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==Events==
 
==Events==
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===January===
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*[[January 8]]: While the Crimean War is going on, Greeks in [[Epirus]] revolt against Turkish rule.
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*[[January 18]]: Greeks guerrilas attack Turkish positions near [[Komboti]], [[Arta prefecture|Arta]], [[Epirus]].
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*[[January 31]]: Greek rebels, under [[Spyros Karaiskakis]], lay siege to the city of [[Arta]].
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===February===
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*[[February 6]]: Gen. [[Theodoros Grivas]] takes command of the Greek struggle against Turkish rule in [[Epirus]].
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===March===
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*[[March 10]]: Greece and Turkey sever diplomatic relations due to guerrila activity in [[Epirus]], [[Thessaly]] and [[Macedonia]].
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*[[March 28]]: Greek rebels, under [[Efthymios Kontoyiannis]], lay siege to the town of [[Domokos]].
 
===April===
 
===April===
 
*[[April 1]]: [[Tsamis Karatasos]] leads a revolt of [[Greeks]] in the [[Chalkidiki]] peninsula.
 
*[[April 1]]: [[Tsamis Karatasos]] leads a revolt of [[Greeks]] in the [[Chalkidiki]] peninsula.
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*[[April 22]]: Greek rebels, under [[Spyros Karaiskakis]], defeat Turkish forces at [[Plaka (Ioannina)]].
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*[[April 29]]: Britain and France demand that Greece distance herself from the revolts in [[Epirus]], [[Thessaly]] and [[Macedonia]].
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===May===
 
===May===
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*[[May 4]]: Greek Guerrilas enter [[Kalambaka]], [[Thessaly]].
 
*[[May 14]]: French and British war ships blockade [[Piraeus]] harbour during the Crimean War. The crews spread a cholera epidemic that decimates the population of the greater [[Athens]] area.
 
*[[May 14]]: French and British war ships blockade [[Piraeus]] harbour during the Crimean War. The crews spread a cholera epidemic that decimates the population of the greater [[Athens]] area.
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===June===
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*[[June 1]]: Turkish forces put down the Greek revolt in the [[Chalkidiki]] peninsula.
  
 
===August===
 
===August===
 
*[[August 26]]: [[Makarios I]] is ordained [[Archbishop of Cyprus]].
 
*[[August 26]]: [[Makarios I]] is ordained [[Archbishop of Cyprus]].
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==Deaths==
 
==Deaths==
 
===July===
 
===July===

Latest revision as of 11:10, April 23, 2007

Events

January

February

March

April

May

  • May 4: Greek Guerrilas enter Kalambaka, Thessaly.
  • May 14: French and British war ships blockade Piraeus harbour during the Crimean War. The crews spread a cholera epidemic that decimates the population of the greater Athens area.

June

August

Deaths

July