January 17

Georgios Karaiskakis bust at Distomo

Events

• 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.
• 1827: Georgios Karaiskakis defeats the Turkish army at Distomo possibly saving the Greek Revolution from being extinguished in Rumeli.
• 1919: Greek forces battle Bolsheviks at Kherson during the Ukraine Expedition.

Births

• 1965: Nikos Nioplias, football player and coach.

Deaths

• 395: Theodosius I, Byzantine emperor.
• 1822: Ali Pasha
• 1848: Petrobey Mavromichalis, Maniote leader during the Greek Revolution.
• 1943: Antonis Travlantonis, author.
• 2007: Pefkios Georgiadis, Minister of Education and Culture of Cyprus.

Namesday

• Saint Anthony