The publicist, patriot, and People's Teacher, Sali Nivica—one of the leaders of the Albanian National Movement and director of the newspaper *Populli*—was killed in Shkodër.
One of the most prominent poets of contemporary Arbëresh poetry, Vorea Ujko—the literary pseudonym of Domeniko Beliçi—departed from the world of Albanian letters.
U.S. President Thomas Woodrow Wilson announced his 14-point plan, reflecting the United States' aim for new international relations and the achievement of a lasting peace in Europe.
In the village of Piana degli Albanesi (Sicily), in a family known for producing scholars of the Albanian language and Arbëresh traditions, the Arbëresh poet Gavril Dara the Younger (1826–1889) was born.
