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- 1428: Future emperor Constantine XI Palaeologus married Maddalena Tocco, his first wife.
- 1963: Aristotle Onassis acquired Skorpios island off the coast of Lefkada.
- 1995: Former Crown Prince Pavlos married American Marie-Chantal Miller in London. 10 New Democracy MPs attended the wedding causing a stir in Greek politics.
- 2004 - The Greek National Football Team advanced to the Euro 2004 final game after beating the Czech Republic 1-0 (silver goal in ET by Traianos Dellas).
- Births: Konstantinos Tsatsos (1899), politician, President of Greece.
Recent days: June 30 - June 29
- 1839: The cornerstone was laid on the building to house the University of Athens.
- 1941: Chrysanthus was removed as Archbishop of Athens after refusing to swear in the Georgios Tsolakoglou government.
- 1989: Tzannis Tzannetakis was sworn in as Prime Minister heading a curious coalition of conservatives and communists.
- Births: Alexandros Panagoulis (1939)
- Deaths: Christos Tsaganeas (1976), stage and screen actor
- 1821: A Greek force under Markos Botsaris defeated the Turks at the Battle of Komboti, near Arta.
- 1960: Athens daily "To Vima" announced it would no longer print two obsolete diacritics of the Greek language: the grave accent ("vareia") and the iota subscript ("ypogegrammeni").
- 2002: Greek police located the main hideout of the Revolutionary Organisation 17 November.
- 2006: FIFA suspended the Hellenic Football Federation (HFF), European champions Greece and its member clubs, from international competition because of government interference in the sport.
- Births: Stavros Niarchos (1909), shipping magnate; Sotiris Kyrgiakos (1979), footballer
- 1822: The Battle of Peta was fought during the Greek War of Independence.
- 1961: Olympiakos stunned World Champions FC Santos 2-1
- 1994: Turkish Diplomat, Omer Sipahioglu, was shot dead in Palio Faliron. The Revolutionary Organization 17 November assumed responsibility.
- 1999: Greek-American Pete Sampras won his 6th Wimbledon title by defeating Andre Agassi 3-0 sets.
- 2004: The Greek National Football Team defeated Portugal in the final of Euro 2004 and were crowned European Champions
- Births:Anna Fonsou (1940), actress
- 1928: Eleftherios Venizelos' Liberal Party won the national elections.
- 1965: Maria Callas appeared for the last time in an opera, at Covent Garden in London, in "Tosca" directed by Franco Zefirelli.
- 1994: The European Court declared the importation of products from Turkish-occupied northern Cyprus "illegal and contrary to EU legislation".
- 1998: Greek-American Pete Sampras won his 5th successive Wimbledon title, equalling the record set by Bjorn Borg.
- 1959: New, mandatory ID cards were issued in Greece.
- 1999: Nikos Machlas transferred from Vitesse Arhnem to Ajax Amsterdam for 5.5 billion drachmas.
- 2003: Greek-Australian Mark Philippoussis lost the Wimbledon final to Roger Federer.
- 1858: By decree from the High Porte, Cretans were given the right to bear arms and elect their eldermen
- 1939: Ioannis Drosopoulos was approved as governor of the Bank of Greece
- 1979: Bank employees staged strikes across Greece.
- 1994: The Greek government launched a formal protest against the decision of the Albanian Parliament to commemorate the "genocide" of the Albanian minority in Northern Greece.
- 2019: Kyriakos Mitsotakis is elected Prime Minister of Greece.
- Births: Nikos Xylouris (1936), Cretan singer
- Deaths: Patriarch Athenagoras (1972), Methodios, Archbishop of Thyateira and Great Britain (2006)
- 1908: Greek and Bulgarian guerrilas battled near Mt Kaymaktsalan in Macedonia.
- 1990: Greece and the US signed a new agreement concerning military bases on Greek soil.
- 1996: Cypriot parties, on both sides of the divide, condemned the assassination of Turkish-Cypriot reporter Kutlu Adali.
- Births: Sir Arthur Evans, archaeologist (1851), Alexandros Papanastasiou, politician, Prime Minister (1876)
- 1821: Archbishop Kyprianos of Cyprus was hanged by the Turks in an attempt to intimidate the Cypriots from joining the Greek Revolution. The bishops of Paphos, Kition and Kyrenia and 470 other important Cypriots were also executed.
