deaths
July 3, 1881
Hasan Tahsini, Albanian astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (born 1811)
Hasan Tahsini
Hoxhë Hasan Tahsini or simply Hoxha Tahsim was an Albanian alim, astronomer, mathematician and philosopher. He was the first rector of Istanbul University and one of the founders of the Central Committee for Defending Albanian Rights. Tahsini is regarded as one of the most prominent scholars of the Ottoman Empire of the 19th century.