On May 22, 337, Constantine the Great, Roman emperor of Illyrian origin, passed away. He was a general who did not recognize defeat on the battlefield, a great state and social reformer and organizer.

On May 22, 1986, Mustafa Greblleshi, poet, writer, translator, died. He has written the novels, “Love Abyss”, a collection of short stories. He also translated into Albanian the Arabic “Fairy Tales of 1001 Nights” and others. He was born in Tirana on December 15, 1922. He received his primary education in Vlora, where they lived with his family because his father was in the service there. He took the secondary education in his hometown, near the Gymnasium of Tirana, with Eqrem Çabej as the school principal. Publishes sketches and short stories, sometimes humorous and sometimes with a clear stance on the state of the occupation. One of which “A rose” – where the rose was the allegory of occupied Albania – provoked the authorities. After WW2, he was the editor of the newspaper “Bashkimi” from the first day of its publication until 1946, when he was arrested together with his colleagues Andrea Varfi and Petro Marko. After his release from prison, he worked for several years as a language teacher in several cities.

On May 22, 1910, Lola Gjoka, the first and talented Albanian pianist, was born, in a family of Albanian immigrants, originating from the Bulgarians of Korça. At the age of 22, he returned to her homeland and connected with the most prominent musicians of the time. She finished her higher studies as a concert pianist in Athens with the highest marks. Together with Tefta Tashko Koço, Jorgjie Truja and Marie Kraja, she participates in the Florence Fair as representatives of Albanian art in 1938. Lola Gjoka is one of the first piano teachers of the first Albanian music school, the Artistic High School. Lola Gjoka worked as a concertmaster, first, at the State Philharmonic and then at the Opera and Ballet Theatre. The “People’s Artist” pianist Lola Gjoka was one of the multidimensional figures in the history of Albanian musical art, playing an important role in the consolidation of the first artistic institutions, while working with dedication also in the formation of new artists. Lola Gjoka passed away in Tirana, on October 6, 1985, at the age of 75.

On May 22, 1943, in order to prevent the anti-fascist student movement, the fascist invaders closed the Commercial High School of Vlora.

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