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Events
March
- March 30: The bandit gang of Christos and Takos Arvanitakis kidnaps several British tourists and an Italian diplomat at Dilesi.
April
- April 6: Greek police and soldiers attack the Arvanitakis gang. All the British and Italian hostages are killed.
July
- July 22: The government of Thrasivoulos Zaimis resigns on account of the botched Massacre at Dilesi affair.
Births
March
- March 29: Pavlos Melas, hero of the Macedonian Struggle
June
- June 14: Queen Sophie of Greece.
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- Makarios II, Archbishop of Cyprus