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===May=== | ===May=== | ||
*[[May 31]]: [[King Constantine I]] visits [[Smyrna]]. | *[[May 31]]: [[King Constantine I]] visits [[Smyrna]]. | ||
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| + | *[[July 4]]: The Greek Army enters Kutahya. | ||
| + | *[[July 15]]: A war council, under [[King Constantine I]], at Kutahya, decides to capture Ankara, seat of the Kemalist movement. | ||
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===August=== | ===August=== | ||
*[[August 23]]: The [[Battle of the Sakarya]] commences during the [[Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922)]]. | *[[August 23]]: The [[Battle of the Sakarya]] commences during the [[Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922)]]. | ||
Revision as of 09:24, May 22, 2007
Events
February
- February 27: Crown Prince George of Greece weds Princess Elisabeth of Romania.
March
- March 16: The Greek Army occupies Afyon Karahisar in Asia Minor.
- March 27: The Second Battle of Inonu commences.
- March 30: The Second Battle of Inonu ends in defeat for the Greek Army.
April
- April 16: Prime Minister, Dimitrios Gounaris, arrives in Smyrna to assess first-hand the military situation in Asia Minor.
May
- May 31: King Constantine I visits Smyrna.
July
- July 4: The Greek Army enters Kutahya.
- July 15: A war council, under King Constantine I, at Kutahya, decides to capture Ankara, seat of the Kemalist movement.
August
- August 23: The Battle of the Sakarya commences during the Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922).
September
- September 13: The Battle of the Sakarya ends with the withdrawal of the Greek Army.
- September 15: Eleftherios Venizelos - a widower - weds Elena Skilitsi in London.
November
- November 27: Meletios Metaxakis, Archbishop of North and South America, is elected Ecumenical Patriarch. Meletios was labeled a Venizelist.
Births
March
- March 2: Kazimierz Gorski, football coach
- March 9: Dimitris Horn, stage actor.
August
- August 29: Sotiria Bellou, singer
Deaths
August
- August 5: Dimitrios Rallis, politician and Prime Minister