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===April=== | ===April=== | ||
*[[April 15]]: [[Georgios Vizyinos]], poet/writer. | *[[April 15]]: [[Georgios Vizyinos]], poet/writer. | ||
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| − | *[[Spyridon Xyndas]], musician | + | *[[November 12]]: [[Spyridon Xyndas]], musician |
[[Category:Years]] | [[Category:Years]] | ||
Revision as of 12:01, May 8, 2007
Events
April
- April 6: Commencement of the first modern Olympic Games. By the Julian calendar, the games commenced on March 25 - the national holiday of Greece - as a symbolic gesture.
- April 7: Leonidas Pyrgos becomes the first Greek to win an Olympic Gold Medal after defeating Frenchman Peronnet at fencing.
- April 10: Spiros Loues wins the marathon in the 1896 Summer Olympics.
- April 15: Closing ceremony of the first modern Olympic Games.
Births
February
- February 5: George Dilboy, Greek-American World War I hero
- February 10: Sir John Harding, military governor of Cyprus.
March
- March 1: Dimitris Mitropoulos, conductor
September
- September 4: Aspasia Manou, wife of King Alexander.
October
- October 30: Kostas Karyotakis, poet
Unknown
- Eleni Skoura, politician
Deaths
March
- March 30: Charilaos Trikoupis, politician, Prime Minister
April
- April 15: Georgios Vizyinos, poet/writer.
November
- November 12: Spyridon Xyndas, musician