** In 1999, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( NATO ) led by the United States launched air attacks against Yugoslavia ( then composed of only Serbia and Montenegro ) to pressure the Yugoslav government to end its military operations against ethnic Albanian separatists in Kosovo due to accusations of war crimes being committed by Yugoslav military forces working alongside nationalist Serb paramilitary groups.

** Breanne Benson, Albanian pornographic actress

** Mother Teresa, Albanian missionary and humanitarian, dies ( b. 1910 )

** The Albanian missionary sister Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, later known as Mother Teresa, arrives in Calcutta from Ireland to begin her work among India's poorest and sickest.

** Ismail Kadare, Albanian writer

** Fan S. Noli, Albanian poet and political figure ( d. 1965 )

** Nexhmije Pagarusha, Albanian singer and actress

** Pal Engjëlli, Albanian Catholic clergyman ( b. 1416 )

** Pal Engjëlli, Albanian Catholic clergyman ( d. 1470 )

** Paloke Kurti, Albanian composer ( b. 1860 )

** Albanian ministries

** Albanian Resistance of World War II-the Partisans of Albania during World War II

** Albanian cuisine

** Albanian Linguistics

** Albanian Literature

** Albanian Baptist Union

** from PIE * pizda (" vulva "), cf Lithuanian " pizda " and Albanian " pidh ".

** Ramazan Rragami, former Albanian football ( soccer ) player

** 20px Albanian Cup: 15

** Albanian, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Greek, Hungarian, Italo-Albanian, Macedonian, Melkite, Romanian, Russian, Ruthenian, Slovak, Ukrainian Rite

** Albanian with cibuk ( 1884-1886.

** Karam Bey ( Albanian )

** Eutychius of Constantinople ( Byzantine Church )

** Digenis Akritas ( Greek ); about a hero of the Byzantine Empire

** Medieval Greek or Byzantine Greek, ( 330 – 1453 AD )

** Byzantine Egypt: 395 to 645

** Hypatius of Bithynia ( Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Catholic Churches )

** Anthony the Great ( Roman Catholic and Eastern ( Byzantine ) Catholic Church )

** Byzantine Emperors

** Kassia, Byzantine poet and composer ( b. 810 )

** Theodora, empress of Byzantine ( after this year )

** Constantine XI, last Byzantine Emperor (" Last Roman Emperor ")

** Lucas Notaras, last Megas Doux of the Byzantine Empire

** John VI Cantacuzenus, Byzantine emperor ( b. c. 1292 )

** Andronikos III Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor ( d. 1341 )

** Andronikos IV Palaiologos, The Byzantine Emperor

** Nicephorus Gregoras, Byzantine historian ( b. 1295 )

** Byzantine-Ottoman Wars – The Ottoman governor of Thessaly, Turakhan Beg, breaks through the Hexamilion wall for the fourth time and ravages the Peloponnese peninsula, to prevent the Byzantine Despotate of the Morea from assisting Constantinople during the final Ottoman siege of the imperial capital.

** The agreement reorganizing the Byzantine Empire's affairs is finalized as Anna of Savoy's son John V Palaiologos marries Kantakouzenos ' 15-year-old daughter Helena.

** Manuel Chrysoloras, Byzantine humanist ( d. 1415 )

** John VII Palaiologos, Byzantine Emperor ( d. 1408 )

** John VII Palaiologos, Byzantine Emperor ( b. 1370 )

** George Pachymeres, Byzantine historian ( b. 1242 )

** Maximus Planudes, Byzantine grammarian and theologian

** Theodore Metochites, Byzantine statesman and philosopher ( b. 1270 )

** July 17 – The armies of the Fourth Crusade capture Constantinople by assault ; the Byzantine emperor Alexius III flees from his capital into exile.

** August 1 – The Fourth Crusade elevates Alexius IV as Byzantine Emperor, after the citizens of Constantinople proclaim as emperor Isaac II Angelus ( Alexius IV's father ).