The Zogu I Historical and Archaeological Museum was opened, the first museum in Albania created entirely with objects discovered at a single archaeological site, and which simultaneously had the parameters of a public museum.
The rebellion of Zhapokikë broke out in the village of Zhapokikë (Tërpan municipality in Berat), an anti-communist uprising against the communist regime in Albania.
Abedin Rexha, a fighter of the Kosovo Liberation Army and a martyr, was killed in an ambush between the villages of Kllodërnicë and Kastriot in the municipality of Skënderaj (Kosovo).
The "Battle of Mokra" took place, the first battle fought in the Mokra valley between the forces of the Albanian army led by Skanderbeg and the Ottoman army commanded by Firuz Pasha (of Macedonia).
Bedri Pejani, an activist for the national cause, politician, education enthusiast, and chairman of the Second League of Prizren, was born in Pejë (Kosovo).
