Skënderbeu
Alfonso, the king of Naples and ally of our national hero Gjergj Kastriot, on December 6th, 1454, officially asked the Pope to assume burden of the anti-Turkish campaign. He suggested to the Holy Father to put on anti ottoman service the papal felt and help the Albanian war front, with 1000 infantrymen and 200 knights.
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8 May, National Day of the Red Cross and the Red Crescent
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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