-“Drita” /The Light/ patriotic society of Bucharest, gathered on December 11, 1897, formulated the memorandum addressed to the Porte demanding administrative autonomy of Albania. The text of this memorandum was published in the 1899 calendar.

-On December 11, 1910, the insurgents of Northern Albania asked the Young Turk government and European public opinion for amnesty for politically convicted Albanians, and the use of the Albanian language and the alphabet approved at the Congress of Manastir.

-The law dated December 11, 1926 legalized the exchange of letters between the Albanian minister in Rome Xhemil Dino and the head of the Italian government Benito Mussolini on the Treaty between Albania and Italy. As is known, the Dino-Mussolini exchange letter remained secret and was published only after 11 years in May 1937.

–On December 11, 1947, Aleksandër Stavri Drenova, known as Asdreni, poet, publicist and Albanian patriot, passed ayay. He was born on April 11, 1872 in Drenova.

He summarized his first poetic creations in the book “Sunbeam”. Asdreni’s most important work is The Tearful Dream. He also wrote “Down Psalm” and “Bell of Kruja”.

The lyrics of the Albanian National Anthem belong to the pen of Asdreni.

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