Phantis:Selected anniversaries/October
- 331 BC: Alexander the Great defeated the Persians at the Battle of Gaugamela.
- 1828: Ibrahim Pasha capitulated to the Allied expedionary forces and withdrew from Greece.
- 1861: The first Greek postage stamps were issued (The Paris print of the Large Hermes heads).
- 1960: Cyprus was officially declared an independent state.
- 2006: Eleni Daniilidou won the Korean Open in tennis beating fourth seed Ai Sugiyama of Japan 6-3, 2-6, 7-6.
- Births: Saint Nectarius (1846)
- Deaths: Spyros Marinatos, archaeologist (1974)
Recent days: September 30 - September 29
- 811: Michael I Rhangabes deposed Stauracius and became Byzantine emperor.
- 1912: MPs from Crete took their seats for the first time in the Hellenic Parliament.
- Deaths: George Savalas, Greek-American actor (1985), Sir Alec Issigonis (1988), the engineer who designed the legendary Mini in the 50s; Patriarch Demetrius I (1991)
Recent days: October 1 - September 30
- 1878: The Treaty of Halepa was signed between the Ottoman Empire and Cretan rebels granting Crete partial autonomy.
- 1915: Greek PM Alexandros Zaimis rejected the British proposal to enter World War I for Cyprus as a reward.
- 1944: German troops retreating from Peloponnesus blew up the bridge over the Isthmus of Corinth.
- 1966: The Grigoris Lambrakis trial commenced.
- Deaths: Kostas Hadjichristos, actor (2001).
Recent days: October 2 - October 1
- 1860: Joachim II was elected Patriarch of Constantinople.
- 1974: The New Democracy Party was founded by Constantine Karamanlis.
- 1987: The Greek National Volleyball Team won bronze at the European Games of Ghent.
- Deaths: Prime Minister Alexandros Papagos (1955).
Recent days: October 3 - October 2
- 1930: PM Eleftherios Venizelos declared the First Balkan Athletic Games open at the Kallimarmaro Stadium.
- 1933: PM Eleftherios Venizelos ended his 10-day good will visit to Turkey.
- 1986: The Revolutionary Organization 17 November launched a series of bomb attacks on offices of the Greek Taxation bureau.
- 1995: The FYROM Parliament approved the removal of the Vergina Sun from their flag.
Recent days: October 4 - October 3
- 1910: Eleftherios Venizelos' first government was sworn in.
- 1911: Grevena Metropolitan Aimilianos went missing during a tour.
- 1925: Censorship and martial law were instituted by the Pangalos dictatorship.
- 1983: Composer Mikis Theodorakis received the Lenin Award.
- 2004: An Athens Appeals Court convicted four members of the Revolutionary People's Struggle (ELA) for terrorist-related crimes.
- Births: Alexis Georgoulis (1974), actor
- Deaths: Stephanos Stephanopoulos (1982), politician, Prime Minister; Katerina Gogou (1993), actress.
Recent days: October 5 - October 4
- 1959: Archbishop Makarios III and Georgios Grivas met in Rhodes and signed a cooperation agreement.
- 1973: An unsuccessful attempt was made on the life of Cyprus President Makarios III: a bomb exploded prematurely on the road he was scheduled to travel.
- 1997: ENIC acquired ownership of AEK FC.
- Births: Nikos Dadinopoulos, actor (1944)
- Deaths: Dimitrios Tsafendas, assassin (1999)
Recent days: October 6 - October 5
- 1912: Greek forces landed in Lemnos during the First Balkan War.
- 1929: Photius II became Patriarch of Constantinople.
- 1973: Spiros Markezinis was appointed Prime Minister of Greece by George Papadopoulos.
- Births: Takis Koroneos, basketball player (1952)
- Deaths: Konstantinos Tsatsos, President of Greece (1987)
Recent days: October 7 - October 6
- 1831: Ioannis Kapodistrias was assassinated outside St Spyridon church in Nafplio.
- 1912: The Battle of Sarantaporo took place during the First Balkan War.
- 1923: 5,000 mostly Greek-owned businesses were shut down in Constantinople.
- 2002: An EU committee decided that Cyprus and nine other - mostly Eastern European - countries should be accepted into the European Union.
Recent days: October 8 - October 7
- 1862: King Otto was overthrown by a popular revolt.
- 1935: Georgios Kondilis overthrew the Tsaldaris government and seized power in a coup d'etat.
- 1973: Spiro Agnew, Greek-American Vice-President of the United States, resigned.
- 1993: PASOK won the general elections in Greece with 46.88% of the vote.
- Births: Fernando Santos, coach (1954), Marinos Ouzounidis, football player and coach (1968)
- Deaths: Georgios Vlachos, newspaper publisher (1951).
