On May 18, 1430, through the letter of the Senate of Ragusa, addressed to its ambassador in Bosnia, we learn about the suppression of Gjon Kastriot’s uprising. Kruja passed to the Turkish army; the province of Dibra was separated from the possessions of the Kastriotis. John Kastrioti, father of Skanderbeg was commissioned to serve in the Turkish army and send his sons to Istanbul as hostages of the Sultan.

On May 18, 1835, People of Shkodra, dissatisfied with the purge of the administrative apparatus from Albanian officials and the raising of customs taxes by the Ottoman invaders, broke out in an uprising. It spread throughout the north of the country. This forced the Porte to send numerous, armed forces that after three months suppressed the wave of protest.

On May 18, 1854, the German Albanologist Franc Bop, the founder of comparative Indo-European linguistics, delivered the report “On the Albanian language in its linguistic kinship ties”, where he proved that our language is part of the Indo-European language family and occupies a special place as the most yourself.

On May 18, 1887, Albanian emigrants, poor workers and artisans, members of the branch of the patriotic society “Drita” /The light/ in Braille, Romania, published the first issue of the literary-scientific weekly named “Drita”.

On May 18, 1880, the Committee of the Shkodër Branch of the Albanian League of Prizren, sent a memorandum to the Great Powers, where they demanded the prohibition of the fragmentation of Albanian lands and the recognition of national rights.

On May 18, 1906, the writer, prose writer and translator Nonda Bulka was born in Lusa in Përmet, who used the nickname “Kri-Kri”. He became known for his writings. He published the first poems and stories in the press of the time. Many translations have come out of his pen. The comedy “Topazi”, with which the People’s Theater in Tirana began its activity, is an Albanian version of Nonda Bulka.

On May 18, 1930, the Great Master of Sports, the famous football player Refik Resmja, was born. Resmja is known as the unattainable goal-scorer, as the athlete who has won many trophies, championship titles, Cups of Albania, medals and orders.

On May 18, 1993, the “Order of Doctors” was established in Tirana.

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