Greco-Turkish War (1897)
The Greco-Turkish War of 1897, also called the Thirty Days’ War and known in Greece as the Black ’97 (Greek:
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MODERN
RECENT HISTORY
Cretan Revolt (1866–1869)-Arkadi
The Cretan Revolt of 1866–1869 (Greek: Κρητική Επανάσταση του 1866) or Great Cretan Revolution (Μεγάλη Κρητική Επανάσταση) was a three-year
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Charilaos Trikoupis-“Regretfully, we are bankrupt”
Charilaos Trikoupis (Greek: Χαρίλαος Τρικούπης; July 11, 1832 – March 30, 1896) was a Greek politician who served as a
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Transition and democracy (1973–2009)
On 25 November 1973, following the bloody suppression of Athens Polytechnic uprising on the 17th, the hardliner Brigadier Dimitrios Ioannides
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Greek military junta of 1967–1974
The country descended into a prolonged political crisis, and elections were scheduled for late April 1967. On 21 April 1967
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Postwar Greece (1950–1973)
After the civil war, Greece sought to join the Western democracies and became a member of the North Atlantic Treaty
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World War II
Despite this declared neutrality, Greece became a target for Mussolini’s expansionist policies. Provocations against Greece included the sinking of the
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Greece in the Balkan Wars
The participation of Greece in the Balkan Wars of 1912–1913 is one of the most important episodes in modern Greek
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Otto of Greece-3 September 1843 Revolution
Although King Otto tried to function as an absolute monarch, as Thomas Gallant writes, he “was neither ruthless enough to
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Ioannis Kapodistrias
Count Ioannis Antonios Kapodistrias or 11 February 1776 – 9 October 1831), sometimes anglicized as John Capodistrias (Greek: Κόμης Ιωάννης
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