On April 12, 1274, Charles I D’Anjou, the First King of Arbëria/Albania, ordered the protection of the assets of the Church of Durrës.

On April 12, 1710 dates a valuable manuscript of Albanian linguistics. An anonymous from Albania has left an Italian-Albanian dictionary and a brief grammar of the Albanian dialect of the north. This is the first grammar book of Albanian language known to date.

On April 12, 1902, in a well-known family of doctors in the city of Manastir/Bitola, Kristo Kristidhi was born. He was one of the first Albanian ophthalmologists. Kristo Kristidhi graduated from the University of Graz in Austria. After returning to his homeland, he laid the foundations of the eye care service in Albania.

On April 12, 1912, the talented soprano Gjyzepina Kosturi was born from a Shkodër family, in Tivar. After graduating in Rome, she returned to Albania, performing concerts and cooperating with the Radio Tirana microphone. Gjyzepina Kosturi is among the first soloists of the State Philharmonic, and of the Opera and Ballet Theatre. She passed away in Tirana on January 25, 1985.

On April 12, 1937, the Igumenian Patriarchate of Istanbul officially recognized the autocephaly of the Albanian Orthodox Church. This avoided foreign interference in the affairs of Albanian Orthodox Church.

On April 12, 1997, Leka I Zogu returned to Tirana with the royal family, after 58 years. The ban on the return to Albania of the royal family was decided by the Congress of Përmet of May, 1944, during the WWII. 

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