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Name: Independent Albania

Type: Polity

Start: 1912 AD

End: 1914 AD

Nation: albania

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Independent Albania

This article is about the specific polity Independent Albania and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

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Was a parliamentary state declared in Vlorë (at the time part of Ottoman Empire) in 1912 during the First Balkan War. The state was officially recognized with the Treaty of Bucharest (1913).

Establishment

November 1912: The territory of Albania was occupied by Serbia in the north and Greece in the south, leaving only a patch of land around the southern coastal city of Vlora. Attempts to incorporate the land into their respective countries, led to a proclamation of independence by Ismail Qemali in Vlorë on 28 November 1912.

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1. Balkan Wars

Were two wars fought in southeastern Europe in 1912-1913 during which the states of the Balkan League (Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro and Serbia) first conquered Macedonia and much of Thrace from the Ottomans and then clashed with each other over the division of the conquered lands.

1.1.First Balkan War

Was a war fought in southeastern Europe where the states of the Balkan League (Kingdom of Bulgaria, Kingdom of Greece, Kingdom of Montenegro and Kingdom of Serbia) conquered Macedonia and much of Thrace (virtually all remaining territories of the Ottoman Empire in the Balkans) from the Ottomans. .

1.1.1.Northern Rumelian Front

Was the Northern Rumelian front of the First Balkan War.

May 1913: As European powers opposed Montenegrin control of Scutari (Shkodër), Prince Nikola of Montenegro relinquished the city to an international contingent on May 8.

1.1.2.Treaty of London (1913)

The Treaty of London (1913) was signed on 30 May following the London Conference of 1912-13. It ended the First Balkan War and dealt with the territorial adjustments arising out of the conclusion of the First Balkan War.

May 1913: The Treaty of London was signed on 30 May following the London Conference of 1912-13. It dealt with the territorial adjustments arising out of the conclusion of the First Balkan War. Albania was declared independent.

1.2.Second Balkan War

Was a war fought by Bulgary against a coalition of Balkan states. During the First Balkan War the Balkan League had conquered most of the Ottoman Balkan territories. Bulgaria was dissatisfied by the territorial partition and invaded its former allies.

October 1913: Establishment of the Republic of Central Albania, a short-lived unrecognised state with its administrative centre in Durrës.

2. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

February 1914: The Great Powers recognized the independence of Albania in the Treaty of London in May 1913 and the Principality was established on February 21, 1914.

Disestablishment

February 1914: The Great Powers recognized the independence of Albania in the Treaty of London in May 1913 and the Principality was established on February 21, 1914.

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Independent Albania

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