Phantis:Selected anniversaries/April 15
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- 412 BC: Athens and Sparta agreed to a truce during the Peloponnesian War. This, so-called "Peace of Nicias" only lasted six years.
- 1850: The Pacifico incident ended after the intervention of France and Russia.
- 1896: The Closing ceremony of the first modern Olympic Games was held.
- 1939: Archaeological digs brought to light a palace in ancient Pylos, possibly that of Trojan War hero King Nestor.
- 1951: Conservatives won the mayoral elections in Athens, Thessaloniki and Piraeus.
- Births: Jean Moreas, French-Greek poet (1856), Memos Ioannou, basketball player and coach (1958).
- Deaths: Georgios Vizyinos, poet/writer (1896).