-On August 26, 1910, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate Mother Teresa, Anjeze Gonxhe Bojaxhi, was born in Skopje, Macedonia, in a Catholic family of Albanian origin. As a teenager, she was involved in parish activities and at the age of 28 she entered the Loreto monastery in Rathfarnham, Ireland, where she was given the name Teresa. A year later, on January 6, 1929, she went to Calcutta, India and on May 24, 1937, she became a nun there. On September 10, 1946, on the train from Calcutta to Darjeeling, Mother Teresa received what she called “the call” that led to the birth of the Missionaries of Charity bearing her name. Mother Teresa extended her charitable foundations throughout the world, daily increasing her fame of compassion. In 1979, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and there he declared that she is Albanian by blood, while as a person he belongs to the whole world. In the evening of September 5, 1997, Mother Teresa passed away in. Less than two years after, Pope John Paul II announced the start of the canonization of Mother Teresa. She was canonized by Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican on September 5, 2016, which is marked as the Day of the Albanian Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta.

-On August 26, 1830, after the murder of Ali Pasha Tepelena of Janina, most of the feudal lords of southern Albania rose in rebellion for the self-government of the country. To liquidate its leadership, the Porte organized the Massacre of Monastir, one of the bloodiest and most treacherous acts committed in Albania. About 1,000 Albanian lords were killed and hanged, while another 500 were sentenced to life imprisonment.

-On August 26, 1938, the Albanian great poet Milosh Gjergj Nikolla, known as Migjeni, passed away. He was born on October 13, 1911 in Shkodër. He studied theology in Manastir/Bitola, and worked as a teacher in the north of Albania. He published in the magazines “Illyria”, “New World” and summarized his poetic creations in the book “Vargjet e Lira” /Free Verses/. He passed away the age of 27.

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