Naim Frashëri (1846–1900), poet, enlightment thinker, activist of national education and culture of the National Renaissance, was born in Frashër in Dangëllia.
In Rome, Mehdi Frashëri, prime minister of Albania in 1935-1936, high official in the administration of the Ottoman Empire and the Albanian state, political activist, passed away.
The "First Lybenić Massacre" was a brutal event carried out by Serbian military and police forces against the civilian population of the village of Lybenić, near Peja, Kosovo.