-On February 1, 1880, Zef Jubani, folklorist, writer, economist, ideologue of the Albanian National Renaissance of the 19th century passed away. He was born in Shkodër in 1818. In 1857 he founded in Shkodër the apprentice organization called “The Auxiliary Society”. He collaborated in the organization of the anti-Ottoman movement of Mirdita too. Zef Jubani has published the books “Compilation of folk songs and rhapsody of Albanian poems”, “Project of navigation with Italian steamboats in the Adriatic”, translated “The Code of the appendix of the Ottoman commercial procedure”. Many of Zef Jubani’s writings remained unpublished manuscripts, among them “History of George Kastrioti”.

-On February 1, 1905, by the decree of the Bishop of Skopje, Monsignor Pashk Trokshi, Stubëll, close to Gjakova was declared an independent Parish. Under the pressure of the great powers of the time, the Young Turk rulers were forced to recognize as legal, the Albanian School of Stubëll Parish.

-On February 1, 1926, Niko Hoxha, military man, first class pilot, was born in Tragjas of Vlora. He carried his higher studies at the School of Combat Aviation. Upon his return in homeland, he was appointed commander of the autonomous aviation squadron in Tirana, then commander of the first air combat regiment of Kuçova. Hoxha was among the founders of the Albanian school of combat aviation. He was accidentally killed in the line of duty on November 20, 1965.

-On February 1, 1933 – The weekly magazine for children and young people “Vatra e rinisë” /Home of Youth/ was published. It continued intermittently until 1939 and was directed by Vasil Xhaçka.

-On February 1, 1950, the Commission for drafting the draft statute of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Albania met. The rights and duties of the Orthodox Committee of Albania were defined in general terms, which should be followed in the framework of the new course of the communist regime that was established in Albania.

-On February 1, 1990, the then Yugoslavia sent troops, tanks and planes to the province of Kosova, where police were fighting ethnic Albanians, who were demanding a political reform.

-On February 1, 1999 – German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder and NATO Secretary General Javier Solana called on Belgrade and Kosova Albanians to take NATO’s threats seriously and come together for talks.

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