Tag: Greek history

Greek Independence Day: How 1821 sparked freedom

400 years under Ottoman rule Greek Independence Day, marks the 1821 uprising against the Ottoman Empire. The uprising is traditionally linked to March 25,...

ON THIS DAY: Athens Polytechnic Uprising (1973)

A day that defined resistance to Greece’s junta On 17 November 1973, the Athens Polytechnic Uprising reached its devastating conclusion as the Greek military junta deployed tanks...

ON THIS DAY: Alexander the Great dies at 32 (323 BC)

The boy who conquered the known world- and then kept going On 13 June 323 BC, Alexander the Great died in Babylon at just 32....

Εάλω η Πόλις- The City has fallen

On a sunny Tuesday in May, the Queen of Cities fell. And Greeks have never stopped mourning her. 29 May 1453. The day the world...

Pontic genocide remembrance day- the massacre of Santa’s infants

Commemoration and remembrance: On 19 May 1919, Mustafa Kemal landed in Samsun, marking the beginning of one of the darkest and bloodiest periods for the...

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