-In December 1494, the great anti-Ottoman uprising broke out in south-western Albania.

-On December 19, 1863, Dr. Prof. Rifat Frashëri was born, one of the most prominent personalities of Albanian science. He graduated in medicine in Istanbul and specialized in bacteriology. In 1899, he was appointed deputy director and then director of the Bacteriological Institute of Istanbul and at the same time he gave lectures at the Faculty of Medicine. After the First World War, he returned to his homeland, Albania and the Congress of Lushnja of 1920 appointed him general director of health, a post he held until 1931, when he retired.

-The population of Pogradec and its surroundings gathered in a large rally on December 19, 1924 with a motion addressed to the Italian Legation in Durrës protested with anger against the Serbian-Greek neighborhood that morally and materially helped the armed gangs against the security and peace of the Albanian state.

-On December 19, 1954, the European Cultural Convention was signed, thus creating the framework in the field of education, culture, youth and sports.

-On December 19, 1965, the Institute for the Protection of Scientific Monuments was established for the preservation and restoration of cultural monuments.

-On December 19, 1990, the Albanian Helsinki Committee was founded, the first non-governmental organization created in Albania. It was founded as the Forum for the Protection of Fundamental Human Rights and Freedoms.

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