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===March=== | ===March=== | ||
*[[March 5]]: Tobacco workers in [[Volos]] stage a strike. | *[[March 5]]: Tobacco workers in [[Volos]] stage a strike. | ||
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| + | *[[June 6]]: A strong earthquake strikes [[Central Greece]] with [[Lamia]] as its epicentre. | ||
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===August=== | ===August=== | ||
*[[August 5]]: The Ottoman government demands that Greece condemn the Cretan revolt. The Greek government replies that its position on the matter has been "exemplary". | *[[August 5]]: The Ottoman government demands that Greece condemn the Cretan revolt. The Greek government replies that its position on the matter has been "exemplary". | ||
Revision as of 12:03, May 14, 2007
Events
March
June
- June 6: A strong earthquake strikes Central Greece with Lamia as its epicentre.
August
- August 5: The Ottoman government demands that Greece condemn the Cretan revolt. The Greek government replies that its position on the matter has been "exemplary".
- August 17: The Great Powers demand that Turkey negotiates the Cretan matter only with themselves and not Greece.
- August 28: The "Military Association", under Col. Nikolaos Zorbas, demand reforms in the military. This movement would go down in history as the Goudi Revolution.
September
- September 14: Workers in Athens demonstrate in favour of the Military Association.
October
- October 17: A movement in the Greek Navy against the Military Association is violently put down.
December
- December 16: The Military Association invites Cretan politician, Eleftherios Venizelos, to Athens.
Births
May
- May 1: Yiannis Ritsos, poet.
July
- July 4: Stavros Niarchos, shipowner
August
- August 14: Manos Katrakis, actor
September
- September 7: Elia Kazan, Greek-American film director and producer.