On June 29, 1444, the “Battle of Torvioll” in lower Dibra, between  Albanian League Army commanded by Skanderbeg and an Ottoman Army took place. Hit from all sides, Ottoman army was anniliated and completely dispersed.

On June 29, 1878, the Çamëria issue was raised for the first time at the table of European diplomacy, at the Congress of Berlin. Greek Foreign Minister Deliyanis demanded that the island of Crete, Thessaly and Epirus be given to Greece from the Ottoman Empire.

In June 1915, Haziz Lila, martyr of the Albanian language and school, was killed. He was teacher in Gostivar, Struga and then school director in Dibër. Later he became a muhedin and propagandist for disagreement with Serbian politics. His patriotic activity caught the eye of the Serbian authorities, who arrested and killed him.

On June 29, 1950, Albanologist Robert Elsie was born in Vancouver, Canada. Since 1978, he had the opportunity to visit Albania and participated several years in a row in the International Seminar on Albanian Language, Literature and Culture in Kosova.

On June 29, 2005, the Holy See in the Vatican baptized Tirana Metropolitan City. Tirana became the episcopal seat for the first time in 1993 and with this act the Vatican moved the episcopal seat which had been in Durrës since the late Middle Ages.

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