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 Ottomans. He returned to his homeland on November 6, 1888, as Abbot of Mirdita. Abbot Preng Doçi, apart from being an outstanding diplomat, was also appreciated as a poet and a writer too. He has published about 32 works.

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

On February 22, 1991, was established a Presidential Council of Albania, headed by Ramiz Alia, 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.