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| + | ===January=== | ||
| + | *[[January 1]]: The first telegraph line in Greece, connecting [[Athens]] and [[Piraeus]], goes into operation. | ||
| + | ===May=== | ||
| + | *[[May 10]]: Students clash with the police in [[Athens]]. The clashes will go down in history as "Skiadika" (skiadia events) from the "skiadia" hats worn by the students. | ||
| + | ===August=== | ||
| + | *[[August 2]]: [[King Otto]] lays the cornerstone of the building of the [[Academy of Athens]]. | ||
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==Births== | ==Births== | ||
===January=== | ===January=== | ||
Latest revision as of 08:49, April 15, 2007
Events
January
May
- May 10: Students clash with the police in Athens. The clashes will go down in history as "Skiadika" (skiadia events) from the "skiadia" hats worn by the students.
August
- August 2: King Otto lays the cornerstone of the building of the Academy of Athens.
Births
January
- January 13: Kostis Palamas, poet
October
- October 11: George Horton, philhellene US Consul to Smyrna
December
- December 9: Georgios Drosinis, writer, poet
Deaths
- September 3: Karl von Abel, Bavarian regent of King Otto