Phantis:Selected anniversaries/December 1

1818: Theodoros Kolokotronis joined the Friendly Society (Filiki Eteria).
1834: The capital of Greece moved to Athens from Nafplion
1893: Charilaos Trikoupis declared bankruptcy for Greece with the quote "Δυστυχώς επτωχεύσαμεν" ("Unfortunately, we have bankrupted!").
1913: Crete officially became part of Greece. King Constantine I and Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos presided over an official ceremony of the raising of the Greek flag at Firkas Bastion.
1916: French and British forces landed in Piraeus to occupy strategic posts in that city as well as Athens. They were met in ambush by royalist forces.
2005: Greek public opinion was rocked by an unprecedented crime for Greek police, committed on the island of Salamina. The culprits were three brothers, aged 7, 8 and 14, and the victim was a 78-year-old woman, whom they strangled in order to rob.
Births: Anna Comnena, byzantine historian (1083)

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