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===June=== | ===June=== | ||
*[[June 14]]: [[Eleftherios Venizelos|Venizelos']] followers organized a military movement in [[Thessaloniki]], called the "Provisional Government of National Defence". There they founded a new state including [[Northern Greece]] and [[Aegean Islands]]. | *[[June 14]]: [[Eleftherios Venizelos|Venizelos']] followers organized a military movement in [[Thessaloniki]], called the "Provisional Government of National Defence". There they founded a new state including [[Northern Greece]] and [[Aegean Islands]]. | ||
| + | ===December=== | ||
| + | *[[December 1]]: French and British forces land in [[Piraeus]] to occupy strategic posts in that city as well as [[Athens]]. They are met in ambush by royalist forces and battles take place with casualties on both sides. After their departure, a pogrom breaks out against [[Venizelism|Venizelists]] throughout Greece. These events went down in history as the [[November Events]] ([[Noemvriana]]) because they took place on [[November 18]] (OS). | ||
[[Category:Years]] | [[Category:Years]] | ||
[[Category:1916]] | [[Category:1916]] | ||
Revision as of 10:49, November 13, 2006
Events
June
- June 14: Venizelos' followers organized a military movement in Thessaloniki, called the "Provisional Government of National Defence". There they founded a new state including Northern Greece and Aegean Islands.
December
- December 1: French and British forces land in Piraeus to occupy strategic posts in that city as well as Athens. They are met in ambush by royalist forces and battles take place with casualties on both sides. After their departure, a pogrom breaks out against Venizelists throughout Greece. These events went down in history as the November Events (Noemvriana) because they took place on November 18 (OS).