1915

Events

January

• January 24: Britain calls for Greece to enter World War I on the side of the Entente allies in exchange for territory in Asia Minor.
• January 27: Gen Ioannis Metaxas issues a report to PM Eleftherios Venizelos warning of the difficulties of Greek military involvement in Asia Minor.
• January 27: A powerful earthquake (6.6 on the Richter scale) strikes Ithaca and the surrounding area.

February

• February 21: Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos resigns after a series of disagreements - mostly focused around entry into World War I - with King Constantine I.

April

• April 2: The Greek-American daily National Herald commences publication in New York.

May

• May 31: Eleftherios Venizelos' Liberal Party wins 185 parliamentary seats (out of 316) in the national elections.

August

• August 7: A powerful earthquake (6.7 on the Richter scale) strikes Ithaca and the surrounding area for the second time within the year.
• August 23: Eleftherios Venizelos forms a government. He had won the elections on May 31 but King Constantine I delayed issuing his order to the Cretan politician.

September

• September 10: The government of Eleftherios Venizelos declares general mobilisation throught Greece.
• September 22: Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos again resigns after a series of disagreements with King Constantine I.

October

• October 3: Greek PM Alexandros Zaimis rejects the British proposal to enter World War I in exchange for Cyprus.
• October 5: Entente allies land in Thessaloniki.

December

• December 6: Eleftherios Venizelos and his political allies boycott the national elections, resulting in the election of a largely royalist Parliament.

Births

January

• January 18: Vassilis Tsitsanis, composer.

April

• April 30: Nikos Gatsos, poet/writer.

June

• June 12: Dinos Eliopoulos, actor

October

• October 23: Vic Buckingham, one-time coach of Ethnikos Piraeus and Olympiakos.

December

• December 22: Nikos Beloyiannis, communist leader

Unknown

• Nikos Gounaris, elafro singer