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May 17, 1914
On May 17, 1914, the Protocol of Corfu is signed, recognising full autonomy to Northern Epirus under nominal Albanian sovereignty.
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The Protocol of Corfu is signed, recognising full autonomy to Northern Epirus under nominal Albanian sovereignty.
The Protocol of Corfu, signed on 17 May 1914, was an agreement between the representatives of the Albanian Government and the Provisional Government of Northern Epirus, which officially recognized the area of Northern Epirus as an autonomous self-governing region under the sovereignty of the prince of the newly established Principality of Albania. The agreement granted the Greeks of the districts of Korytsa (Korçë) and Argyrokastro (Gjirokastër), which form Northern Epirus, wider religious, educational, cultural and political autonomy, inside the borders of the Albanian state.
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1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1914th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 914th year of the 2nd millennium, the 14th year of the 20th…
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On May 17, 1914
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1914 The Protocol of Corfu is signed, recognising full autonomy to Northern Epirus under nominal Albanian sovereignty. 1914 agreement recognizing Northern Epirus
The Protocol of Corfu, signed on 17 May 1914, was an agreement between the representatives of the Albanian Government and the Provisional Government of Northern Epirus, which officially recognized the area of Northern Epirus as an autonomous self-governing region under the sovereignty of the prince of the newly established Principality of Albania. The agreement granted the Greeks of the districts of Korytsa (Korçë) and Argyrokastro (Gjirokastër), which form Northern Epirus, wider religious, educational, cultural and political autonomy, inside the borders of the Albanian state.
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- April 20 Nineteen men, women, and children participating in a strike are killed in the Ludlow Massacre during the Colorado Coalfield War.
- April 21 Ypiranga incident: A German arms shipment to Mexico is intercepted by the U.S. Navy near Veracruz.
- April 24 The Franck–Hertz experiment, a pillar of quantum mechanics, is presented to the German Physical Society.
- August 1 World War I: The German Empire declares war on the Russian Empire.
- August 1 World War I: The Swiss Army mobilizes because of World War I.
- August 12 World War I: France, the United Kingdom and the British Empire declare war on Austria-Hungary.
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