On February 22, 1917, the venerable Abbot Preng Doçi passed away at the age of 71. Eleven years of his life were spent in seclusion, persecuted and imprisoned by the Turks. He returned to his homeland on November 6, 1888, as Abbot of Mirdita. Abbot Preng Doçi, in addition to being an outstanding diplomat, was also respected as a poet and writer. He has published about 32 works.

On February 22, 1945, a fierce Serbian military campaign extinguished the Drenica uprising, mercilessly killing and massacring thousands of Albanians in Kosovo.

  On February 22, 1991, the Presidential Council headed by Ramiz Alia was established, which exercised its functions for two months. On April 30, 1991, with the election of the first president by a multi-party Parliament, the Constitutional Institution of the President of the Republic was established.

On February 22, 1999, the Serbian forces undertook a general action against the forces of the Kosovo Liberation Army, in order to occupy as much territory as possible that was under the control of the Kosovo Liberation Army before the signing of the Rambouje Agreement. Radio-Kosova e Lirë announced the undermining of the bridge in Kaçanik by Serbian forces, the increase of military and police forces in Drenica,  killing of Albanian civilians in Gjakovë, Prizren, and an offensive in Shala area.

On February 22, 2008, just five days after the declaration of Kosovo’s Independence, many countries of the world recognized the newest country in Europe, among them was Peru, which recognized Kosovo as an independent country.

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