1910
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Events
January
- January 2: By law, Sunday is officially designated as a day off for workers in Greece.
- January 31: Kiriakoulis Mavromichalis resigns and is succeeded by Stephanos Dragoumis as Prime Minister of Greece.
February
- February 18: A strong earthquake (6.8 on the Richter scale) strikes Chania, Crete, causing six fatalities.
March
- March 6: Two farmers are shot dead by soldiers at Kileler in Thessaly, as demonstrations break out in the area.
- March 12: The Battleship Georgios Averof is launched.
April
May
- May 10: Chrysostom arrives at Smyrna to take up his post as Bishop.
- May 23: A hail storm in Domokos, Phthiotis prefecture, destroys several roof tops, kills many animals and causes over 1,000,000 drachmas of damages (a considerable amount in those days).
October
- October 19: Eleftherios Venizelos' first government is sworn in.
November
- November 28: Landslide victory for Eleftherios Venizelos and his Liberal Party winning 307 out of 362 seats in Parliament.
Births
January
- January 7: Yiannis Papaioannou, composer, music teacher.
- January 11: Nikos Kavvadias, writer
- January 13 (NS): Yiannis Tsarouchis, painter
February
- February 10: Sophia Vembo, singer
April
- April 17: Evangelos Averoff-Tossizza, politician, writer
September
- September 14: Yiannis Latsis, shipowner
Unknown
- Georgios Plytas, politician, Mayor of Athens
- Nikos Stavridis, actor
- Achilleas Grammatikopoulos, footballer
- Gregorios Staktopoulos, man accused of the George Polk murder
- Georgios Zoitakis, general, regent for King Constantine II
Deaths
- March 30: Jean Moreas, Greek-French poet