- 1832: The Treaty of London was signed.
- 1920: The Greeks took Bursa during the first Greek offensive of the Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922)
- 1956: A powerful earthquake (7.3 on the Richter scale) rocked Santorini resulting in 53 deaths and more than 100 injuries.
- 2000: Greek-American Pete Sampras won Wimbledon and set a new record with 13 Grand Slam titles.
- 1774: Russia and the Ottoman Empire signed the Treaty of Kucuk Kaynarci which allowed for freedom of movement for all ships under the Russian flag. Greeks took advantage of this treaty to build up their fleets with ships flying the Russian flag.
- 1878: A British force, under Admiral Lord John Hay, arrived in Larnaca. The British rule of Cyprus commenced.
- 1949: Marshall Tito closed the border between Yugoslavia and Greece. This action led to the rapid defeat of the communists during the Greek Civil War.
- Births: Alexander the Great (356 BC); Former Princess Alexia (1965)
- 1913: Alexandroupolis (then known as Dedeagac) was liberated by Greek forces during the Second Balkan War. The Treaty of Bucharest returned it to Bulgarian control.
- 1988: Terrorists attacked the Greek cruise ship "City of Poros" killing 9 people and injuring 71 others.
- 2004: PM Kostas Karamanlis attended the wedding of Tayyip Erdogan's daughter as an honoured guest.
- Births: Charilaos Trikoupis, statesman (1832)
- Deaths: Arthur Evans, archaeologist (1941)
- 1930: Greeks protested the rising unemployment rate.
- 1967: The Junta stripped 480 persons of their Greek citizenship.
- 1994: Two bombs exploded in Rhodes, thought to be the work of foreign terrorists.
- Births: Phaedon Mattheou, basketball player and coach (1924), Stelios Giannakopoulos (1974), footballer
Recent days: July 11 - July 10
- 1943: German occupation troops burned down the village of Kefalovryso, Ioannina prefecture, Epirus. Among those executed was the village priest.
- 1972: Iraklis player Aristides Moumoglou set a Greek basketball record by scoring 145 points in a single game against VAO BC. The final score of the game was Iraklis - VAO 170-94.
- Births: Stelios Manolas (1961), football player; Kakhi Kakhiasvili (1969), weightlifter
- Deaths: Costas Ouranis, poet (1953), Constantine Kollias, jurist and Prime Minister (1998)
Recent days: July 12 - July 11
- 1913: Komotini was liberated by Greek forces during the Second Balkan War. The Treaty of Bucharest returned it to Bulgarian control.
- 1989: PM Andreas Papandreou married stewardess Dimitra Liani.
- 1992: The Revolutionary Organisation 17 November attempted to assassinate Finance Minister Yiannis Paleokrassas but killed 22-year old Thanos Axarlian instead.
- Births: Tom Carvel, Greek-American businessman (1906)
- Deaths: Ilias Tsirimokos (1968), left-wing politician who was briefly Prime Minister.
Recent days: July 13 - July 12
- 1965: PM Georgios Papandreou's government was brought down by King Constantine II.
- 1974: The Cypriot National Guard overthrew President Makarios and installed Nikos Sampson in his place.
- 1992: Nikos Galis joined Panathinaikos.
- Births: Alex Karras, Greek-American athlete and actor (1935), Loukianos Kilaidonis (1943), singer, songwriter
- Deaths: Georgios Averoff (1899), national benefactor.
Recent days: July 14 - July 13
- 1823: Lord Byron left Genoa for Greece.
- 1931: A severe gastroenteritis epidemic broke out in Piraeus with 168 victims, mostly children under 2 years of age.
- 1991: The Revolutionary Organization 17 November unsuccessfully attempted to murder Turkish Charge d' Affaires Deniz Bulikbasi.
- Births: Michael Bilirakis (1930), Greek-American politician, Mary Chronopoulou, actress (1933)
- Deaths: Mary Aroni (1992), actress
Recent days: July 15 - July 14
- 1912: The people of Icaria expelled the Turkish garrison from their island.
- 1953: Greek troops repelled a Chinese attack in the Seungam-ri area of Korea.
- 1955: 27 Communists escaped from Vourla prison in Piraeus.
- 1979: The Vardinogiannis Group acquired Panathinaikos FC.
