On April 19, 1785, the vice-consul of Venice in Shkodër, Jak Suma announced the talks and agreements that Karamahmut Pasha of Shkodër was making with the Dalmatian leaders of Pastrović. The head of the paschalak of Shkodër in the concluded agreements gave the opportunity to the entire community of Pastrovic to come freely to Shkodër as citizens of the city.

On April 19, 1894, the great English poet George Byron passed away. In July 1809, the rebellious romantic visited Albania and stayed at the court of Ali Pasha Tepelena. In his masterpiece “Child Harold Pilgrimage”, the poet put also the deep impressions that Albania and the Albanians left on him. “Land of Albania! Where Iskander rose, /Theme of the young, /and beacon of the wise, /And he, his namesake, whose oft-baffled foes/ Shrunk from his deeds of chivalrous emprise…,” wrote Byron in “Child Harold Pilgrimage”.

On April 19, 1923, the painter Vera Blloshmi was born in Tirana. In 1945 Vera Blloshmi was presented at the national exhibition in London. She painted and exhibited many works in Italy, Czech Republic, Canada, United States of America and Switzerland. In 1983, with the portrait of the woman in national costume, she received the first prize in the contest organized by one of the most popular galleries in London.

On April 19, 1983, Albania became part of the Organization for Industrial Development of the United Nations “UNIDO”.

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