Recent days: October 9 - October 8
- 1922: The Armistice of Mudanya was signed between Britain, France, Italy on the one hand and Turkey on the other.
- 1962: Cement firm "Titan" began operations in Thessaloniki.
- 1978: Greece trounced Finland 8-1 in a Euro 1980 qualifier as Thomas Mavros scored 3, Takis Nikoloudis and Giorgos Delikaris 2 each and Mike Galakos one.
- 2003: A pair of Siamese twins from Thessaloniki were successfully separated in Rome.
- 2003: Greece defeated N. Ireland 1-0 and qualified for the finals of Euro 2004.
Recent days: October 10 - October 9
- 1944: The WWII German occupying forces moved out of Athens
- 1986: New Democracy triumphed in the municipal elections as Miltiades Evert was elected Mayor of Athens, Andreas Andrianopoulos was elected Mayor of Piraeus and Sotiris Kouvelas was elected Mayor of Thessaloniki.
- Births: Andreas Syngros, national benefactor (1830); Queen Elisabeth of Greece (wife of King George II) (1894), Mimis Plessas, music composer (1924), Martha Vourtsi, actress (1937)
Recent days: October 11 - October 10
- 1904: Pavlos Melas was killed during the Macedonian Struggle in Statista.
- 1995: Greece lifted the embargo imposed against the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
- Births: Nana Mouskouri, singer (1934), Pyrros Dimas, weightlifter (1971)
- Deaths: Pavlos Melas (1904)
Recent days: October 12 - October 11
- 1990: Antonis Tritsis defeated actress-activist Melina Mercouri and was elected Mayor of Athens. Tritsis received 50.15% of the vote against Mercouri's 45.94%.
- 1992: Forest fires broke out in Chania prefecture, Crete.
- 2004: Two F-16 aircraft of the Hellenic Airforce crashed on Mt Pelion in thick fog.
- Deaths: Eleni Vlachou, publisher, anti-Junta activist (1995)
Recent days: October 13 - October 12
- 1867: King George I of Greece married Princess Olga of Russia in St Petersburg.
- 1969: Greek television covered for the first time a football match held in Greece. The National Football Team beat Switzerland 4-1 for the 1970 World Cup qualifying round. Giorgos Koudas, Vasilis Botinos (2) and Giorgos Sideris scored the goals.
- 1980: Greece defeated Denmark 1-0 in Copenhagen thanks to a goal by Dinos Kouis. The man of the match was Greek goalkeeper Nikos Sarganis who preserved the victory and earned the nickname "phantom" from the Danish press.
- Deaths: Apostolos Nikolaidis, former athlete and president of SEGAS and Panathinaikos (1980).
Recent days: October 14 - October 13
- 1954: US soldiers manned the first American base on Greek soil in Heraklio, Crete.
- 1968: In the Olympic Games of Mexico City, pole vaulter Christos Papanikolaou, broke the Greek record with a jump of 5.35m but failed to win a medal as he finished 4th.
- 1994: Dimitris Avramopoulos was elected Mayor of Athens. Stelios Logothetis was elected in Piraeus and Konstantinos Kosmopoulos in Thessaloniki.
- 1999: Demosthenes Tampakos won bronze in the men's rings at the 34th Gymnastics World Championships of China.
- 2000: The new Euroleague Championship kicked off as Real Madrid defeated Olympiakos 75-73 in its inaugural game.
Recent days: October 15 - October 14
- 322 BC: Demosthenes committed suicide before he could be handed over to the Macedonians.
- 1863: Prince George of Denmark arrived in Piraeus to reign on the throne of Greece for the next 50 years.
- 1931: Metropolitan of Kition, Nikodimos Milonas, called for protests throughout Cyprus against British policies on the island.
- 1941: 250 inhabitants of Kerdylia, Serres were executed by the Germans in retaliation for the killing of a single German soldier.
- 1949: 'Radio Free Greece' announced the cessation of all hostilities on the part of the communist Democratic Army of Greece. The Greek Civil War was officially over.
- Births: Dionysios Lavrangas (1860), composer; Georgios Alogoskoufis (1955), economist, politician
- Deaths: Demosthenes (322 BC), Athenian orator; Orestes Laskos (1992), poet and theatrical writer; Mema Stathopoulou (1999), actress
Recent days: October 16 - October 15
- 1944: The Greek Government in exile, under Georgios Papandreou, arrived in Piraeus.
- 1979: The Greek government announced measures to save the Parthenon and other antiquites from pollution.
- 1979: Odysseus Elytis won the Nobel prize for literature.
- 1981: Andreas Papandreou was elected PM of Greece as PASOK triumphed in the general elections, winning 48.06% of the vote.
