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==Events== | ==Events== | ||
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| + | *[[January 9]]: The [[First Battle of Inonu]] commences. | ||
| + | *[[January 11]]: The [[First Battle of Inonu]] ends inconclusively after both sides pull back and both claim victory. | ||
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===February=== | ===February=== | ||
*[[February 27]]: Crown Prince [[King George II|George]] of [[Greece]] weds [[Princess Elisabeth of Romania]]. | *[[February 27]]: Crown Prince [[King George II|George]] of [[Greece]] weds [[Princess Elisabeth of Romania]]. | ||
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*[[March 30]]: The [[Second Battle of Inonu]] ends in defeat for the Greek Army. | *[[March 30]]: The [[Second Battle of Inonu]] ends in defeat for the Greek Army. | ||
===April=== | ===April=== | ||
| + | *[[April 8]]: [[Georgios Papandreou]] publishes his article "The King and the Nation" urging [[King Constantine I]] to resign. | ||
*[[April 16]]: Prime Minister, [[Dimitrios Gounaris]], arrives in [[Smyrna]] to assess first-hand the military situation in [[Asia Minor]]. | *[[April 16]]: Prime Minister, [[Dimitrios Gounaris]], arrives in [[Smyrna]] to assess first-hand the military situation in [[Asia Minor]]. | ||
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*[[March 2]]: [[Kazimierz Gorski]], football coach | *[[March 2]]: [[Kazimierz Gorski]], football coach | ||
*[[March 9]]: [[Dimitris Horn]], stage actor. | *[[March 9]]: [[Dimitris Horn]], stage actor. | ||
| + | *[[March 21]]: [[Manolis Chiotis]], musician | ||
===August=== | ===August=== | ||
Latest revision as of 10:48, March 23, 2024
Events
January
- January 9: The First Battle of Inonu commences.
- January 11: The First Battle of Inonu ends inconclusively after both sides pull back and both claim victory.
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 8: Georgios Papandreou publishes his article "The King and the Nation" urging King Constantine I to resign.
- 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 19: The Greek Army crosses the Sakarya river and enters the Salty Desert.
- August 23: The Battle of the Sakarya commences during the Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922).
- August 27: The Greek Army captures the first line of defence of the Turks during the Battle of the Sakarya.
September
- September 2: Farthest advance of the Greek Army during the Battle of the Sakarya.
- 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 9: The Great Powers decide to once again grant Northern Epirus to Albania.
- 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.
- March 21: Manolis Chiotis, musician
August
- August 29: Sotiria Bellou, singer
Deaths
August
- August 5: Dimitrios Rallis, politician and Prime Minister