April 10

Events

• 428: Nestorius becomes Patriarch of Constantinople.
• 1821: Patriarch Gregory V is hanged on the Central outside porte of the Patriarchate by the Turks.
• 1821: The island of Psara joins the Greek War of Independence.
• 1821: Amfissa is liberated during the Greek War of Independence.
• 1826: The Sortie of Messolonghi takes place on Palm Sunday. Out of 6,000 "besieged freemen" Greeks, only 1,300 escape.
• 1896: Spiros Loues wins the marathon in the 1896 Athens Olympics.
• 1924: The first Greek train robbery is recorded near Larisa.
• 1941: The hospital ship "Attica" is sunk off Cape Kafireas by Axis aircraft. Aboard the ship, captained by Dimitrios Meletopoulos, were several wounded soldiers.
• 2014: Greece returns to the international bond market after a four-year absence.

Sports

• 1932: Nikos Angelakis becomes the first - and so far, only - player to score six goals in a Greek League game as Aris defeat Apollon Athens 6-1.
• 1991: Panionios BC win their only Greek Cup by defeating PAOK 73-70.

Births

• 1894: Angelos Ewert, Athens Police chief during World War II
• 1941: Archbishop Chrysostomos II of Cyprus.
• 1951: Kyriakos Onesiphorou, athlete (400m, 200m)

Deaths

• 1821: Patriarch Gregory V
• 1988: Ezekias Papaioannou, Cypriot politician chairman of AKEL.
• 1998: Archbishop Seraphim of Athens and all Greece.
• 2005: Former Archbishop Iakovos Koukouzis of North and South America.
• 2025: Vangelis Nikitopoulos, basketball player and coach.