1913
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Events
January
- January 5: The Naval Battle of Lemnos commences during the First Balkan War.
- January 18: The Naval Battle of Lemnos ends in Greek victory.
March
- March 18: King George I is assassinated in Thessaloniki by Alexandros Schinas.Crown Prince Constantine ascends to the throne.
May
- May 30: The Treaty of London concludes the First Balkan War.
June
- June 30: The first massacre at Doxato takes place during the Second Balkan War, as Bulgarian troops kill 650 inhabitants of this Drama prefecture town before burning it to the ground. A second massacre would take place in the same town during World War II (see September 29).
July
- July 31: Bulgaria signs an armistice ending hostilities in the Second Balkan War.
August
- August 9: The Battle of Kresna Gorge is concluded as Bulgaria surrenders during the Second Balkan War.
- August 10: The Treaty of Bucharest is concluded ending the Second Balkan War.
December
- December 1: Crete officially becomes part of Greece. King Constantine I and Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos preside on an official ceremony of the raising of the Greek flag on Fort of Firkas Bastion.
- December 17: The Florence Protocol is signed which drew the border between Greece and Albania. Northern Epirus is awarded to the newly-created Albanian state. The Great Powers (England, France, Italym, Russia, Germany, Austria-Hungary) set language as the only criteria for their decision.
Births
January
- January 18: Yiannis Papaioannou, rebetika songwriter.
March
- March 13: Lambros Konstantaras, actor
August
- August 2: Seraphim, Archbishop of Athens.
- August 13: Archbishop Makarios III of Cyprus
November
- November 7: Alekos Sakelarios, director, writer, reporter
Deaths
March
- March 18: King George I, King of the Hellenes