-On August 28, 1393, the Senate of Venice decided that Kruja should be put under the possession of the Venetian Mark Barbarigo and his wife, daughter of Karl Topia, to remain in the under the Venetian flag.

-The iconographers Kostandin and Athanas Zografi finished painting the church of Saint Nicholas on August 28, 1750. The church is among the most painted monuments of medieval Albanian culture and art, while the series of wall paintings is unique in our iconographic art.

-Zenel Gjoleka and Tahir Çapari, at the head of 1,500 insurgents, on August 28, 1847, came to confront the Ottoman army of 5,000 solders, which had set out from Janina. In the battle that happend close to the village of Dholan, northeast of Janina, they defeated Ottoman army, a victory that opened their road to Janina.

-On August 28, 1888, Gjon Marka Gjoni, known as Lord of Mirdita, was born in Urok of Mirdita. Mirdita was an autonomuous principiality within the Ottoman Empire. On November 27, 1944, he emigrated to Rome, to start the resistance against the communist regime, where together with Professor Ernest Koliqin they formed the political organization Blloku Kombëtar Independent /The Independent National Front/. He passed away in Italy on April 28, 1966.

-On August 28, 1924, Father Zef Pllumi was born in Mali  Rrencit in a family originating from Shkreli. He was a Franciscan priest, who spent 26 years in the communist prisons. In 1931, he entered the Franciscan College of Shkodra, where he received a classical education in theology, philosophy, and literature. From December 14, 1946 to November 1949, he was imprisoned. In 1956, at the age of 32, he was ordained a priest and served in Dukagjin, north of Shkodër. From 1967-1989, for successive 23 years he was again imprisoned. Father zef Pllumi is the author of several books, such as the trilogy “Rrnopër me tregue” /Live to Tell/, “The Great Franciscans”, and the preface to “Lahuta e malcisë” /The Lute of the Mountains/” from Gjergj Fishta. In 2006 Father Zef Pllumi was awaded the Order “Honour of the Nation”, as a representative of the cultural and human wealth, as a true institution that resisted the most difficult regimes and times and as a symbol of the free citizen, the vision of which is inspired by European values. In 2006, Father Zef Pllumi received the Golden Pen literary award for his trilogy of memoirs “Live to Tell”. A year later, on September 25, 2007, he passed away.

-On August 28, 1942, the poet Ali Podrimja was born in Gjakova. He graduated in Albanian Language and Literature at the University of Prishtina. He is the author of more than ten volumes of poetry as the most typical representative of today’s Albanian poetry. Ali Podrimja, winner of many literary awards, passed away on July 21, 2012 in Lodev, France, while he was going to participate in the poetry festival.

-On August 28, 1948, painter and scenographer Ilia Xhokaxhi was born in Tirana. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Tirana. He worked at Albanian Radio Television as a scenographer, and at “Alba Film Studio” where he made 34 feature films. Xhokaxhi has been honored with many first prizes as scenographer and costume designer. He passed away on May 7, 2007 in Tirana.

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