Phantis:Selected anniversaries/September
- 1911: The Battleship Georgios Averof was commissioned by the Hellenic Navy.
- 1946: A referendum was held on the return of King George II. 68.3% of the populace approved his return.
- 2006: Greece defeated the USA 101-95 in the semi-finals of the World Basketball Championship in Japan.
- Births: Vangelis Perpiniadis (1927), singer
- Deaths: Thanos Livaditis (2005), actor
Recent days: August 31 - August 30
- 1866: The Cretan revolt of 1866 - 1869 commenced.
- 1958: The Battle of Liopetri took place in Cyprus
- 1976: ET3 broadcast for the first time through an antenna which was set on the Kiosk 8 of the International Thessaloniki Fair with Terence Quick being in the studios
- 1999: A friendly match was held between PAOK and Galatasaray at Toumba Stadium to raise money for the people struck by earthquake in Turkey.
- Births: Ion Dragoumis, diplomat, politician (1878)
- Deaths: Konstantinos Kanaris, admiral, freedom fighter and politician (1877), Manos Katrakis, actor (1984), Mikis Theodorakis, music composer, politician (2021)
Recent days: September 1 - August 31
- 1843: King Otto was forced to grant the Greek people a constitution after an uprising led by General Ioannis Makriyiannis
- 1948: Marshall Tito shut down the training camps of the Democratic Army of Greece in Yugoslavia.
- 1974: The Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) was founded
- Births: Queen Olga (1851); Irene Papas (1926), actress
- Deaths: Ellie Lambeti, actress (1983); Eleni Zafiriou, actress (2004)
Recent days: September 2 - September 1
- 1958: Greek Police announced that any and all "teddy boys" would be given a clean cut.
- 1978: George Rallis became the first Greek Foreign Minister to be officially invited to the Soviet Union
- Births: Aspasia Manou, wife of King Alexander (1896), Nikos Lyberopoulos, footballer (1975)
- Deaths: Stellakis Perpiniadis singer (1977), Georgios Sikeliotis, painter (1984)
Recent days: September 3 - September 2
- 1863: Prince George of Denmark left his native country to take up his new post as King of Greece.
- 1997: Athens was awarded the 2004 Summer Olympics.
- Births: Freddy Germanos, writer, TV presenter (1934)
- Deaths: Takis Papoulidis, football player (1998); Nikos Nikolaidis, film director (2007)
Recent days: September 4 - September 3
- 1861: Aristides Drusios unsuccessfully attempted to assassinate Queen Amalia.
- 1955: The Istanbul Pogrom broke out against the Greek minority.
- 1959: Andreas Papandreou returned to Greece after a long absence in the United States.
- 1966: Dimitrios Tsafendas assassinated Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd of South Africa.
- Births: Lorentzos Mavilis, writer, politician (1860)
- Deaths: Ilia Livikou, actress (2002)
Recent days: September 5 - September 4
- 1833: War of Independence heroes Theodoros Kolokotronis, Dimitrios Plapoutas, Kitsos Tzavellas and Gennaios Kolokotronis were arrested on suspicion of treason.
- 1991: Cetin Gorgu, Turkish assistant press attache, was shot and killed in his car in Pangrati, Athens. The Revolutionary Organisation 17 November assumed responsibility.
- 1999: A powerful earthquake (5.9 on the Richter scale) caused extensive damage and 86 fatalities in Attica.
- Births: Elia Kazan, Greek-American film director and producer (1909), Sotiris Moustakas actor (1940).
Recent days: September 6 - September 5
- 1907: Panepistimiou Street in Athens was paved.
- 1944: Lela Karayianni, leader of the "Bouboulina" resistance movement, was executed by the Germans.
- 1960: Crown Prince Constantine won gold at the Rome Olympiad in Dragon class sailing. His crew consisted of Odysseus Eskitzoglou and Giorgos Zaimis.
- Deaths: Leo IV, Byzantine Emperor (780), Lela Karayianni, resistance leader (1944)
Recent days: September 7 - September 6
- 1922: Turkish troops entered Smyrna.
- 1941: The resistance movement EDES was founded in Athens by venizelist Col. Napoleon Zervas.
