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  1. The Greek War of Independence, also known as the Greek Revolution or the Greek Revolution of 1821, was a successful war of independence by Greek revolutionaries against the Ottoman Empire between 1821 and 1829.

    • Battle of Navarino

      The Battle of Navarino was a naval battle fought on 20...

    • Alexander Ypsilantis

      Alexandros Ypsilantis (Greek: Αλέξανδρος Υψηλάντης,...

    • Mani

      The Ottoman–Egyptian invasion of Mani was a campaign during...

  2. History of Greece - Wikipedia. Contents. hide. (Top) Timeline. Prehistoric Greece. Ancient Greece (1100–146 BC) Roman Greece (146 BC – 324 AD) Middle Ages. Venetian and Ottoman rule (15th century – 1821 AD) Modern Greek nation state (1821 – present) See also. References. Further reading. External links. History of Greece. Part of a series on the.

  3. The history of modern Greece covers the history of Greece from the recognition by the Great Powers — Britain, France and Russia — of its independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1828 to the present day.

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    As of May 9, 2024, the Greek Wikipedia: 1. is 49th-largest by number of articles (235,237) 2. has 22 administrators 3. has 421,329 registered users, of whom 951 were active 4. has 10,540,271 edits As of May 2019, Greek Wikipedia is usually visited by 5,500,000 to 6,500,000 unique devices per month,while the unique devices per day are approximately ...

    Early years

    Greek Wikipedia was created on 1 December 2002. At the first months of existence, the new articles were very small and a handful of users were contributing, some of them just adding interwikis to other Wikipedias. The first Wikiproject was launched in November 2005. Its main competitor at the time was LivePedia[el], started in 2004, which had more than 100,000 articles. Many articles of Livepedia were republished articles from donations of various publishing houses and the site was also a wik...

    Article count

    The Greek Wikipedia was created on 4 December 2002. On 16 May 2006 it reached 10,000 articles. On 10 October 2006 it reached 15,000 articles, while on 17 March 2007 it reached 20,000 articles. On this period there were 30 new articles being created every day, while there were 50 active users. In December of that year the Greek Wikipedia reached 30,000 articles,while on 14 February 2009 it reached 40,000 articles. Fourteen months later, on 10 April 2010, it reached 50,000 articles; eleven mont...

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    In the press, Wikipedia has been referred as a good source of information; however, periodically it has been criticised for having a non-neutral point of view in politics-related articles. Also, Greek Wikipedia has received extensive coverage from the Greek-language press for some of its actions, such as the anniversary of 10 years since its openin...

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    1. Εύη Γκολώνη (Evi Goloni), Wikipedia. Η διαδικτυακή εγκυκλοπαίδεια ενηλικιώνεται (Wikipedia. The Internet encyclopedia becomes an adult), Popular Science, τ. (volume) 44, page 23, May 2006). 2. Ανδρονίκη Κολοβού (Androniki Kolovu), "Wikipedia" Η ελεύθερη διαδικτυακή εγκυκλοπαίδεια για τους λάτρεις της γνώσης (Wikipedia, the free Internet encyclopedia for knowledge lovers), τεύχος (volume) "Η ζωή μας" (our life), ΠΡΩΤΟ ΘΕΜΑ(Proto Thema), 2 July 2006. 3. Ηλίας Μαγκλίνη (Ilias Maglini), Η παγκ...

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  6. May 16, 2024 · The Elgin Marbles are a collection of ancient Greek sculptures and architectural details originally from the Parthenon in Athens that are now housed in the British Museum. The taking of the marbles by Lord Elgin has been the subject of controversy since their original removal.

  7. 585 BC – According to the Greek historian Herodotus, a solar eclipse, accurately predicted by Thales of Miletus, abruptly ended the Battle of Halys between the Lydians and the Medes. 1644 – English Civil War : Royalist troops stormed and captured the Parliamentarian stronghold of Bolton , leading to a massacre of defenders and local residents.

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