- Deaths: Phaedon Gizikis (1999), Junta-appointed President of Greece
Recent days: July 17 - July 16
- 1912: The "Free State" of Icaria was proclaimed.
- 1918: Greek-American George Dilboy knocked out three German machine gun nests before being killed in the attack on Belleau Woods in World War I. His heroism earned him a posthumous Medal of Honor.
- 1922: The Greek government declared Asia Minor independent, after truce signing negotations with Turkey failed.
- 1929: Themistocles Sofoulis became leader of the Liberal Party.
- Births: Kostas Eleftherakis (1950), footballer
Recent days: July 17 - July 16
- 1826: Georgios Karaiskakis became commander in chief of Greek revolutionary forces in Roumeli.
- 1972: Bishop Demetrius of Imvros and Tenedos was elected Ecumenical Patriarch.
- 1993: The wreckage of an ancient Greek ship was spotted off the coast of Marseille, France.
- 1994: The oldest wreckage of a classical ancient Greek ship (ca 450 BC) was found off the coast of Kyra-Panagia in the Northern Sporades.
- 2004: The tramway reappearred in Athens after an absence of 44 years.
- Births: Georgios Iakovou, Cypriot politician (1938)
- Deaths: Stratis Myrivilis, author (1969)
Recent days: July 18 - July 17
- 1974: Turkey invaded Cyprus.
- 1995: Turkish-Cypriot leader, Rauf Denktash, threatened to declare union of the militarily-occupied northern part of Cyprus with Turkey, should the Republic of Cyprus join the European Union.
- Births: King George II (1890); Charilaos Florakis (1914), politician; Aliki Vougiouklaki (1934), actress
- Deaths: Dimitrios Vikelas (1908), author, first President of the International Olympic Committee; Kostas Karyotakis (1928), poet; Panagiotis Pipinelis (1970), politician, Prime Minister; Michalis Kritikopoulos (2002), footballer
Recent days: July 19 - July 18
- 1965: Student Sotiris Petroulas was killed during a pro-Papandreou protest in Athens.
- 1974: Iraklis Thessaloniki athlete Giorgos Katsanis was killed in a battle near St. Hilarion Castle during the Turkish invasion of Cyprus.
- 1975: Athens daily "Eleftherotypia" began publication.
- Births: Cat Stevens (1948), Greek-British singer
- Deaths: Manuel II Palaeologus (1425), Byzantine emperor
Recent days: July 20 - July 19
- 1878: The first British High Commissioner of Cyprus, Sir Garnet Wolseley, arrived at Larnaca.
- 1943: A mass demonstration of 200,000 people took place in Nazi-occupied Athens to protest the decision to award Bulgaria all northern Greek lands up to the Axios River. One hundered protesters were killed, leading Adolf Hitler to cancel his earlier decision.
- 1959: The trial of Manolis Glezos and other leftists before a Greek military court ended with sentences of imprisonment, exile and denial of civil privileges.
- 1980: Wrestler Stelios Migiakis won gold at the Olympic Games of Moscow.
- Births: Despina Vandi, singer (1969).
- Deaths: Tonis Maroudas (1988), Elafro singer.
Recent days: July 21 - July 20
- 1833: The Church of Greece declared itself independent of Patriarch of Constantinople.
- 1974: The military government in Greece collapsed and former prime minister Constantine Karamanlis was invited to return.
- 1974: Nikos Sampson, junta-appointed President of Cyprus resigned and was replaced by Parliament President Glafkos Clerides
- 2002: 37-year old teacher, Konstantinos Telios, surrendered to the police in Thessaloniki as a member of the Revolutionary Organisation 17 November.
- Births: Nikos Galis (1957), basketball player
- Deaths: Aliki Vougiouklaki (1996), actress
Recent days: July 22 - July 21
- 1923: The Treaty of Lausanne was signed.
- 1953: The trial of Nikos Ploumpidis - alleged to be head of illegal KKE operations in Greece - commenced.
- 1974: Thousands of people at Hellenikon Airport welcomed Constantine Karamanlis arriving from Paris, France at 2:00 AM. He was sworn in as Prime Ministrer at 4:15 AM by President Phaedon Gizikis.