- 1994: Nikos Galis walked out on Panathinaikos and Greek Basketball
- Births: Constantine Mitsotakis politician (1918), Melina Mercouri, actress, activist and politician (1920), Giorgos Kimoulis, actor (1956), Jimmy Patikas, Greek-Australian footballer (1963)
Recent days: October 17 - October 16
- 1863: Prince George of Denmark was sworn in as King of Greece.
- 1910: Eleftherios Venizelos' first government was sworn in.
- 1934: Alexandros Zaimis was re-elected President of Greece.
- 1980: Greece returned to the military branch of NATO.
- 1993: Cypriots demonstrated against Queen Elizabeth's visit to Cyprus.
- Births: Theofilos Kairis, educator (1879), Takis Economopoulos, football player (1943), Fernando Santos, football coach (1954).
Recent days: October 18 - October 17
- 1827: The Battle of Navarino took place.
- 1912: The Battle of Giannitsa took place during the First Balkan War.
- 1922: The peace conference which eventually produced the Treaty of Lausanne, commenced.
- 1944: Joseph Stalin and Sir Winston Churchill partitioned eastern Europe into "spheres of influence". Greece was marked as 90% under British and only 10% under Soviet influence.
- 1968: Aristotle Onassis married Jackie Kennedy at island of Skorpios.
- 1988: George Koskotas was indicted on fraud and embezzlement charges.
- 2010: The Supreme Court acquitted ex-Prime Ministers Petros Protopapadakis, Nikolaos Stratos and Dimitrios Gounaris and three others, all convicted of high treason and executed in 1922 for their role in the Asia Minor disaster.
- Deaths: Loukas Barlos, former President of AEK FC (1999).
Recent days: October 19 - October 18
- 1831: Georgios Mavromichalis was executed for the murder of Governor Ioannis Kapodistrias
- 1931: Thousands of Cypriots marched on the governor's mansion in Lefkosia and set it afire.
- 1952: Speaking at a meeting of the Communist Party of the USSR, Nikolaos Zachariadis proclaimed that "Papagos and Plastiras are no different. All dogs are the same".
- 1953: Alexandra Ladikou was voted Miss World first runner-up.
- 1972: An Olympic Airways NIHON YS-11 crashed off the coast of Voula, Athens. 37 drowned, 19 were rescued.
- Births: Nikos Engonopoulos, painter and poet (1907)
- Deaths: Tom Carvel, Greek-American businessman (1990), Georgios Zoitakis, member of the junta that ruled Greece from 1967-1974 (1996), Yiannis Zigdis, politician (1997).
Recent days: October 20 - October 19
- 1922: The Greek army evacuated Eastern Thrace followed by thousands of Greek and Armenian refugees
- 1925: The Pangalos government, in reaction to Bulgarian provocations, ordered the advancement of Greek troops into Bulgaria. They withdrew a week later under pressure from the League of Nations
- 1929: Fox Movietone Follies of 1929, the first motion picture with sound played at the Attikon cinema in Athens
- 1957: Sir John Harding resigned as military governor of Cyprus
- Births: Manos Loizos, music composer, (1937)
- Deaths: Archbishop of Athens Chrysostom I (1938), Giorgos Bouzianis, painter (1959).
Recent days: October 21 - October 20
- 1839: The Holy Synod condemned the teachings of Theophilos Kairis and defrocked him.
- 1942: Greek units took part in the Battle of El Alamein.
- 1949: OTE was established - the Greek Public Sector was the only stockholder.
- 1974: Former Junta strongmen George Papadopoulos, Stylianos Pattakos and Nikolaos Makarezos were exiled to the island of Kea.
- Births: I.M. Panagiotopoulos, writer and philosopher (1901), Manolis Andronikos, archaeologist (1919), Manos Hadjidakis, music composer (1925)
Recent days: October 22 - October 21
- 1912: The Battle of Pente Pigadia commenced during the First Balkan War.
- 1939: It was announced that the population of Greece, as of the end of 1938, was 7,107,472.
- 1941: German troops executed 165 men in Mesovouno, Kozani prefecture.
- 1970: Christos Papanikolaou broke the world record in the pole vault with a jump of 5.49m.
- Births: David Stergakos, basketball player (1956)
- Deaths: Theodoros Grivas, revolutionary (1862), Andreas Karkavitsas, writer (1922)
Recent days: October 23 - October 22
- 1822: The first siege of Messolonghi commenced.
- 1920: King Alexander of Greece succumbed to his wounds of September 30.
- 1959: The Greek Football A Division championship league was officially born.
- 1997: Patra was ravaged by torrential rains and floods.
- Births: Thanasis Gaifilias, musician (1947), Yiannis Kyrastas, football player and coach (1952)
- Deaths: King Alexander of Greece (1920), Nasos Botsis, owner and publisher of Apogevmatini and Acropolis newspapers (1980)
Recent days: October 24 - October 23
- 740: A strong earthquake rocked Constantinople causing many deaths and much damage.
