In July of the year 518, a great army of Dardani (today Kosovo) destroyed 24 cities, including Dardania’s headquarters, Skupo (today’s Skopje). After the earthquake, Justinian, emperor of Illyrian blood, raised three new towns: Justiniana Prima near Tauriti, now Taor village, not far from Skopje, Justiniana Sekunda near Ulpiana, today Pristina and Justinopolis, in Bederian, today Beder village, east of Taorit.
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14 July 1868, born in Akra, Turkey, the sculptor, poet and patriot of our National Renaissance, Murat Toptani
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14 July 1908, Lumo Skendo, published the first edition of the newspaper “Liria”
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14 July 1925, died poisoned by Serbian agents Mehmet Konjuhi, Kosovo warrior and military leader