1905

From Phantis

Contents 1 Events 1.1 February 1.2 March 1.3 April 1.4 June 1.5 November 2 Births 2.1 May 2.2 August 2.3 Unknown 3 Deaths 3.1 June

Events

February

• February 20: Theodoros Deligiannis triumphs in the Greek national elections, winning 142 seats (of 235) in the Hellenic Parliament.

March

• March 10: Eleftherios Venizelos declares the Cretan revolution at Therissos
• March 15: Cretan revolutionaries declare Union ("Enosis") with Greece.
• March 25: Diagoras sports club is founded in Rhodes.
• March 25: Kapetan Vardas attacks and defeats the VMRO at Hagoritsani, Macedonia

April

• April 21: Greek guerrilas repel a Turkish army attack near Kozani, Macedonia.

June

• June 13: PM Theodoros Deligiannis is assassinated by a gambler in revenge for the measures he enacted against gambling establishments.
• June 21: A battle takes place between Greek guerrilas, under Ioannis Kalogerakis on the one hand and Turks and Bulgarians on the other, near Aetos, Florina. Kalogerakis is killed.

November

• November 2: The Cretan revolt at Therissos comes to an end.

Births

May

• May 10: Markos Vamvakaris, composer

August

• August 27: Aris Velouchiotis, communist resistance leader.

Unknown

• Hieronymus, Archbishop of Athens and all Greece in the 1960s.
• Dimitrios Partsalidis, communist leader

Deaths

June

• June 13: Theodoros Deligiannis, politician