regional history

history of greece




Timeline of Events
YearMonthDayEvent
1184 BC Apr 24 Traditional Date Of The Fall Of Troy
776 BC First Olympic Games
480 BC Sep 20 Greeks Defeat Persians, Battle Of Salamis
478 BC Delian League Was Formed
411 BC Jun 09 Athenian Coup Succeeds
371 BC Jul 06 Battle Leuctra: Epaminodas Defeats Cleombrotus I
356 BC Jul 20 Alexander The Great was Born
336 BC Alexander The Great Becomes King
323 BC Jun 10 Alexander The Great Dies
362 Feb 21 Athanasius Returns To Alexandria
394 Ancient Olympic Games Abolished
526 May 31 Antioch Earthquake Kills 250,000
961 Mar 06 Emirate Of Crete Falls To Nikephoros Phokas
1821 Mar 23 Kalamata Battles And Falls
1821 May 12 Major Greek War Battle Fought In Valtetsi
1821 May 26 Greek Rebels Establish Peloponnesian Senate
1822 May 16 Town Of Souli Captured By Turks
1824 Aug 04 Turkey And Greece Fought In Battle Of Kos
1832 May 24 The First Kingdom Of Greece Declared
1834 Apr 03 Generals In Greek War Trialed For Treason
1837 May 03 Founding University Of Athens, Greece
1863 Mar 30 Wilhelm George Named King Of Greece
1864 Nov 13 Greece Adopted New Constitution
1881 Mar 26 Thessaly Becomes Part Of Greece
1893 Jul 25 The Corinth Canal Is In A Gulf
1896 Apr 15 I Olympiad Closes In Athens
1897 Feb 03 The Greco-Turkish War Breaks Out
1898 Feb 27 King George I Survives Assassination Attempt
1905 Mar 23 Theriso Revolt Initiated By Eleftherios Venizelos
1909 Aug 28 Greek Army Officers Launch Coup For Reforms
1910 Nov 28 Liberal Party Wins Second Greek General Election
1912 May 04 Italy Occupies The Greek Island Of Rhodes
1912 Oct 11 Greek Army Liberates City Of Kozani
1912 Dec 16 Elli: Hellenic Navy Defeats Ottomans
1913 Mar 04 Greek Army Engages The Turks
1913 Jun 24 Greece, Seriba Annul Alliance With Bulgaria
1913 Dec 01 Post-Balkan War: Crete Annexed By Greece
1914 Mar 25 Aris Is Founded In Thessaloniki
1917 May 30 Alexander I Becomes King Of Greece
1917 Jun 30 Greece Declared War On The Central Powers
1922 Sep 07 Aydin, Turkey Declares Independence From Greece
1922 Sep 27 King Of Greece Abdicates Thrown For Son
1923 Feb 15 Greece Last European Adopter Of Gregorian Calendar
1924 Jan 16 Eleftherios Venizelos Greece Prime MInister
1924 Jul 24 Archeologist Themistoklis Sofoulis Becomes Greek Prime Minister
1932 May 30 The National Theatre Of Greece Is Founded
1932 Nov 03 Tsaldaris Becomes 142nd Greek PM
1935 Nov 03 George II Of Greece Regains His Throne
1940 Nov 02 Greece, Italy Clash In Elaia, Kalamas
1940 Dec 22 During World War II Himarë Was Captured By Greek Army
1941 Apr 21 Tsouderos Becomes 132nd Greek PM
1941 Apr 27 German Troops Enter Athens
1944 Apr 05 Germans Execute 270 In Kleisoura, Greece
1944 May 05 German Troops Execute 216 Civilians In Greece
1944 Aug 22 German Forces Massacre In Kedros, Crete
1944 Oct 12 World War II: Athens Liberation From Germans
1947 Jan 24 Banker Dimitrios Maximo Becomes Greece's Prime Minister
1963 May 22 Lambrakis Dies From Assassination Attempt
1964 Feb 11 Greeks And Turks Fight In Cyprus
1964 Mar 06 Constantine II Becomes King Of Greece
1964 Sep 18 Constantine II Marries Princess Anne-Marie
1967 May 11 Andreas Papandreou Is Imprisoned In Athens
1973 Nov 17 Violence As Athens Polytechnic, Greek Military Clash
1974 Dec 08 Monarchy Abolished In Greece
1982 Jun 25 Greece Ends Head Shaving Of Military Recruits
1983 Dec 14 Communist Youth Begins Congress In Greece
1987 Jan 01 Greece Introduces A Value-added Tax
1988 Dec 14 ET3 TV Network Launched In Thessaloniki
1991 Aug 04 MTS Oceanos Sinks Off South Africa Coast
2011 Jan 01 Greece's Administrative System Is Kallikratis's Plan