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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19 April 1785, agreement of Bushatllinjve of Shkodra with the heads of Dalmatia
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19 April 1923, was born in Tirana the painter Vera Blloshmi
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19 April 1938, was completed with Yugoslavia the “Convention on Air Navigation”
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19 April 1956, were reestablished the diplomatic relations between Albania and Egypt
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19 April 1982, died the pedagogue and publicist Izet Bebeziqi