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===October===
 
===October===
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*[[October 4]]: Former [[Macedonian Struggle]] chieftain, Pavlos Rokovitis, is murdered in his home by Young Turks. This act is followed by other killings of Greek leaders in [[Macedonia]].
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*[[October 12]]: The [[Crete|Cretan]] Council declares "[[Enosis]]" (union) of [[Crete]] with [[Greece]].
 
*[[October 30]]: The first electric trams appear making their runs at Acharnon Street in [[Athens]]
 
*[[October 30]]: The first electric trams appear making their runs at Acharnon Street in [[Athens]]
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===November===
 
===November===
 
*[[November 24]]: An unknown disease destroys oak trees in [[Crete]]. Inhabitants perform a litany and bring the ''Holy Belt'' (Αγία Ζώνη) from [[Mount Athos]] (Άγιον Όρος) for that purpose.
 
*[[November 24]]: An unknown disease destroys oak trees in [[Crete]]. Inhabitants perform a litany and bring the ''Holy Belt'' (Αγία Ζώνη) from [[Mount Athos]] (Άγιον Όρος) for that purpose.

Revision as of 11:15, May 14, 2007

Events

February

May

June

  • June 3: Work starts on the Cathedral of St Andrew in Patra.

July

  • July 8: Greek and Bulgarian guerrilas battle near Mt Kaymaktsalan in Macedonia.
  • July 11: Sultan Abdul Hamid, under pressure from the Young Turk movement, grants rights to the Ottoman subjects including full amnesty to guerrilas in Macedonia. The Macedonian Struggle ends as both Greek and Bulgarian partizans cease their activity.

September

October

November

  • November 24: An unknown disease destroys oak trees in Crete. Inhabitants perform a litany and bring the Holy Belt (Αγία Ζώνη) from Mount Athos (Άγιον Όρος) for that purpose.

December

Births

December

Unknown

Deaths

July