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===February=== | ===February=== | ||
*[[February 12]]: A number of professors from the [[University of Athens]] petition Parliament to declare the [[Katharevousa]] version of the [[Greek language]] as the one and only official language of the Greek state. | *[[February 12]]: A number of professors from the [[University of Athens]] petition Parliament to declare the [[Katharevousa]] version of the [[Greek language]] as the one and only official language of the Greek state. | ||
| − | *[[February 26]]: Serious debates take place on the matter of the [[Greek language]]. University students protest against poet [[Kostis Palamas]]' strong pro-[[Demotic]] stand. | + | *[[February 26]]: Serious debates take place on the matter of the [[Greek language]]. Writer/MP, [[Lorentzos Mavilis]], states in [[Hellenic Parliament|Parliament]]: "there is no vulgar language. Only vulgar people". University students protest against poet [[Kostis Palamas]]' strong pro-[[Demotic]] stand. |
===March=== | ===March=== | ||
Revision as of 12:01, May 15, 2007
Events
January
- January 30: Anorthosis Famagusta FC is founded.
February
- February 12: A number of professors from the University of Athens petition Parliament to declare the Katharevousa version of the Greek language as the one and only official language of the Greek state.
- February 26: Serious debates take place on the matter of the Greek language. Writer/MP, Lorentzos Mavilis, states in Parliament: "there is no vulgar language. Only vulgar people". University students protest against poet Kostis Palamas' strong pro-Demotic stand.
March
- March 31: A French military delegation under Gen. Eydoux, arrives in Greece. Its task is to reform the Hellenic Army.
April
- April 9: Kostis Palamas is suspended for a month by the University of Athens for his defence of the Demotic version of the Greek language.
- April 11: An English military delegation arrives in Greece. Its task is to reform the Hellenic Navy.
September
- September 1: The Battleship Georgios Averof is commissioned by the Hellenic Navy.
October
November
- November 7: The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople closes all churches until the persecution of Christians stops.
Births
July
- July 29: Archbishop Iakovos of North and South America.
November
- November 2: Odysseus Elytis, Nobel prize winning poet, born in Heraklion, Crete
December
- December 18: Eleni Vlachos, newspaper publisher
Deaths
January
- January 3: Alexandros Papadiamantis, writer.
November
- November 3: Constantine Christomanos, poet, writer, innovator of the Greek theatrical scene