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November 28, 1912
On November 28, 1912, albania declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire.
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Featured · November 28, 1912
Albania declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire.
Albania, officially the Republic of Albania, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is located in the Balkans, on the Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea, and shares land borders with Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, North Macedonia to the east and Greece to the south. With an area of 28,748 km2 (11,100 sq mi), it has a varied range of climatic, geological, hydrological and morphological conditions.
Around 1912
The year in brief
1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1912th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 912th year of the 2nd millennium, the 12th year of the 20th…
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On November 28, 1912
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1912 Albania declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire. Country in Southeast Europe
Albania, officially the Republic of Albania, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is located in the Balkans, on the Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea, and shares land borders with Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, North Macedonia to the east and Greece to the south. With an area of 28,748 km2 (11,100 sq mi), it has a varied range of climatic, geological, hydrological and morphological conditions.
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Other moments from 1912
- April 10 RMS Titanic sets sail from Southampton, UK, on her maiden and only voyage.
- April 14 The British passenger liner RMS Titanic hits an iceberg in the North Atlantic and begins to sink.
- April 15 The British passenger liner RMS Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic at 2:20 a.m., two hours and forty minutes after hitting an iceberg. Only 710 of 2,224 passengers and crew on board survive.
- April 16 Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly an airplane across the English Channel.
- April 17 Russian troops open fire on striking goldfield workers in northeast Siberia, killing at least 150.
- April 18 The Cunard liner RMS Carpathia brings 705 survivors from the RMS Titanic to New York City.
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