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Events
January
- January 31: An earthquake registering 5.1 on the Richter scale strikes Zakynthos.
May
- May 2: May Day is celebrated for the first time in Greece.
- May 15: Sotirios Sotiropoulos forms a government.
- May 23: Ethnikos Gymnastic Club, an Athenian athletic club, is founded by 12 Panellinios' members who disagree with president Ioannis Fokianos' policy.
June
- June 25: The Corinthian Canal is inaugurated.
November
- November 11: Charilaos Trikoupis forms a government.
December
- December 1: Charilaos Trikoupis declares bankruptcy for Greece and is credited with the quote "Δυστυχώς επτωχεύσαμεν" ("Unfortunately, we're bankrupt!") that he uttered while attending a parliamentary session.
Births
January
- January 1: Mordechai Frizis, World War II military hero.
February
- February 9: Georgios Athanasiadis-Novas, poet, Prime Minister
March
- March 28: Spyros Skouras, Greek-American President of 20th Century Fox
August
- August 1: King Alexander of Greece
September
- September 28: Yiannis Skarimbas, writer
Unknown
- Iovan Tsaous, rebetiko musician
- Eftychia Papayiannopoulou, lyricist
- Dimitrios Psaros, resistance leader