With the announced order by the Italian command of the occupation, on January 22nd, 1919 the entire territory of Albania was declared a war zone. Also, other occupying powers acted in the same way. By violating the neutrality proclaimed by the great powers, they invaded the newborn state, turning into a battlefield of the diplomatic bargaining.
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1 April 1258, the despot Mihal of Epirus gives Burtinti and the Albanian coast, as a dowry for the marriage of the son of the German Emperor
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1 April 1835, died Bartolomeo Pino, the Italian sculptor and painter
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1 April 1933, the Italy stopped Tirana’s payment of loan installment; the country was plunged in crisis
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1 April 1929, entered in force the first Penal Code in Albania
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1 April 1967, began the action for the construction of the road in the Great Highland