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===September=== | ===September=== | ||
*[[September 9]]: Turkish troops enter [[Smyrna]]. | *[[September 9]]: Turkish troops enter [[Smyrna]]. | ||
| − | *[[September 13]]: [[Smyrna]] is set ablaze by the Turkish army. For the next three days the city will burn out of control | + | *[[September 13]]: [[Smyrna]] is set ablaze by the Turkish army. For the next three days the city will burn out of control and an estimated 100,000 Greeks and Armenians will be killed. |
*[[September 27]]: [[King Constantine I]] abdicates the throne. | *[[September 27]]: [[King Constantine I]] abdicates the throne. | ||
Revision as of 11:16, May 10, 2006
Events
September
- September 9: Turkish troops enter Smyrna.
- September 13: Smyrna is set ablaze by the Turkish army. For the next three days the city will burn out of control and an estimated 100,000 Greeks and Armenians will be killed.
- September 27: King Constantine I abdicates the throne.
October
- October 11: The Armistice of Mudanya is signed between Britain, France, Italy on the one hand and Turkey on the other.
- October 14: Greece acceeds to the Armistice of Mudanya.
- October 20: The peace conference which eventually produces the Treaty of Lausanne, commences.
November
- November 28: Five members of the Laiko Party - Dimitrios Gounaris, Nikolaos Stratos, Petros Protopapadakis, Nikolaos Theotokis, Georgios Baltatzis - as well as General Georgios Hadjianestis are executed at Goudi, Athens, for their role in the Asia Minor disaster.
Births
November
- November 3: Spiros Kelogerou, actor
December
- December 2: Iakovos Kambanellis, theatrical playwriter
Deaths
October
- October 24: : Andreas Karkavitsas, writer, physician