova was killed at the age of 37. He was born on August 10, 1889 in Kapinova, Skrapari. At a young age, he became part of the patriotic movements. He took part in the June Revolution of 1924 and after its failure he escaped to Thessaloniki, Greece. Upon the return to his homeland,  he was treacherously killed.

On August 15, 1936, Prof. was born in Gjakova dr. Bardhyl Çaushi, judge, teacher and political activist. He studied at the Faculty of Law in Skopje, and worked as a judge in the Municipal Court of Gjakova, and  was its president. Professor Bardhyl Çaushi was abducted in 1999 by Serbian military-police forces and is considered missing.

On August 15, 1967, in a document that arrived at our National Library from the Library of Weimar, it is said that the manuscript nicknamed the Book of Skanderbeg is in their collection. This codex on parchment was bought in 1590 in Warsaw and in 1621 it was sold again to the Prince of Weimar. The book is still in Vaimar and nowadays it is easy to see. 

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