- 1982: Anna Verouli won gold at the European Games of Athens with a javelin throw of 70.02m
- 1990: Greek-American Pete Sampras won his first Grand Slam title after defeating Andre Agassi at the final of the US Open.
- 1993: The government of Constantine Mitsotakis collapsed after the defection of four MPs.
- Births: Manolis Glezos, politician (1922).
Recent days: September 8 - September 7
- 1915: The government of Eleftherios Venizelos declared general mobilisation throughout Greece.
- 1922: Bishop Chrysostom of Smyrna is killed by a mob in Smyrna.
- 1925: The first constitution of the Greek Republic was published and immediately went into effect.
- 1972: Petros Galaktopoulos won silver at the Munich Olympiad in Greco-Roman wrestling.
- Deaths: Bishop Chrysostom of Smyrna (1922); Elena Venizelou, widow of Eleftherios Venizelos (1959)
Recent days: September 9 - September 8
- 1821: Greeks captured Tripolis during the War of Independence against Ottoman Turkey.
- 1938: The ancient theatre of Epidaurus was put to use again - after 2000 years. The first play put on was "Electra" by Sophocles.
- 1942: The Greek forces in Egypt came under German airforce bombardment. Four soldiers were killed and ten were wounded.
- 2001: The Greek Orthodox church of Saint Nicolas was damaged during the terrorist attacks striking the Twin Towers in New York City.
- Deaths: Marika Kotopouli, stage actress (1954), Solon Michaelidis, Cypriot composer (1979), Panagiotis Kanellopoulos, intellectual, politician, Prime Minister (1986)
Recent days: September 10 - September 9
- 490 BC: The Battle of Marathon took place during the Greco-Persian Wars.
- 1829: The Battle of Petra took place. It was the last battle of the Greek War of Independence.
- 1982: Conclusion of the European Athletics championship in Athens. The games were a huge success with four world records being set and a first ever gold medal for Greece: Anna Verouli in the javelin throw.
- 1995: FYROM refused to negotiate the matter of their name in New York unless Greece first lifted the trade embargo against them.
- Deaths Andronicus I Comnenus, Byzantine Emperor (1185)
Recent days: September 11 - September 10
- 1916: Eleftherios Venizelos left for Thessaloniki with 300 of his followers to take charge of the National Defence Movement.
- 1921: The Battle of the Sakarya ended with the withdrawal of the Greek Army.
- 1922: Smyrna was set ablaze by the Turkish army.
- 1986: A powerful earthquake (6.2 on the Richter scale) rocked Kalamata causing extensive damage and five fatalities.
- 1995: In an agreement between the two countries, FYROM agreed to remove the Vergina Star from their flag and amend their constitution while Greece agreed to lift the embargo imposed.
- 1996: The first TV debate in Greek political history took place as Costas Simitis took on Miltiades Evert prior to the general elections.
- Births: John II Comnenus, Byzantine emperor (1087), Constantine Karatheodoris, mathematician (1873), Tzannis Tzannetakis, politician, Prime Minister (1927)
Recent days: September 12 - September 11
- 1814: The "Friendly Society" (Filiki Eteria) was founded in Odessa.
- 1943: Greek EKKA guerrilas attacked and defeated a group of German soldiers (5 dead , 20 wounded) at Skaloula.
- 1980: The Greek Ministry of Education announced the abolition of entrance exams from Primary into Secondary schools.
- 1998: ESAKE approved the plan of Aris BC to retire Nikos Galis' number 6 jersey - instead, Aris were allowed the use of number 16.
- 1999: Deputy Foreign Minister Yiannis Kranidiotis and his entourage were killed in an air accident in Romania.
- Births: Yiannis Latsis, shipowner (1910), Costas Karamanlis, Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic (1956)
- Deaths: Byzantine emperor Constantine V nicknamed "Copronymos" (775), Stelios Kazantzidis, singer (2001)
Recent days: September 13 - September 12
- 1912: A conference convened in Volos to discuss the agrarian problems in Thessaly. The mandatory break-up of large farms ("cifliks") and redistribution to farmers was decided.
