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==Events== | ==Events== | ||
+ | ===January=== | ||
+ | *[[January 5]]: The city of [[Piraeus]] gets electric lighting. | ||
+ | ===February=== | ||
+ | *[[February 12]]: The Maritime Hospital of [[Piraeus]] is founded. | ||
+ | ===March=== | ||
+ | *[[March 16]]: [[Arthur Evans]] purchases the site in [[Crete]] where he believes the [[Minoan]] palace of [[Knossos]] to be. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===April=== | ||
+ | *[[April 1]]: [[Prince George of Greece|Prince George]] is named High Commissioner of [[Crete]]. | ||
+ | ===May=== | ||
+ | *[[May 13]]: [[Sotiris Versis]] breaks the Greek record in the [[shot put]] with 11.49m. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===June=== | ||
+ | *[[June 15]]: [[Stadiou Street|Stadiou]], Ermoi Aeolou and Philellinon streets in [[Athens]] were gaslit. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===September=== | ||
+ | *[[September 7]]: Almost 100 persons die as the steamship "Sarkia" sinks off [[Andros]]. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==Births== | ||
+ | ===February=== | ||
+ | *[[February 19]]: [[George Seferis|Giorgos Seferis]], poet | ||
+ | ===March=== | ||
+ | *[[March 10]]: [[Pantelis Pouliopoulos]], communist leader | ||
+ | ===December=== | ||
+ | *[[December 17]]: [[Katina Paxinou]], actress | ||
+ | ===Unknown=== | ||
+ | *[[Ioannis Paraskevopoulos]], banker, Prime Minister | ||
+ | *[[Fotis Giagoulas]], notorious bandit | ||
+ | *[[Yiannis Andrianopoulos]], football player and coach | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==Deaths== | ||
+ | ===May=== | ||
+ | *[[May 11]]: Archbishop [[Sofronios III]] of [[Cyprus]]. | ||
+ | ===Unknown=== | ||
+ | *[[Dimitrios Bayraktaris]], [[Athens]] chief of police | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | [[Category:Years]] | ||
+ | [[Category:1900]] |
Latest revision as of 09:32, September 6, 2008
Contents
Events
January
February
- February 12: The Maritime Hospital of Piraeus is founded.
March
- March 16: Arthur Evans purchases the site in Crete where he believes the Minoan palace of Knossos to be.
April
- April 1: Prince George is named High Commissioner of Crete.
May
- May 13: Sotiris Versis breaks the Greek record in the shot put with 11.49m.
June
September
- September 7: Almost 100 persons die as the steamship "Sarkia" sinks off Andros.
Births
February
- February 19: Giorgos Seferis, poet
March
- March 10: Pantelis Pouliopoulos, communist leader
December
- December 17: Katina Paxinou, actress
Unknown
- Ioannis Paraskevopoulos, banker, Prime Minister
- Fotis Giagoulas, notorious bandit
- Yiannis Andrianopoulos, football player and coach
Deaths
May
- May 11: Archbishop Sofronios III of Cyprus.
Unknown
- Dimitrios Bayraktaris, Athens chief of police