- Births: Andreas Barkoulis (1936), actor, Elli Kokkinou, singer (1970)
- Deaths: Aristotle Valaoritis (1879), poet
Recent days: July 23 - July 22
- 306: Constantine the Great was proclaimed emperor upon the death of his father, Constantius Chloros.
- 1261: Michael VIII Palaeologus captured Constantinople from the Latins and reinstated the Byzantine Empire.
- 1920: The Greeks took Edirne during the first Greek offensive of the Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922)
- Deaths: Constantius Chlorus (306), emperor and father of Constantine the Great; Michael Cacoyannis (2011), Greek Cypriot filmmaker
Recent days: July 24 - July 23
- 1822: The Battle of Dervenakia took place.
- 1925: PAOK played their first football match defeating Iraklis in Thessaloniki 2-1.
- 1964: Christos Papanikolaou broke the Greek record in the pole vault with 4.73m in Cairo.
- 1996: Pyrros Dimas won gold in the Atlanta Olympic Games.
- Births: Tolis Voskopoulos, singer (1940)
- Deaths: King Otto (1867); Nikolaos Plastiras (1953), General and politician
Recent days: July 25 - July 24
- 1973: EOKA B' abducted Christos Vakis, Minister of Justice of the Republic of Cyprus.
- 1976: Greek Cypriot, Stavros Sykopetritis, attempted to assassinate Bulent Ecevit in New York City. Ecevit was the Turkish PM who ordered the invasion of Cyprus two years earlier.
- 1996: Leonidas Kokkas won silver in weightlifting in the Atlanta Olympic Games.
- Births: Michail Stasinopoulos (1903), politician, President of Greece; Pavlos Sidiropoulos (1948), rock musician
- Deaths: Jenny Karezi (1992), actress
Recent days: July 26 - July 25
- 1821: The Souliotes were forced to abandon Souli after Ali Pasha was defeated by the Sultan's forces.
- 1975: The trial of George Papadopoulos, Stylianos Pattakos, Nikolaos Makarezos and other Junta members commenced.
- 1996: Greek gymnast Yiannis Melissanidis won gold in the floor exercises at the Atlanta Olympic Games.
- 1996: Greek weightlifter Kakhi Kakhiasvili won gold in the Atlanta Olympic Games.
- Deaths: Theodosius II (450), Byzantine Emperor; Meletius Metaxakis (1935), former Ecumenical Patriarch
Recent days: July 27 - July 26
- 1014: Byzantine emperor Basil II attacked the Bulgarian army at the Battle of Kleidion.
- 1913: The Battle of Kresna Gorge commenced between Greece and Bulgaria during the Second Balkan War.
- 1949: 700 political prisoners were released from Makronisos after signing an affidavit of repentance.
- 1973: The Military government of Greece held a referendum on a proposed new constitution that abolished the monarchy. 78.4% approved - according to the government-released results.
- Births: Archbishop Iakovos of North and South America (1911), Mikis Theodorakis (1925), music composer; Dimitris Saravakos (1961), football player
- Deaths: Rena Vlahopoulou (2004), actress and singer
Recent days: July 28 - July 27
- 336 BC: Philip II of Macedon was assassinated. He was succeeded by his son, Alexander the Great.
- 1920: Two former officers - Tserepis and Kyriakis - fired ten shots at Eleftherios Venizelos at the train station of Lyon, France. The Greek PM escaped death.
- 1972: Archaeologists discovered a 6th Century BC temple near Kalentzi, Achaea.
- 1974: Foreign ministers from Greece, Turkey and the UK signed a peace agreement to settle the Cyprus crisis.
- 1996: Nikos Kaklamanakis won gold in the Mistral class at the Atlanta Olympics.
Recent days: July 29 - July 28
- 1913: Bulgaria signed an armistice ending hostilities in the Second Balkan War.
- 1920: Ion Dragoumis was shot dead by policemen in Athens. The nationalist politician was believed to have been involved in the Venizelos murder attempt of the previous day.
- 1960: Panathinaikos won the first Alpha Ethniki title after beating AEK 2-1 in a playoff game.
- 1980: Turkish diplomat Galip Osman was assassinated along with his daughter in Pangrati, Athens.
- 1992: Weightlifter Pyrros Dimas won gold in the Barcelona Olympic Games.
- Births: Georgios Roubanis, athlete (1929)
- Deaths: Nikolaos Skoufas, founder of Filiki Eteria (1818)