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Events relating to albania
Skanderbeg, Albania's national hero, begins his long campaign of successes against the Turks
The Hungarian general Janos Hunyadi takes Sofia from the Turks and in the next few months liberates most of Bulgaria, Serbia and Albania
Skanderbeg dies and Albania becomes fully absorbed into the Ottoman empire
A national uprising against Turkish rule in Albania launches a full-scale Balkan war
An Albanian uprising against the Ottoman empire is so successful that the Albanians are able to capture Skopje in Macedonia
A conference of great powers in London accepts Albanian independence but within altered boundaries
Under pressure from Russia, the London conference allots the ethnically Albanian region of Kosovo to Serbia
The Treaty of London, ending the First Balkan War, allows Albania, Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia to divide up much of European Turkey
Mussolini's treaty with Ahmed Zogu gives Fascist Italy a dominant position in Albania
Italian troops cross the Albanian border in the hope of a blitzkrieg against Greece
Communist leader Enver Hoxha begins nearly 40 years as dictator of Albania
Albanian missionary Mother Teresa opens the Nirmal Hriday, or Kalighat Home for Dying Destitutes, in Calcutta
Albanians in Kosovo proclaim independence, prompting increased Serb oppression
Civil war begins in Kosovo with a guerrilla campaign by Albanians in the Kosovo Liberation Army
Brutal reprisals by Serb troops against Albanians in Kosovo include systematic ethnic cleansing
Kosovo, with its majority Albanian population, formally declares independence from Serbia