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===July=== | ===July=== | ||
| + | *[[July 1]]: The Greek Army enters [[Panormos]]. | ||
*[[July 9]]: The Greeks take Bursa during the first Greek offensive of the [[Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922)]] | *[[July 9]]: The Greeks take Bursa during the first Greek offensive of the [[Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922)]] | ||
*[[July 22]]: Italy renounces the Titoni-[[Eleftherios Venizelos|Venizelos]] accord and refuses to place the [[Dodecanese]] - other than [[Rhodes]] - under Greek control. | *[[July 22]]: Italy renounces the Titoni-[[Eleftherios Venizelos|Venizelos]] accord and refuses to place the [[Dodecanese]] - other than [[Rhodes]] - under Greek control. | ||
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*[[July 30]]: Two former officers - Tserepis and Kyriakis - fire ten shots at [[Eleftherios Venizelos]] at the train station of Lyon, France. The Greek PM escapes death. | *[[July 30]]: Two former officers - Tserepis and Kyriakis - fire ten shots at [[Eleftherios Venizelos]] at the train station of Lyon, France. The Greek PM escapes death. | ||
*[[July 31]]: [[Ion Dragoumis]] is shot dead by policemen in [[Athens]]. The nationalist politician was believed to have been involved in the [[Eleftherios Venizelos|Venizelos]] murder attempt. | *[[July 31]]: [[Ion Dragoumis]] is shot dead by policemen in [[Athens]]. The nationalist politician was believed to have been involved in the [[Eleftherios Venizelos|Venizelos]] murder attempt. | ||
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===August=== | ===August=== | ||
*[[August 10]]: The [[Treaty of Sevres]] is signed creating the "Greece of two continents and five seas". | *[[August 10]]: The [[Treaty of Sevres]] is signed creating the "Greece of two continents and five seas". | ||
Revision as of 22:51, February 16, 2007
Events
June
- June 22: Beginning of the Greek offensive in Anatolia.
- June 24: The Greeks defeat Turkish forces at Alasehir during the first Greek offensive of the Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922)
July
- July 1: The Greek Army enters Panormos.
- July 9: The Greeks take Bursa during the first Greek offensive of the Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922)
- July 22: Italy renounces the Titoni-Venizelos accord and refuses to place the Dodecanese - other than Rhodes - under Greek control.
- July 25: The Greeks take Edirne during the first Greek offensive of the Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922)
- July 30: Two former officers - Tserepis and Kyriakis - fire ten shots at Eleftherios Venizelos at the train station of Lyon, France. The Greek PM escapes death.
- July 31: Ion Dragoumis is shot dead by policemen in Athens. The nationalist politician was believed to have been involved in the Venizelos murder attempt.
August
- August 10: The Treaty of Sevres is signed creating the "Greece of two continents and five seas".
September
- September 30: King Alexander of Greece is bitten in the left leg by a monkey in the royal gardens. The bite will prove fatal.
October
- October 25: King Alexander of Greece succumbs to his wounds of September 30.
December
- December 5: A referendum is held for the return of King Constantine I to Greece as a monarch.
- December 15: Britain and France announce that, after the return of King Constantine I, they are no longer responsible for the presence of the Greek army in Asia Minor.
Births
March
- March 21: Manolis Chiotis, musician
May
- May 13: Dr. Vasos Lyssaridis, Cypriot politician.
October
- October 18: Melina Mercouri, actress, activist and politician