On July 23, 1448, the Battle of Drin took place. It has been evaluated as one of the most important battles of Skanderbeg against the Venetians for the liberation of the Albanian lands.

On July 23, 1649, the Pope of Albanian origin, Clement XI, was born. In Albanian history, the name of Pope Clement XI Albani is mentioned as Pope with Albanian blood. As the Pope who called the Assembly of Arbri in 1703. he always boasted of his ancient Albanian ancestry. Clement XI led the Catholic Church for 21 consecutive years.

On July 23, 1880, the Assembly of Gjirokastra was held, chaired by Abdyl Frashëri. This gathering demanded Albania’s autonomy from Turkey and expressed its determination to defend Ulqin in the north and Chameria in the south with weapons.

On July 23, 1908, the Albanian insurgents announced the constitution in Bitola, Thessaloniki and Presheva. In the first plan, the problem of organizing the school in the Albanian language emerged.

On July 23, 1911, the Memorandum of Greece was drawn up as a program that expressed the aspirations of all Albania and not only of a province or vilayet. The most radical patriots of South Albania, taking advantage of the uprising of the highlanders, made an effort to attract the moderate elements into the movement. Greece’s memorandum put an end to the waiting attitude that several committees in other provinces of the country had held until then.

In July 1915, Fan Noli was elected president of the Pan-Albanian Federation “Vatra”. Faced with the political vacuum in Albania, “Vatra” began to see itself as a kind of Albanian government in exile.

From July 1942 to June 1944, Ferid Vokopola published the magazine “The Man” in Tirana, as an organ of the religious organization “Drita Hyjnore”.

July 1978 marks the end of the Sino-Albanian Alliance, which started in 1961 by radicalizing political, economic and social life in Albania.

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