[5] During his stay in Hormovë in 1769, the Serbian monk Dositej Obradović estimated its size at around 700 houses, all built in stone.

[6] In 1784, Hormovë was attacked and destroyed by the local Ottoman Albanian ruler Ali Pasha as their loyalty to him had been uncertain after having abused his mother.

[10][11] In 1914, over 200 villagers from Hormovë were assembled and burned alive by irregular Greek troops of the Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus.

Colonel Willem De Veer, of the Dutch mission, reported to the ICC that: South of the village of Kodra (Hormova), I found a little church which was undoubtedly used as a prison.

[15][16] During World War II, the advancing Greek forces managed to enter the village after the Italian retreat, on 11 December 1940.