Difference between revisions of "1915"

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January 11: Britain calls for Greece to enter World War I on the side of the Entente allies in exchange for territory in Asia Minor.
January 14: Gen Ioannis Metaxas issues a report to PM Eleftherios Venizelos warning of the difficulties of Greek military involvement in Asia Minor.

February 21: Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos resigns after a series of disagreements - mostly focused around entry into World War I - with King Constantine I.

April 2: The Greek-American daily National Herald commences publication in New York.

May 31: Eleftherios Venizelos' Liberal Party wins 185 parliamentary seats (out of 316) in the national elections.

August 23: Eleftherios Venizelos forms a government. He had won the elections on May 31 but King Constantine I delayed issuing his order to the Cretan politician.

September 10: The government of Eleftherios Venizelos declares general mobilisation throught Greece.
September 22: Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos again resigns after a series of disagreements with King Constantine I.

October 3: Greek PM Alexandros Zaimis rejects the British proposal to enter World War I in exchange for Cyprus.
October 5: Entente allies land in Thessaloniki.

December 6: Eleftherios Venizelos and his political allies boycott the national elections, resulting in the election of a largely royalist Parliament.

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 ===April===
 *[[April 30]]: [[Nikos Gatsos]], poet/writer.
+===June===
+*[[June 12]]: [[Dinos Eliopoulos]], actor
 ===October===
 *[[October 23]]: [[Vic Buckingham]], one-time coach of [[Ethnikos Piraeus FC|Ethnikos Piraeus]] and [[Olympiakos FC|Olympiakos]].
+===December===
+*[[December 22]]: [[Nikos Beloyiannis]], communist leader
+===Unknown===
+*[[Nikos Gounaris]], [[elafro]] singer
 [[Category:Years]]
 [[Category:1915]]