1947
Events
April
- April 1: King George II of Greece dies suddenly of a heart attack. He is succeeded by his brother King Paul.
November
- November 20: In a lavish wedding ceremony at Westminster Abbey in London, Princess Elizabeth marries her distant cousin, Philip Mountbatten, a dashing former prince of Greece and Denmark who renounced his titles in order to marry the English princess.
December
- December 24: The "Provisional Democratic Government" is set up, during the Greek Civil War, by the Communist Party of Greece with Markos Vafiadis as Prime Minister.
Births
October
- October 25 : Thanasis Gaifilias, musician