GREECE 364 - 1949

ΒΑΣΙΚΕΣ ΜΕΤΑΠΤΩΣΕΙΣ της ΕΛΛΑΔΑΣ

Chronology

28 Mar 364 Eastern Roman Empire
17 Jan 395 Final division of the Roman Empire into Western
and Eastern (Byzantine) Empires.
Sep 476 Byzantine Empire (Emperor in the West deposed by
barbarians).
9 May 1204 Latin Empire
15 Aug 1261 Byzantine Empire (restored)
1365 Adrianople part of the Ottoman Empire.
Apr 1387 Thessalonica part of the Ottoman Empire.
1397 Thessaly part of the Ottoman Empire.
29 May 1453 Constantinople captured by Turks end of the
Byzantine Empire (Athens taken 4 Jun 1456).
1460 - 1470 Achaia, Morea, Mistra, Athens, and Euboea part of
the Ottoman Empire.
27 Sep 1669 Crete taken from Venice by the Ottoman Empire.
Jun/Aug 1685 Morea (Peloponnese) is occupied by Venice.
26 Jan 1699 - 1715 Morea is annexed by the Venetian Republic.
9 Mar 1770 - Jun 1770 Greek revolutionary governments in Laconia
(Mystras) and Crete under Russian protection.
25 Mar 1821 Beginning of Greek war of independence.
21 Mar 1821 - 24 Jan 1822 Parts of Greece controlled by various
revolutionary authorities.

13 Jan 1822 Independence proclaimed (Greece).
15 Apr 1827 Greek State
3 Feb 1830 International recognition of independence.
6 Feb 1833 Kingdom of Greece
1 Jun 1864 Ionian Islands incorporated into Greece.
2 Jul 1881 Thessaly incorporated into Greece.
30 May 1913 Crete incorporated into Greece.
10 Aug 1913 Macedonia (Salonika) and Epirus incorporated into
Greece.
13 Feb 1914 Most Aegean Islands (except Rhodes and Dodecanese)
incorporated into Greece.
12 May 1919 - 8 Sep 1922 Greece occupies Smyrna (see under Turkey) and
surrounding areas.
10 Aug 1920 Eastern Thrace except Constantinople incorporated
into Greece.
28 Sep 1922 Eastern Thrace restored to Turkey.
16 Mar 1924 Greek State
29 Sep 1925 Greek Republic
10 Oct 1935 Kingdom of Greece
6 Apr 1941 - 13 Oct 1944 Italian - German occupation (completed 30 Apr
1941)(Greek State).
8 Sep 1943 Germans occupy Italian areas.
19 Apr 1941 - 9 Sep 1944 Western Thrace, Samothrace and Thasaos islands
annexed by Bulgaria.
2 Sep 1944 Germans begin withdrawal from Aegean islands.
13 Oct 1944 Kingdom of Greece (restored).
3 Nov 1944 Last German troops are withdrawn from Greece.
7 Mar 1948 Rhodes and Dodecanese Islands incorporated into
Greece.
24 Dec 1947 - 28 Aug 1949 Communist Party of Greece (KKE) declares
Provisional Democratic Government in areas of
Northern Greece under its control.