AlbaniaandAND⤬THE JUNCTION
2 SHARED EVENTSKosovo

Entangled histories

2 events in which either nation’s sourced chronicle names the other — including under earlier names of the same state. Each is the same record, with the same sources, as on its own chronicle; nothing here was written for this page.

ONE SPINE OF YEARS · TWO WALLS OF EVENTS · ALB LEFT · KOS RIGHT

1. 1912-13

   Conference of London and the borders

   The Great Powers recognised an autonomous Albania but, pressed by its neighbours, drew borders leaving about half the Albanian-populated lands, including Kosovo, outside the state, creating the Albanian national question.

   Politics & Power · from the Albania chronicle · Independence, the Conference of London and the Albanian Question · REFS 3 — Treaties of London, Ismail Qemali Leads Albania to Independence, November 1912, History of Albania

2. 17 Feb 2008

   Kosovo declares independence

   Kosovo, whose population is overwhelmingly ethnic Albanian and which was left outside Albania in 1913, declared independence on 17 February 2008, recognised the next day by the United States.

   Independence · from the Albania chronicle · Transition, the 1997 Crisis, NATO and Europe · REFS 2 — A Guide to the United States' History of Recognition, Diplomatic, and Consular Relations: Kosovo, Kosovo