- 1921: Eleftherios Venizelos - a widower - married Elena Skilitsi in London.
- 1944: ELAS Guerrilas attacked and captured Meligala, Messinia. Atrocities followed.
- Deaths: Charles Fabvier, French philhellene (1855), Alexandros Zaimis, politician (1936)
Recent days: September 14 - September 13
- 1918: Bulgaria surrendered to the Entente allies in Thessaloniki.
- 1927: Marika Kotopouli and her theatre group put on Euripides' play "Hecuba" in modern Greek causing a stir in conservative circles.
- 1978: Abortions were legalised in Greece but only under certain specific circumstances.
- Births: George Chakiris, Greek-American dancer and actor (1934)
- Deaths: Maria Callas, Greek-American diva (1977)
Recent days: September 15 - September 14
- 1960: Cyprus was accepted into the UN.
- 1961: Adnan Menderes was hanged in the Prince's Islands. Among the accusations brought against the former Turkish PM at his trial, was his tolerance of the Istanbul Pogrom against the Greek minority.
- 1965: Stephanos Stephanopoulos was asked to form a government after Elias Tsirimokos failed to get a vote of confidence in Parliament.
- Births: Demis Nikolaidis, football player, AEK FC President (1973)
- Deaths: Spiro Agnew, Greek-American Vice-President of the United States (1996).
Recent days: September 16 - September 15
- 1834: Athens was named as the new capital of Greece, replacing Nafplion.
- 1963: Olympiakos defeated Levski Sofia 1-0 in Istanbul and were crowned Champions of the Balkans.
- 1964: King Constantine II of Greece married Princess Anna Maria of Denmark.
- 2002: Olympiakos thrashed Bayer Leverkusen 6-2 in a Champions' League game. Predrag Djordjevic scored three goals.
Recent days: September 17 - September 16
- 1970: University Student, Kostas Georgakis, set himself on fire in Genoa, Italy, to protest againt the military government of Greece.
- 1994: Terrorist organisation ELA blew up a police bus in Perissos, Athens, killing one policeman and injuring nine others.
- Births: Eleni Daniilidou, tennis player (1982).
- Deaths: Andreas Metaxas, politician (1860).
Recent days: September 18 - September 17
- 325 BC: Alexander's fleet, consisting of 150 ships under the command of Admiral Nearchus from Crete, set sail from the port of Matala, in the mouth of the Indus river, to return to Persia.
- 1897: A Peace treaty was signed ending the Greco-Turkish War (1897)
- 1923: Patriarch Meletius IV resigned the Ecumenical throne amid growing political pressure.
- 1942: Resistance members belonging to PEAN blew up the offices of the "National Socialist Patriotic Organisation" killing 43 Germans and 23 Greek collaborators.
- 1951: NATO accepted Greece and Turkey as new members.
- Deaths: Giorgos Seferis (1971), poet; Alexandros Kotzias (1992), writer
Recent days: September 19 - September 18
- 1925: Greek authorities hunted down the bandit gang of Yiangoulas and Babanis.
- 1956: Three EOKA members - Andreas Panagidis, Michalis Koutsoftas and Stelios Mavrommatis - were hanged by the British in Cyprus.
- 1989: A European court fined Greece 650 million drachmas for passing corn from Yugoslavia as Greek and subsequently exporting it into the EU.
- Births: Meletius Metaxakis, Ecumenical Patriarch (1871)
Recent days: September 20 - September 19
- 1983: Indian PM Indira Gandhi paid a three-day visit to Greece.
- 1994: Former King Constantine II sued the Greek state for confiscating his personal property in Greece.
- 1996: Costas Simitis' PASOK won the Greek general elections. PASOK received 41.5% of the vote as opposed to New Democracy's 38.1% share.
Recent days: September 21 - September 20
- 1821: Greeks captured Tripolis during the War of Independence against Turkey
- 1844: The Theological School of Chalki was established.
- 1863: The Parliament of the Ionian Islands voted for Union with Greece.
- 2000: Pyrros Dimas won gold in weightlifting at the Sydney Olympiad. It was the third consecutive Olympiad that Dimas won gold.
