1906

Events

March

• March 23: Guerrila leader, Georgios Skalidis, is killed in a battle against Turks, near Monastir, during the Macedonian Struggle.
• March 26: Georgios Theotokis triumphs in the Greek general elections.

April

• April 18 (NS): King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra arrive in Athens to attend the 1906 Athens Olympiad.
• April 22 (NS): The 1906 Athens "Olympiad" commences. This competition was outside the Olympic Games' four-year cycle and was organised in order to revive the Games which were in danger of dying out after the 1904 St Louis circus-like flop.

July

• July 9: Metropolitan Photius of Korytsa is murdered during the Macedonian Struggle.
• July 16: A pogrom takes place against the Greeks of Philippoupolis (Plovdiv), Eastern Rumelia. Churches and schools are destroyed.
• July 30: Bulgarian guerrilas attack and destroy the Greek section of Anchialos, Eastern Rumelia.

August

• August 12: Prince George resigns as High Commissioner of Crete.

September

• September 2: Guerrila leader Athanasios Hadjipanagis is slain in a battle against Turkish forces near Serres.
• September 18: Alexandros Zaimis arrives in Crete to take over as High Commissioner.

Births

January

• January 15: Aristotle Onassis, shipping tycoon

February

• February 26: Nikos Hatzikyriakos-Gikas, painter

July

• July 2: Christos Tsaganeas, stage and screen actor
• July 14: Tom Carvel, Greek-American businessman

November

• November 8: Miltiades Iatridis, naval officer
• November 18: Alec Issigonis, the engineer who designed the legendary Mini in the 50s
• November 26: Michail Hadjikonstantis, naval officer, WW II hero

Unknown

• Markos Vafiadis, communist leader
• Nikos Angelakis, footballer
• Dimitris Pierrakos, footballer