19th Century
| Year | Date | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 1822 | Albanian leader Ali Pashë Tepelena was assassinated by Ottoman agents for promoting an autonomous state. | |
| 1830 | Five hundred Albanian leaders, accepting an invitation to meet with an Ottoman general in Monastir, were trapped and killed in an ambush. | |
| 1835 | The Ottoman Sublime Porte divided Albanian-populated lands into the Ottoman-administered vilayets of Janina and Rumelia. | |
| 1848 | Albanians rose up against the Tanzimat reforms. | |
| 1861 | The first school known to use the Albanian language in modern times opened in Shkodër. | |
| 1877 | Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878): The war began. | |
| 1878 | Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878): The Ottoman Empire was defeated by its rival Russian Empire, seriously weakening Ottoman power over Albanian-populated areas. | |
| Albanian leaders meeting in Prizren formed the League of Prizren to advocate a unified Albania under Ottoman suzerainty. | ||
| 1879 | The Society for Printing of Albanian Writings, composed of Roman Catholic, Muslim, and Orthodox Albanians, was founded in Constantinople. | |
| 1881 | Ottoman forces crushed Albanian resistance fighters at Prizren. The leaders of the League of Prizren and their families were arrested and deported. | |
| 1897 | Ottoman authorities disbanded a reactivated League of Prizren. |
Read more about this topic: Timeline Of Albanian History