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1932 In Greece
Incumbents * President: Alexandros Zaimis * Prime Minister: ** until 26 May: Eleftherios Venizelos ** 26 May-5 June: Alexandros Papanastasiou ** 5 June-4 November: Eleftherios Venizelos ** from 4 November: Panagis Tsaldaris Events *25 April – Greece decides to abandon the gold standard. *3 June – The government of Greek Prime Minister Alexandros Papanastasiou resigns after one week in office. *25 September – The result of the Greek legislative election is an ambivalent one for the two leading parties, the Liberal Party of Eleftherios Venizelos and the People's Party. The People's Party receives a plurality of votes in the Lower House elections, but wins fewer seats than the Liberal Party; the Liberals also win the most seats in the Senate. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p. 830 *December – The Greek National Socialist Party is founded by George S. Mercouris. Births *21 May – Leonidas Vasilikopoulos, admiral (died 2014) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
President Of Greece
The president of Greece, officially the President of the Hellenic Republic ( el, Πρόεδρος της Ελληνικής Δημοκρατίας, Próedros tis Ellinikís Dimokratías), commonly referred to in Greek as the President of the Republic ( el, Πρόεδρος της Δημοκρατίας, Próedros tis Dimokratías), is the head of state of Greece. The president is elected by the Hellenic Parliament; the role has been mainly ceremonial since the 1986 constitutional reform. The office was formally established by the Constitution of Greece in 1975, but has antecedents in the Second Hellenic Republic of 1924–1935 and the Greek junta in 1973–1974 which predated the transition to the current Third Hellenic Republic. The incumbent, since 13 March 2020, is Katerina Sakellaropoulou. Powers The president is the nominal commander-in-chief of the Greek Armed Forces and occupies the first place in the country's order of precedence. Although the Greek Constitution of 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greek National Socialist Party
The Greek National Socialist Party ( el, Ελληνικό Εθνικό Σοσιαλιστικό Κόμμα, Elliniko Ethniko Sosialistiko Komma) was a Nazi party founded in Greece in 1932 by George S. Mercouris, a former Cabinet minister. History Established in Athens in December 1932, the National Socialist Party was one of the far right groups active in the country at the time, others including the National Union of Greece (''Εθνική Ενωση Ελλάδος''), Iron Peace (''Σιδηρά Ειρήνη''), Trident (''Τρίαινα''), and National Sovereign State (''Εθνικό Κυρίαρχο Κράτος'', led by Skilakakis). However, it was distinguished by being the most fiercely supportive of Adolf Hitler, seeking to copy the Nazi Party in organizational and policy terms. The party emerged after Mercouris, who had previously shown sympathy to Italian fascist trade unions, split from Panagis Tsaldaris and the Populist Party over the need for a coalition govern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1932 In Greece
Incumbents * President: Alexandros Zaimis * Prime Minister: ** until 26 May: Eleftherios Venizelos ** 26 May-5 June: Alexandros Papanastasiou ** 5 June-4 November: Eleftherios Venizelos ** from 4 November: Panagis Tsaldaris Events *25 April – Greece decides to abandon the gold standard. *3 June – The government of Greek Prime Minister Alexandros Papanastasiou resigns after one week in office. *25 September – The result of the Greek legislative election is an ambivalent one for the two leading parties, the Liberal Party of Eleftherios Venizelos and the People's Party. The People's Party receives a plurality of votes in the Lower House elections, but wins fewer seats than the Liberal Party; the Liberals also win the most seats in the Senate. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p. 830 *December – The Greek National Socialist Party is founded by George S. Mercouris. Births *21 May – Leonidas Vasilikopoulos, admiral (died 2014) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1853 In Greece
Events January–March * January 6 – Florida Governor Thomas Brown signs legislation that provides public support for the new East Florida Seminary, leading to the establishment of the University of Florida. * January 8 – Taiping Rebellion: Zeng Guofan is ordered to assist the governor of Hunan in organising a militia force to search for local bandits. * January 12 – Taiping Rebellion: The Taiping army occupies Wuchang. * January 19 – Giuseppe Verdi's opera '' Il Trovatore'' premieres in performance at Teatro Apollo in Rome. * February 10 – Taiping Rebellion: Taiping forces assemble at Hanyang, Hankou, and Wuchang, for the march on Nanjing. * February 12 – The city of Puerto Montt is founded in the Reloncaví Sound, Chile. * February 22 – Washington University in St. Louis is founded as Eliot Seminary. * March – The clothing company Levi Strauss & Co. is founded in the United States. * March 4 – Inauguration of Franklin Pierce as 14t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgios Jakobides
Georgios Jakobides (Γεώργιος Ιακωβίδης; 11 January 1853 – 13 December 1932) was a painter and one of the main representatives of the Greek artistic movement of the Munich School. He founded and was the first curator of the National Gallery of Greece in Athens. Life He was born in Chidira, Lesbos, Ottoman Empire. At the age of 13, he traveled to Smyrna to live with his uncle and study at the Evangelical School. From 1870 to 1876, Jakobides studied sculpture and painting at the Athens School of Fine Arts, and in 1877 he went to the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich on a scholarship to continue his painting studies under Karl Theodor von Piloty. In Munich, he lived for 17 years where he worked in his studio, painting mythological scenes, genre pictures, and portraits. His work is influenced by German academic Realism. His most famous paintings were of children but it said that after his wife's death in 1889, he stopped painting happy themes. In the capital of Bavar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