- 1912: The Greek army liberated Thessaloniki
- 1929: Eleftherios Venizelos inaugurated the Marathon dam, which later helps form Lake Marathon.
- 1971: Mitsos Partsalidis, Babis Drakopoulos and 30 other members of the KKE-Interior were arrested.
- 1986: 29-year old teacher, Charalambos Blionas, was killed in Larisa when he is hit with a flare during the football game between AE Larisa and PAOK.
- Births: Nikolaos Mantzaros, composer (1795), Maximus V, Patriarch of Constantinople (1897), Vasilis Chatzipanagis, footballer (1954)
- Deaths: Ioannis Rallis, politician (1946), Nikos Kazantzakis, writer, philosopher (1957)
Recent days: October 25 - October 24
- 1899: German Princess Sophie married Crown Prince Constantine of Greece in Athens, Greece.
- 1923: An attempted royalist coup by Ioannis Metaxas, G. Ziras and others was put down.
- 1960: Prime Minister Constantine Karamanlis inaugurated Kaftantzoglio Stadium in Thessaloniki.
- 1979: Prime Minister Constantine Karamanlis met Pope John Paul II in Rome.
- Births:Babis Tsertos (1956), musician, performer of traditional, folk and rebetiko songs; Theodoros Zagorakis (1971), footballer, captain of the Euro 2004 Greek team
- Deaths: Thrasivoulos Zaimis (1880), politician, Prime Minister
Recent days: October 26 - October 25
- 312: Constantine the Great was victorious over Maxentius at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge; his victory resulted in his becoming ruler of the entire Western Roman Empire.
- 1940: Prime Minister Ioannis Metaxas replied with the single-word reply "no", when Mussolini demanded occupation rights to strategic Greek sites. Greece officially entered World War II.
- 1944: German soldiers, while on retreat, sabotaged and destroyed the bridge of Papadia and the tunnel and bridge of Brallos.
- Births: Spyros Kyprianou (1932), Cypriot politician and President; Poly Panou (1940), popular singer
- Deaths: Jimmy Makulis (2007), elafro singer.
Recent days: October 27 - October 26
- 1918: The General Labor Union of Greece (GSEE) was established
- 1956: Maria Callas debuted at the Metropolitan Opera of New York singing Bellini's "Norma".
- 1959: An Olympic Airways Douglas Aircraft Company DC-3 crashed near Athens. All 18 passengers and crew members perished.
- 1988:The scandal with George Koskotas surfaced when then Minister of Education, Giorgos Papandreou, accused Olympiakos' president of illegal transactions with Merril Lynch
- Births: Thrasivoulos Zaimis (1822), politician, Prime Minister; Giorgos Donis (1969), football player and coach
- Deaths: Mimis Fotopoulos (1986), actor, Maria Kalouta (2006), actress.
Recent days: October 28 - October 27
- 1821: The Turkish army put an end to the Greeks' revolt in Chalkidiki.
- 1908: The first electric trams appeared, making their runs at Acharnon Street in Athens.
- 1912: The Battle of Pente Pigadia ended in victory for the Greek Army.
- 1927: An unsuccessful assassination attempt against Pavlos Kountouriotis, President of the Hellenic Republic, took place.
- 1944: Thessaloniki was liberated from the German World War II occupying forces
- 1996: Panagiotis Giannakis debuted on the bench of the National Basketball Team of Greece, in a game against Israel.
- Births: Kostas Karyotakis (1896), poet
- Deaths: Giorgos Theotokas (1966), writer ; Stylianos Mavromichalis (1981), jurist, Prime Minister; Tasos Livaditis (1988), poet
Recent days: October 29 - October 28
- 1931: PM Eleftherios Venizelos recalled Consul General Alexis Kyrou from Cyprus. The Greek consul had shown open support to the Cypriots protesting against British rule.
- 1932: Eleftherios Venizelos' governing political party lost the elections.
- 1940: Greek warships "Psara" and "Spetses" bombarded Italian positions in Albania.
- 1948: The last entry in Greek armored cruiser Georgios Averof's log reads: «Συνήθης εν όρμω υπηρεσία. Κινήσεις συμφώνως τω πίνακι. Εκτακτον ουδέν»
- 1972: Dowry offered for officer weddings was no longer endorsed
- Births: Napoleon Lapathiotis (1888), poet; Yiannis Kalamitsis (1939), theatrical playwriter, reporter and radio producer; Grigoris Georgatos (1973), footballer
- Deaths: John VIII Palaeologus (1448), next-to-last Byzantine emperor; Nikos Engonopoulos (1985), painter and poet; Michail Stasinopoulos (2002), politician, President of Greece
Recent days: October 30 - October 29