On May 26, 1913, in a family of iconographers, the first Albanian painter female Androniqi Zengo-Antoniu was born. She worked as an iconographer in the churches of Korça and Devolli, following the method of impressionism and realism. She excelled in the genre of portrait and landscape. Androniqi is the first Albanian painter who participated with 15 works in the international exhibition of New York in 1939 and in the international competition of Bari, where she was awarded third prize.

On May 26, 1920, a large rally was held in Korça, where thousands of citizens and representatives of the area of Korça and Devoll participated. At the rally, the national flag was solemnly raised and the declaration for the union of Korça with the Government of Tirana was announced.

On May 26, 1924, the Përmet regiment joined the democratic MPs gathered in Vlora. After the Përmet regiment, the entire army threw itself in the Democratic Bourgeois Revolution of 1914, known in history also as the June Revolution. The insurgents numbered 12,000 in their ranks.

On May 26, 2001, the writer and journalist Llazar Siliqi passed away. For many years he has been the editor-in-chief of the publishing organs of the League of Writers and Artists of Albania. From his pen came the libretto of the first Albanian opera “Mrika” with music by Preng Jakova.

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