1856
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Events
February
- February 18: The Hatt-i-Humayun is issued by the High Porte in Constantinople, promising greater freedom for Christians in the Ottoman Empire.
October
- October 12: A major earthquake (7.7 on the Richter scale) strikes Crete. 500 persons are killed.
Births
- April 15: Jean Moreas, French-Greek poet.
- Date Unknown: Spyros Mercouris, mayor of Athens and grandfather of Melina Mercouri.
Deaths
- Date Unknown: Neophytus Vamvas, cleric, translator of the Bible into modern Greek.