On June 18, 1785, Kara Mahmut Pasha Bushatlliu, at the head of the Shkodër army and the allied areas of Tirana, Kruja and Dibra, after 4 days of fighting, entered the Montenegrin capital, Cetina.

On June 18, 1878, the Albanian League of Prizren approved a series of decisions that were included in what was called the “Book of Decisions”. With this act, the League practically assumed the functions of a government.

On June 18, 1903, the prominent Italian albanologist Karlo Tagliavini was born. He has held lectures at the University of Padua, devoted to dialectology, lexicology and the history of the Albanian language. The study works “Albania and Dalmatia” also belong to his pen.

On June 18, 1904, the renaissance encyclopedia writer Sami Frashëri passed away. He was a philosopher and scientist, writer, playwright and journalist, and ideologist of Albanian National Renaissance. During his life, Sami Frashëri published encyclopedias, capital publications in the Turkish language, dictionaries and directed 6 of the most popular newspapers and magazines in Turkey. His most well-known work is “Albania what has been, what it is and what it will become”, a political national manifesto.

On June 18, 1948, popular singer Fatime Sokoli was born in Tropoja. For nearly 30 years, he was noted for her voice and talent, which she showed everywhere in Albania, Kosova and Macedonia, as well as on many stages in the Balkans and other countries of Europe. With her voice and talent, she has entered the pantheon of popular songs. Fatime Sokoli passed away at the age of 39, on August 12, 1987.

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