On November 17th, 1912, Ismail Qemali, Luigj Gurakuqi, Pandeli Cali, Dhimitër Berati, Qazim Kurti, Kristo Meksi went to Trieste with “Vurmbrana” ship ” under the protection of Austria and Italy. They broke through the Greek blockade and arrived in Durres with the aim to raise the flag and to declare the independence of Albania.
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1 April 1258, the despot Mihal of Epirus gives Burtinti and the Albanian coast, as a dowry for the marriage of the son of the German Emperor
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1 April 1835, died Bartolomeo Pino, the Italian sculptor and painter
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1 April 1933, the Italy stopped Tirana’s payment of loan installment; the country was plunged in crisis
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1 April 1929, entered in force the first Penal Code in Albania
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1 April 1967, began the action for the construction of the road in the Great Highland

