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*[[June 5]]: The [[National Company]] sends 86 guerrilas, under Athanasios Broufas, to support the [[Macedonian Struggle]]. | *[[June 5]]: The [[National Company]] sends 86 guerrilas, under Athanasios Broufas, to support the [[Macedonian Struggle]]. | ||
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| + | *[[July 3]]: The [[National Company]] sends 500 guerrilas from Greece to support the [[Macedonian Struggle]]. | ||
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===August=== | ===August=== | ||
*[[August 8]]: Greek volunteers land in [[Crete]] to support the Cretan revolt against the Ottoman Empire. | *[[August 8]]: Greek volunteers land in [[Crete]] to support the Cretan revolt against the Ottoman Empire. | ||
Revision as of 12:15, May 8, 2007
Events
April
- April 6: Commencement of the first modern Olympic Games. By the Julian calendar, the games commenced on March 25 - the national holiday of Greece - as a symbolic gesture.
- April 7: Leonidas Pyrgos becomes the first Greek to win an Olympic Gold Medal after defeating Frenchman Peronnet at fencing.
- April 10: Spiros Loues wins the marathon in the 1896 Summer Olympics.
- April 15: Closing ceremony of the first modern Olympic Games.
June
- June 5: The National Company sends 86 guerrilas, under Athanasios Broufas, to support the Macedonian Struggle.
July
- July 3: The National Company sends 500 guerrilas from Greece to support the Macedonian Struggle.
August
Births
February
- February 5: George Dilboy, Greek-American World War I hero
- February 10: Sir John Harding, military governor of Cyprus.
March
- March 1: Dimitris Mitropoulos, conductor
September
- September 4: Aspasia Manou, wife of King Alexander.
October
- October 30: Kostas Karyotakis, poet
Unknown
- Eleni Skoura, politician
Deaths
March
- March 30: Charilaos Trikoupis, politician, Prime Minister
April
- April 15: Georgios Vizyinos, poet/writer.
November
- November 12: Spyridon Xyndas, musician