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*[[1790]]: [[Lambros Katsonis]] lost 6 ships in a battle against the Turkish navy off the coast of [[Andros]]. He escaped, wounded, to [[Melos]] with only two ships. | *[[1790]]: [[Lambros Katsonis]] lost 6 ships in a battle against the Turkish navy off the coast of [[Andros]]. He escaped, wounded, to [[Melos]] with only two ships. | ||
| + | *[[1821]]: Greek revolutionaries, under [[Nikitaras]], defeated the Turkish army at the [[Battle of Doliana]]. | ||
*[[1825]]: General [[Theodoros Kolokotronis]] was pardoned by the revolutionary government and re-instated as commander of the Greek forces in [[Peloponnesus]]. | *[[1825]]: General [[Theodoros Kolokotronis]] was pardoned by the revolutionary government and re-instated as commander of the Greek forces in [[Peloponnesus]]. | ||
*[[1978]]: PM [[Constantine Karamanlis]] refused to submit the entry of [[Greece]] into the EU to a referendum. | *[[1978]]: PM [[Constantine Karamanlis]] refused to submit the entry of [[Greece]] into the EU to a referendum. | ||
Revision as of 09:06, May 18, 2007
- 1790: Lambros Katsonis lost 6 ships in a battle against the Turkish navy off the coast of Andros. He escaped, wounded, to Melos with only two ships.
- 1821: Greek revolutionaries, under Nikitaras, defeated the Turkish army at the Battle of Doliana.
- 1825: General Theodoros Kolokotronis was pardoned by the revolutionary government and re-instated as commander of the Greek forces in Peloponnesus.
- 1978: PM Constantine Karamanlis refused to submit the entry of Greece into the EU to a referendum.