On November 22, 1880, while Shkodra had not yet overcome the internal political crisis, The Ottoman commander, Dervish Pasha ordered the Ottoman army to begin the march against Ulqin.

On November 22, 1902, in the premises of the Albanian patriotic society “Dëshira” /The Desire/ in Sofia, the night school was opened for the Albanian immigrants in Bulgaria.

On November 22, 1908, the Congress of Manastir, which gathered Albanian scholars to determine the alphabet of the Albanian language, ended in Manastir (present-day Bitola in North Macedonia). In the calendar of the Albanian world, this date has entered as “Alphabet Day of the Albanian Language”.

On November 22, 1913, the Government of Vlora, immediately after the Albanian Independence of 1912) announced the law called the Appropriate Canon of the Civil Administration of Albania. The administration of the country was envisaged in a fairly democratic way.

On November 22, 1923, the first issue of the political, literary and economic newspaper “Xhoka”, organ of the society with the same name and of the Radical Democratic Party, was published. The newspaper supported the June Democratic Bourgeois Revolution of 1924 and Noli’s government.

On November 22, 1927, the Albanian government concluded a defensive alliance with Italy, which has entered in history under the name of the second Pact of Tirana. The agreement was not only military, but also – like the first Tirana Pakt, it was of economic character too. They agreed on the construction of some important strategic roads and even the Italian influence on education.

November 22, 1972, dermatologist doctor, professor of medical sciences, Kadri Kirçiku, passed away.

On November 22, 1998, the popular referendum on the constitution of the Republic of Albania was held.

On November 22, 2007, the Albanology Institute of Cultural and Spiritual Heritage “Pjetër Bogdani” was opened in Shkup/Skopje.

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