Difference between revisions of "July 19"

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1826: Georgios Karaiskakis becomes commander in chief of Greek revolutionary forces in Roumeli.
1864: 84 MPs from the Ionian Islands arrive in Athens to take their place in the Hellenic Parliament. They are greeted with enthusiasm by the Athenians.
1972: Bishop Demetrius of Imvros and Tenedos is elected Ecumenical Patriarch. The election was controversial since the favoured candidate, Bishop Meliton of Chalkedon, was bypassed as he did not please the Turkish government.
1993: The wreckage of an ancient Greek ship is spotted off the coast of Marseille, France.
1994: The oldest wreckage of a classical ancient Greek ship (ca 450 BC) is found off the coast of Kyra-Panagia in the Northern Sporades.
2004: The tramway reappears in Athens after an absence of 44 years.

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 ==Events==
 *[[1826]]: [[Georgios Karaiskakis]] becomes commander in chief of Greek revolutionary forces in [[Roumeli]].
+*[[1864]]: 84 MPs from the [[Ionian Islands]] arrive in [[Athens]] to take their place in the [[Hellenic Parliament]]. They are greeted with enthusiasm by the Athenians.
 *[[1972]]: Bishop [[Patriarch Demetrius I|Demetrius]] of [[Imvros]] and [[Tenedos]] is elected Ecumenical Patriarch. The election was controversial since the favoured candidate, Bishop Meliton of [[Chalkedon]], was bypassed as he did not please the Turkish government.
 *[[1993]]: The wreckage of an ancient Greek ship is spotted off the coast of Marseille, France.