CALENDAR-September 6th

On September 6, 394, Eugene Flavi, emperor of the Roman Empire of Illyrian origin, fell on the battlefield.
In the report of the Venetian governor of Corfu dated September 6, 1611, there is talk about the fortification of Parga and Butrint, as well as the forest resources of these wooded areas. Timber, as stated in the report, is traded in Corfu and as far as Crete.
The construction of the shrine in the church of Saint Kolli in Lunzheri was completed on September 6, 1625.
On September 6, 1878, the attack of the volunteer forces of the Albanian League for Gjakova against Mehmet Ali Pasha ended with victory. The war began on September 3, where Mehmet Ali Pasha himself and Abdulla Pasha Dren were killed.
The heads of the Highland tribes gathered in Kruja on September 6, 1913 protested against the decision of the Conference of Ambassadors in London. As is known, the conference separated Hoti, Gruda and Kosovo from Albania. The Assembly expressed its support for the government of Vlora and for the prohibition of blood feuds.
The first Albanian minister of education, Luigj Gurakuqi, on September 6, 1913, called on all Albanians who were capable of performing the duties of a teacher to give their help for the development of education and the Albanian school.
The first Albanian university opened its doors to students on September 6, 1957. It was founded on the basis of the merger of several higher institutes. In the first academic year, the University of Tirana had six faculties, 45 chairs and 15 specialists in the day, evening and correspondence system.
On September 6, 1970, the Folk Song and Dance Ensemble won the Golden Necklace and was announced as the 1970 laureate at the Dijon International Festival in France.
As a result of a car accident on September 6, 1970, the lawyer, lecturer, journalist and diplomat Dhimitër Berati died in Rome. He graduated in Law. On November 28, 1912, he signed the Act of Declaration of Independence in Vlora. He ran the first official newspaper “Birth of Albania” and administered the hospitals that were under the government of Vlora. Starting from 1922, he entered the foreign service of Albania and performed high state duties.
On September 6, 1997, Refik Resmja, football player, master of sports, died of a serious illness. He was born in Tirana on May 18, 1930. He turned the game of football into art for the Partizani team, scoring 54 goals in a championship. Many national and international trophies won, silver medals in Leipzig in 1958 and Hanoi in 1963.
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