Difference between revisions of "1913"

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May 6: Alexander Schinas (assassin of King George I) kills himself by jumping out of a Police Station window.
May 30: The Treaty of London concludes the First Balkan War.

June 16: The Second Balkan War breaks out as Bulgaria attacks Serbia and Greece - her allies in the First Balkan War.
June 21: During the Second Balkan War, the Battle of Kilkis-Lahanas ends in victory for the Greek army.
June 30: The first massacre at Doxato takes place during the Second Balkan War, as Bulgarian troops kill 650 inhabitants of this Drama prefecture town before burning it to the ground. A second massacre would take place in the same town during World War II (see September 29).

July 31: Bulgaria signs an armistice ending hostilities in the Second Balkan War.

December 1: Crete officially becomes part of Greece. King Constantine I and Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos preside on an official ceremony of the raising of the Greek flag on Fort of Firkas Bastion.
December 17: The Florence Protocol is signed which drew the border between Greece and Albania. Northern Epirus is awarded to the newly-created Albanian state. The Great Powers (England, France, Italym, Russia, Germany, Austria-Hungary) set language as the only criteria for their decision.

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+*[[June 16]]: The [[Second Balkan War]] breaks out as Bulgaria attacks Serbia and [[Greece]] - her allies in the [[First Balkan War]].
 *[[June 21]]: During the [[Second Balkan War]], the [[Battle of Kilkis-Lahanas]] ends in victory for the Greek army.
 *[[June 30]]: The first massacre at [[Doxato]] takes place during the [[Second Balkan War]], as Bulgarian troops kill 650 inhabitants of this [[Drama prefecture]] town before burning it to the ground. A second massacre would take place in the same town during [[World War II]] (see [[September 29]]).