On June 5, 1478, after a 13-month of incesant siege, and 10 years after the passing away of George Kastrioti Skanderbeg, the main Albanian Castle, Kruja fell in the hands of the Ottomans.

On June 5, 1871, Nikolla Jorga was born, the Romanian historian who provided great help in the study of the history of Albania. In the years 1915-1916, he published several volumes on the anti-Ottoman wars of the Albanian people during the era of Skanderbeg. Nikolla Jorga discovered in the Laurentian library of Florence the document of the Albanian language, retained to be the first, which is the “Baptizing Formula” of Archibishp Pal Engjelli, belonging to the year 1462.

On June 5, 1902, the teacher of the first school in Tirana, Filip Ashiku wrote about the treasure discovered in the village of Vrap, which consisted of decorations and cups in gold. This rare discovery has been called the “Albanian treasure” and today it is in the Metropolitan Museum of New York.

On June 5, 1904, the doctor Fezullah Miraku was born in Elbasan. He completed his education in his hometown. In 1921, Sulejman Delvina’s government sent him to study at the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Graz, Austria. In 1932 he returned to his homeland and worked as a doctor. He was the first doctor of the Thermal Baths of Elbasan.

On June 5, 1915, the Montenegrin armies attacked Shkodër amid WWI.

On the night of June 5, 1920, Albanian volunteers launched attacks against the Italian invaders in Vlora. In the evening of June 5, and the following morning, the Albanian insurgents occupied most of the Carabinieri outposts.

On June 5, 1991, the Association for the Conservation and Protection of the Environment was founded in Albania. On that very day, the World Environment Day was celebrated for the first time in Albania.

On June 5, 1992, Albania was admitted in the North Atlantic Council, which is the principle decision-making body of NATO. While the Strasbourg-Koln Summit (France-Germany) on April 3, 4, 2009 marked the historic moment of Albania’s accession to NATO. 

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