In January, 1899, on the initiative of the Abbot, Preng Doçi, in Shkodra was created the society “Bashkimi”, in which gave their own support for the Albanian language and culture eminent personalities as: Gjergj Fishta, Luigj Gurakuqi, Ndoc Nikaj, Anton Xanoni, etc. The society developed its own alphabet and published several dictionaries, textbooks and religious.
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23 February 1925, the Frenchman Aleksander Kole paints Albanians
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23 February 1843, lecture of prof. Franz Bopp at the Academy of Sciences in Berlin: Albanian is an Indo-European language
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23 February 1848, was published by De Rada the newspaper “L’Albanese d’Italia”
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23 February 1921, was born the Italian Albanologist Giovanni Battista Pellegrini
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23 February 1923, was born the composer Dhora Leka