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The "First Siege of Shkodra" began one of the final campaigns of the Ottoman army to conquer Albania, lasting until the beginning of August 1474.

In Sofia (Bulgaria), the first issue of the newspaper "Shqypeja e Shqypënis" ("Albanski orel", 1909–1911) was published, a political, social, cultural, and literary newspaper in the Albanian language and partially in Bulgarian.

Guri Madhi, a painter, was born in Korçë, one of the important Albanian artists of socialist realism in the second half of the 20th century.

The "Delvina Movement" erupted, a movement to overthrow the monarchy.

In the village of Shkabë (formerly Gllanaselle) in Drenas, Kosovo, Fehmi Lladrovci was born, an activist of the Kosovo People's Movement, a fighter in the Kosovo Liberation Army, and a Hero of Kosovo.

In Prizren, Kosovo, Bishop Nikollë Mini, a leader of the Catholic Church, passed away.

The "First Battle of Sfetigrad" began, one of the longest and most heroic battles fought by the Albanian army, commanded by Skanderbeg, against the Ottoman army led by Sultan Murad II himself. It took place from May 14 until the end of July. On May 14, the Ottoman vanguard reached Lower Dibra and surrounded Sfetigrad.

The "First Siege of Krujë" began, an operation undertaken by the Ottoman army with the aim of capturing Krujë, the main political-military center of Albanian resistance, and subsequently conquering the entire Albania in a short period.

Hafiz Sabri Koçi, a prominent cleric, head of the Muslim Community of Albania (1991–2004), was born in Orenjë in Librazhd.

The "Warsaw Treaty", a political-military alliance between the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, the German Democratic Republic, Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Albania, was signed in Warsaw, Poland, with a term of 20 years.