At the end of 1479, the Venetian occupiers draw back from the Castle of Himara, Sopoti and Strevili, transporting all the weapons and values material in Corfu. They surrendered the Albanian regions to the Turkish commander Ahmet Pasha, who broke the resistance of the natives, stole and demolished what he found.
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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