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*[[1570]]: [[Nicosia]] falls to the Turks in an orgy of slaughter. Roughly 20,000 of its inhabitants were put to the sword.
*[[1667]]: [[Clement of Constantinople|Clement]] becomes [[Patriarch of Constantinople]].
*[[1922]]: Turkish troops enter [[Smyrna]]. [[Bishop Chrysostom of Smyrna]] is slain by a lynch mob.
*[[1941]]: The resistance movement [[EDES]] is founded in [[Athens]] by [[Venizelism|venizelist]] Col. [[Napoleon Zervas]].
*[[1951]]: Gen. [[Alexandros Papagos]] wins a small plurality (36.5%) in the general elections but is unable to form a government.
