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Historical Dictionary of Modern Greece (2009) excerpt and text search; Koliopoulos, John S., and Thanos M. Veremis. Modern Greece: A History since 1821 (2009) excerpt and text search; Miller, James E. The United States and the Making of Modern Greece: History and Power, 1950-1974 (2008) excerpt and text search
This is a timeline of modern Greek history. Greek War of Independence (1821–1828) ... 1974, 15 July: The Greek regime sponsors a coup d'état in Nicosia, ...
Greece: Following the defeat in the Asia Minor Campaign, Venizelist army officers, chief amongst them Nikolaos Plastiras and Stylianos Gonatas, led the Greek Army in revolt against the royal government and forced the renewed abdication of King Constantine I of Greece. Albania: A failed coup d'état attempt was led by Bajram Curri, Elez Isufi ...
History of modern Greece and timeline of modern Greek history; A Man, book by Oriana Fallaci about Alexandros Panagoulis, a would-be assassin and resistance fighter. "Imaste dio", a song by Mikis Theodorakis; Your Neighbor's Son, a 1976 Danish docudrama about the making of the junta torturers; Loafing and Camouflage, a 1984 Greek film. White ...
Ioannis Kapodistrias. On his arrival, Kapodistrias launched a major reform and modernisation programme that covered all areas. He re-established military unity by bringing an end to the second phase of the civil war; re-organised the military, which was then able to reconquer territory lost to the Ottoman military during the civil wars; and introduced the first modern quarantine system in ...
April 21, 1967: A coup d'état, performed by a group of right-wing army officers led by Brigadier General Stylianos Pattakos and Colonels Georgios Papadopoulos and Nikolaos Makarezos, established the Regime of the Colonels. December 13, 1967: Greek counter-coup attempt led by King Constantine II against the Regime of the Colonels. The failure ...
The Greek Dark Ages (c. 1100 – c. 800 BC) refers to the period of Greek history from the presumed Dorian invasion and end of the Mycenaean civilization in the 11th century BC to the rise of the first Greek city-states in the 9th century BC and the epics of Homer and earliest writings in the Greek alphabet in the 8th century BC.
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