February 26

Events

364: Valentinian I is proclaimed Byzantine emperor.
1911: Serious debates take place on the matter of the Greek language. University students protest against poet Kostis Palamas' strong pro-Demotic stand.
1913: The Greek Army comes to control all Epirus - including Northern Epirus - during the First Balkan War.
1992: A bomb which is detonated by remote control injures twelve policemen and a civilian in Athens.
1997: 37 New Democracy MPs petition the Greek Parliament to release former dictator George Papadopoulos from jail because of ill health.
2020: Violent protests break out on the island of Lesbos over the proposed construction of new migrant camps.
2020: First person in Greece diagnosed with the Coronavirus.