1911
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Events
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.
March
- March 31: A French military delegation under Gen. Eydoux, arrives in Greece. Its task is to reform the Hellenic Army.
April
- 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.
November
- November 7: The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople closes all churches until the persecution of Christians stops.
Births
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