Vilhelm Vidi, the Prince of German origin, elected by the Great Powers in 1913 to the head of the Albanian State, died on April 18th, 1945. He went in Durrës in 1914 and established his own government, made concessions in favour of Great Powers and Greek chauvinists. With the beginning of World War I, he left Albania in September 1914, after six months of reign.
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8 May 1786, was premiered the “Skanderbeg” tragedy on the stage of the French Theater in Paris
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8 May 1910, took place the battle of Carralaves, between the Albanian insurgents and Ottoman armies
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8 May 1926, was concluded the agreement between the Albanian Government and the Serbian-Albanian Bank
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8 May 1937, King Zog I decreed the Law on Changing the Names of Some Cities, Villages, Wards, Rivers, etc