1905
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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
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