1916
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Events
March
May
- May 6: The National Bank of Greece announces that it will also grant loans to women.
- May 13: German and Bulgarian forces invade eastern Macedonia and occupy Roupel fort after a brief firefight with Greek border guards.
June
- June 14: Venizelos' followers organized a military movement in Thessaloniki, called the "Provisional Government of National Defence". There they founded a new state including Northern Greece and Aegean Islands.
August
- August 16: Greek officers in Thessaloniki form the National Defence Movement.
- August 29: The Greek 4th Army Corps in eastern Macedonia surrenders to the Germans. It will remain in captivity in Silesia until the end of World War I.
September
- September 23: Eleftherios Venizelos leaves for Thessaloniki with 300 of his followers to take charge of the National Defence Movement.
October
- October 10: Spiridon Lampros forms a government that in effect only controls southern Greece.
November
- November 26: Greece declares war against Germany in WWI
December
- December 1: French and British forces land in Piraeus to occupy strategic posts in that city as well as Athens. They are met in ambush by royalist forces and battles take place with casualties on both sides. After their departure, a pogrom breaks out against Venizelists throughout Greece. These events went down in history as the November Events (Noemvriana) because they took place on November 18 (OS).
Births
November
- November 2: Al Campanis, Greek-American baseball executive.