Difference between revisions of "1896"

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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.

June 5: The National Company sends 86 guerrilas, under Athanasios Broufas, to support the Macedonian Struggle.

July 3: The National Company sends 500 guerrilas from Greece to support the Macedonian Struggle.

August 8: Greek volunteers land in Crete to support the Cretan revolt against the Ottoman Empire.

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 *[[April 10]]: [[Spiros Loues]] wins the [[Marathon (event)|marathon]] in the [[1896 Summer Olympics]].
 *[[April 15]]: Closing ceremony of the [[1896 Summer Olympics|first modern Olympic Games]].
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+*[[May 21]]: [[Sotiris Versis]] breaks the Greek record in the [[discus throw]] with 29.50m.
 ===June===
 *[[June 5]]: The [[National Company]] sends 86 guerrilas, under Athanasios Broufas, to support the [[Macedonian Struggle]].