- Deaths: Dido Sotiriou, writer (2004)
Recent days: September 22 - September 21
- 1828: Governor Ioannis Kapodistrias established the Post Office of Greece.
- 1922: Greek soldiers under Stylianos Gonatas and Nikolaos Plastiras, as well as sailors under Dimitrios Fokas, overthrew the Athens government which they considered responsible for the Asia Minor Disaster.
- 1927: The independent Piraeus Harbour Organisation (Organismos Limenos Piraios - OLP) was established.
- 1939: Radio BBC broadcast in Greece for the first time.
- 2000: Kakhi Kakhiashvili won gold in wieghtlifting at the Sydney Olympiad.
- Births: Voula Zoumboulaki (1924), actress; Nia Vardalos (1962), Greek-Canadian actress
Recent days: September 23 - September 22
- 1974: Communist daily "Rizospastis" ("Radical") reappeared on the newstands after an absence of 27 years.
- 1982: Sofia Sakorafa broke the women's world record in the javelin with a throw of 74.20m.
- 2005 - Greece beat Germany 78-62 in Belgrade to capture the European Basketball Championship for only the second time in their history.
- Births: Takis Loukanidis (1937), footballer
- Deaths: Nikitas Stamatelopoulos, better known as "Nikitaras" (1849), revolutionary
Recent days: September 24 - September 23
- 1687: A Venetian shell exploded and partially destroyed the Parthenon in Athens.
- 1932: Panagis Tsaldaris' Laiko Komma won the Greek general elections.
- 1964: The Vatican returned the skull of Saint Andrew to Patra.
- 1989: MP Pavlos Bakoyiannis was slain outside his office by members of the Revolutionary Organisation 17 November.
- 2000: Passenger ship "Express Samina" sunk off the coast of Paros. 80 persons were drowned.
Recent days: September 25 - September 24
- 1922: King Constantine I abdicated the throne.
- 1923: The Italian forces that had occupied Corfu evacuated the island. Greece was forced to pay an indemnity to the Italian government.
- 1932: A major earthquake (7.0 on the Richter scale) rocked Chalkidiki. 161 persons were killed.
- 1941: The resistance movement EAM (National Liberation Front) was founded by several leftist groups.
- 1953: The first Soviet Ambassador took up his post in Athens.
- 2000: Michalis Mouroutsos won gold at the Sydney Olympiad in Tae kwon-do.
- Births: Archbishop Chrysostomos I of Cyprus (1927); Nikos Anastasiadis (1946), Cypriot politician.
Recent days: September 26 - September 25
- 480 BC: The Battle of Salamis took place.
- 1946: King George II was officially recalled to the throne after a very controversial referendum.
- 1989: The Hellenic Parliament decided that former PM Andreas Papandreou and four of his cabinet members should stand trial over the Koskotas scandal.
- 2000: Kostas Kenteris won the 200m race at the Sydney Olympic Games with a 20.09 performance.
- Deaths: Chrysanthus, Archbishop of Athens (1949), Elia Kazan, Greek-American film director and producer (2003).
Recent days: September 27 - September 26
- 1932: An earthquake rocked Thessaloniki.
- 1941: The massacre of Doxato, Drama prefecture, took place as Bulgarian occupation forces killed 350 local Greek men, aged 16-50.
- 1963: Stylianos Mavromichalis formed a caretaker government.
- Births: Giorgos Dalaras (1949), singer
Recent days: September 28 - September 27
- 1920: King Alexander of Greece was bitten in the left leg by a monkey in the royal gardens. The bite proved fatal.
- 1943: 10 Greeks were executed in Patra by the Nazis.
- 1964: Panathinaikos became the first club from Greece to advance into the second round of the European Cup of Champions as they defeated Glentoran 3-2
- 1988: PM Andreas Papandreou underwent open-heart surgery in London.
- 1997: PAOK eliminated Arsenal after a 1-1 draw in Highbury (first match 1-0 to PAOK).
- Deaths: Yiannis Gouras, Greek commander of the besieged Acropolis (1826)
Recent days: September 29 - September 28