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Reign of King Otto (1832–1862) Otto, the first king of modern Greece. Kingdom of Greece 1832-1921 expansion. Otto's reign would prove troubled, but managed to last for 30 years before he and his wife, Queen Amalia, left the way they came, aboard a British warship.
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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1821, 21 February: Revolt of Greek War of Independence from the Ottoman Empire declared by Alexandros Ypsilantisin Wallachia (Iaşi).1821, 25 March: According to tradition, Metropolitan Germanos of Patras blesses a big Greek flag at the Monastery of Agia Lavra in Peloponnesia and proclaims to people assembled the beginning of a...1821, 10 April, Easter Monday: Ecumenical Patriarch Gregory V of ConstantinopleAlyssa central outside portal of the Patriarchate by the Turks. The door has remained shut and out of use ever since1821, 17 April: Former Ecumenical Patriarch Cyril VI is hanged in the gate of the Adrianople's cathedralThe First Hellenic Republic (Greek: Αʹ Ελληνική Δημοκρατία) is a historiographic term used for a series of councils and "Provisional Governments" during the Greek War of Independence. During the first stages of the rebellion, various areas elected their own regional governing councils. These were replaced by the united administration at the First N...
Reign of King Otto
1. 1843, 3 September: Military coup and revolution caused by the King's refusal to grant a constitution. King Otto agrees to convene a National Assemblyto prepare a constitution. 2. 1843, 15 September: Andreas Metaxasbecomes the first Constitutional Prime Minister of Greece. 3. 1844, March 18: The Greek Constitution of 1844is voted into effect. 4. 1850, 4 January: Pacifico incident. Blockade of the port of Piraeus by the British fleet. 5. 1854, 14 May: Anglo-French occupation of Piraeus to en...
Reign of King George I
1. 1863: Prince William of Denmarkbecomes the new King of the Hellenes, as George I. 2. 1864, 2 May: Britain donates the Ionian Islandsto Greece, as coronation gift to King George I. 3. 1864: Assassination attempt against Alexandros Koumoundouros. 4. 1864, 7 August: Greece has a new constitution which establishes a Constitutional Monarchy. 5. 1864, 28 November: New constitution, unicameral assembly and constitutional monarchy created. 6. 1866: Beginning of the Great Cretan Revolution (1866–18...
First Balkan War
1. 1912, 8 October: The members states of the Balkan League, after issuing ultimata, declare war on Turkey. Beginning of the First Balkan War. 2. 1912, 22 October: Greek victory at the Battle of Sarantaporo. 3. 1912, 1 November: Greek victory at the Battle of Giannitsa. 4. 1912, 6–12 November: Greek victory at the Battle of Pente Pigadia. 5. 1912, 9 November: The Greek army enters Thessaloniki. Most of southern Macedoniais occupied by Greece. 6. 1912, 15 November: A Greek division marching to...
1924, 25 March: Greece is proclaimed a republic, deposing King George II. Pavlos Kountouriotisbecomes the first President of Greece.1924, 13 April: A plebiscitecondones the change of constitution.1924, 7 October: Failed military coup.1925, 15 March: Successful coup directed by General Theodoros Pangalos. President Pavlos Kountouriotis resigns.1967, 21 April: Successful coup d'état led by a group of colonels.1968: Counter-coup organized by King Constantine IIfails. Constantine II leaves the country.1968, 13 August: Assassination attempt against Dictator Papadopoulos by Alexandros Panagoulis.1968, 1 November: George Papandreou dies. His funeral becomes the occasion for a large anti-dictatorship demonstration.1974, 24 July: Constantine Karamanlis returns with the French Presidential jet. Democracy in Athens is restored.1974, 14 August: Second phase of the Attila Operation in Cyprus. The Turkish forces advance capturing the 37% of the island. A total of about 3,000 are killed or missing. Another 200,000 become ref...1974, 14 August: Greece withdraws its forces from NATO's military command structure, as a result of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus.1974, 8 September: TWA Flight 841 crashes into the Ionian Sea. All 79 passengers and 9 crew members are killed.Thomas Bartlett (1841). "Greece". New Tablet of Memory; or, Chronicle of Remarkable Events. London: Thomas Kelly.J. Willoughby Rosse (1858). "Greece". Index of Dates ... Facts in the Chronology and History of the World. London: H.G. Bohn. hdl:2027/uva.x030807786– via Hathi Trust.Dimitris Keridis (2009). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of Modern Greece. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6312-5.Nov 28, 2022 · 28 November 2022. A chronology of key events: 1821-1829 - Greek War of Independence from Ottoman Empire. 1832 - Prince Otto of Bavaria is chosen as the first king of independent Greece. 1863 -...
“No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man.” – Heraclitus. It took Greeks 400 years to regain their independence from the Ottomans and create the first Greek Republic initially in 1830, which evolved into the Kingdom of Greece in 1832.
Jan 1, 2019 · 215 Accesses. Download reference work entry PDF. Definition. Modern Greece has a history of almost two centuries. During these centuries, the country managed to move from the backwaters of Europe to a prosperous liberal democracy before economic crisis hit the country hard in 2010.
History of modern Greece. . The history of modern Greece began with the recognition of Greek independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1832. The first leader of independent Greece, John Capodistria, had been assassinated in 1831. At the insistence of the United Kingdom, France, and Russia, the 1832 Treaty of London made Greece a monarchy.
