1874

Events

January

• January 20: The cornerstone of the Zappeion is laid in Athens.

May

• May 27: Metropolitan Procopius I is elected Archbishop of Athens

June

• June 29: Charilaos Trikoupis publishes his famous article "Who is to blame?" ("Τις πταίει;") in Athens daily "Times" ("Καιροί") concerning the decadence of the government. The public outcry that follows brings down the Dimitrios Voulgaris government.

Births

November

• November 16: Photius II, Patriarch of Constantinople

Unknown

• Penelope Delta, writer
• Panagiotis Paraskevopoulos, athlete