1893

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