On June 13, 1878, the Congress of Berlin began its work. The treaty issued by the Congress violated the principle of self-determination of peoples, and preserved Turkish rule in a part of the Balkan Peninsula. This is where the dismemberment of Albania began. The decisions of the congress accelerated the organization of Albanian armed resistance.

On June 13, 1878, a group of patriots from Shkodra and the Albanian League of Geghëria sent British Prime Minister Beaconsfield, on the opening day of the Berlin Congress, a memorandum drawing attention to the existence of the Albanian issue. The memorandum denounced the Treaty of Saint Stefano and affirmed Albanian national identity.

On June 13, 1913, in the city of Shkodër, the Franciscan clergymen, the poet Gjergj Fishta raised the national flag for the first time in the bell towers of the churches in Shkodër.

On June 13, 1920, the Pan-Albanian Federation “Vatra” was officially recognized by the state of Massachusetts, US, receiving the charter signed by the state secretary Albert Langstry.

On June 13, 1937, the first hydropower plant in Albania was inaugurated in Vithkuq, Korça. It was built by the “General Electric” Company of Korça headed by Selim Mborja.

On June 13, 1958, were restored the diplomatic relations between Albania and Turkey, interrupted in April 1939 after the occupation of Albania by Fascist Italy.

On June 13, 1991, Hysen Prishtina passed away. He was the initiator of introducing Albanian into the state administration in the former Yugoslavia. Hysen Prishtina took care of the Serbian and Montenegrin minorities, and protected the Jewish families who were persecuted by the Nazi fascists. Hysen Prishtina replaced street names with Albanian names, opposed political purges and released political prisoners. He was arrested for these activities on May 14, 1944. After the war, he immigrated to Turkey, Belgium and finally to Canada, where he passed away.

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