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[[Image:Karaiskakis-bust-distomo.jpg|thumb|120px|[[Georgios Karaiskakis]] bust at [[Distomo]]]]
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==Events==
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*[[395]]: Upon the death of [[Theodosius I]], the Roman Empire is permanently split into West and East. Some historians consider this event the beginning of the [[Byzantine Empire]].
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*[[730]]: [[Byzantine emperor]] [[Leo III]] calls a meeting of all high political and religious leaders and asks them to co-sign his edict against the worship of icons. [[Patriarch]] [[Germanus I of Constantinople|Germanus I]] refuses to sign and is dethroned.
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*[[1822]]: [[Ali Pasha]] is beheaded by the Turks on a small island of [[Lake Pamvotis]]. The severed head is sent to Sultan [[Mahmud II]] in Istanbul.
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*[[1827]]: [[Georgios Karaiskakis]] defeats the Turkish army at [[Distomo]] possibly saving the [[Greek Revolution]] from being extinguished in [[Rumeli]].
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*[[1919]]: Greek forces battle Bolsheviks at Kherson during the [[Ukraine Expedition]].
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*[[1983]]:  A major earthquake (7.0 on the Richter scale) strikes off the coast of [[Kefalonia]].
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===Sports===
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*[[2009]]: 58-year old fan, Sotiris Serafeim, suffers a heart attack and dies in the midst of a fight in the stands following the football game between [[Iraklis FC|Iraklis]] and [[AEK FC|AEK]] at [[Kaftantzoglio Stadium]], [[Thessaloniki]].
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==Births==
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*[[1965]]: [[Nikos Nioplias]], football player and coach.
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==Deaths==
 
==Deaths==
 
*[[395]]: [[Theodosius I]], [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] emperor.
 
*[[395]]: [[Theodosius I]], [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] emperor.
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*[[1822]]: [[Ali Pasha]]
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*[[1848]]: [[Petrobey Mavromichalis]], [[Mani]]ote leader during the [[Greek Revolution]].
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*[[1943]]: [[Antonis Travlantonis]], author.
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*[[1981]]: [[Loukas Panourgias]], President of [[Panathinaikos FC]].
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*[[2007]]: [[Pefkios Georgiadis]], [[Ministry of Education and Culture (Cyprus)|Minister of Education and Culture]] of [[Cyprus]].
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*[[2012]]: [[Johnny Otis]], Greek-American singer, musician, talent scout.
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*[[2020]]: [[Yiannis Michailidis]], footballer.
  
 
==Namesday==
 
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Revision as of 22:34, January 17, 2020

Events

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