13 December
Events Pre-1600 *1294 – Saint Celestine V resigns the papacy after only five months to return to his previous life as an ascetic hermit. *1545 – The Council of Trent begins as the embodiment of the Counter-Reformation. *1577 – Sir Francis Drake sets sail from Plymouth, England, on his round-the-world voyage. 1601–1900 *1623 – The Plymouth Colony establishes the system of trial by 12-men jury in the American colonies. *1636 – The Massachusetts Bay Colony organizes three militia regiments to defend the colony against the Pequot Indians, a date now considered the founding of the National Guard of the United States. *1642 – Abel Tasman is the first recorded European to sight New Zealand. *1643 – English Civil War: The Battle of Alton takes place in Hampshire. *1758 – The English transport ship '' Duke William'' sinks in the North Atlantic, killing over 360 people. *1769 – Dartmouth College is founded by the Rev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 In Greece
Events in the year 1996 in Greece. Incumbents Events * 9 May – Greek President Konstantinos Stephanopoulos arrives in the United States for a visit to U.S. President Bill Clinton in Washington, D.C. Deaths * 23 June – Andreas Papandreou, Prime Minister of Greece (born 1919 Events January * January 1 ** The Czechoslovak Legions occupy much of the self-proclaimed "free city" of Pressburg (now Bratislava), enforcing its incorporation into the new republic of Czechoslovakia. ** HMY ''Iolaire'' sinks off the c ...) References Years of the 20th century in Greece Greece 1990s in Greece Greece {{Greece-hist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lakis Petropoulos
Lakis Petropoulos ( el, Λάκης Πετρόπουλος, 29 August 1932 – 30 June 1996) was a Greece, Greek association football, football player and manager. He played for Panathinaikos F.C., Panathinaikos and capped 3 times for Greece national football team, Greece. He was also member of the national side for the Football at the 1952 Summer Olympics, 1952 Olympic Games, but he did not play in any matches. He managed Greece national football team, Greece, Panathinaikos F.C., Panathinaikos, Olympiacos F.C., Olympiacos, Iraklis Thessaloniki F.C., Iraklis Thessaloniki, Cercle Brugge K.S.V., Cercle Brugge, PAOK F.C., PAOK, Panionios G.S.S., Panionios, Apollon Smyrnis F.C., Apollon Smyrni and OFI Crete. References 1932 births 1996 deaths Greece international footballers Panathinaikos F.C. players Greek football managers Iraklis Thessaloniki F.C. managers Olympiacos F.C. managers OFI Crete F.C. managers PAOK FC managers Panathinaikos F.C. managers Panionios F.C. managers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
29 August
Events Pre-1600 * 708 – Wadōkaichin, Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese calendar, Japanese date: August 10, 708). * 870 – The city of Melite (ancient city), Melite surrenders to an Aghlabids, Aghlabid army Siege of Melite (870), following a siege, putting an end to Byzantine Malta. *1009 – Mainz Cathedral suffers extensive damage from a fire, which destroys the building on the day of its inauguration. *1219 – Battle of Fariskur (1219), Battle of Fariskur during the Fifth Crusade *1261 – Pope Urban IV succeeds Pope Alexander IV, becoming the 182nd pope. *1315 – Battle of Montecatini: The army of the Republic of Pisa, commanded by Uguccione della Faggiuola, wins a decisive victory against the joint forces of the Kingdom of Naples and the Republic of Florence despite being outnumbered. *1350 – Battle of Winchelsea (or Les Espagnols sur Mer): The Kingdom of England, English naval fleet under King Edwar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 In Greece
The following lists events that happened during 2014 in the Hellenic Republic. Incumbents Events May * May 5 – At least two people are dead and 30 missing after two boats carrying illegal immigrants collide in the Aegean Sea off the coast of Greece. * May 24 – The 6.4 2014 Aegean Sea earthquake, Aegean Sea earthquake shook the area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (''Severe''), causing 324 injuries and $450 million in damage. * May 25 – Greece Greek local elections, 2014, votes in European and second-round local elections. November * November 27 – Greek labor unions begin a general strike to protest ongoing government austerity measures shutting down public medical, educational, and transportational services. December * December 5 – The British Museum announces that it will loan one of the Elgin Marbles in its collection, originally taken from Greece, to the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg. Greece's Prime Minister Antonis Samaras calls the move "a provo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonidas Vasilikopoulos
Leonidas Vasilikopoulos ( el, Λεωνίδας Βασιλικόπουλος; 21 May 1932 – 30 May 2014) was a Greek Navy officer, who served as Chief of the Hellenic Navy General Staff in 1986–89 and then as head of the Greek National Intelligence Service in 1993–96. A distinguished officer, he is also notable for his participation in resistance groups against the Greek military junta of 1967–74, being repeatedly imprisoned and exiled as a consequence. Life Born in Athens on 21 May 1932, Leonidas Vasilikopoulos entered the Hellenic Navy Academy on 7 October 1949 and graduated on 18 June 1954 as a Line Ensign. Promoted to sub-lieutenant on 4 June 1957, he received his first command, the vehicle carrier ''Merlin'', in 1961. On 16 October 1961, he was promoted to lieutenant. In 1962, he received command of the vehicle carriers ''Daniolos'' and ''Grigoropoulos'' (1962–63). On 19 August 1966, he voluntarily retired with the rank of lieutenant in retirement. The reason f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21 May
Events Pre-1600 * 293 – Roman Emperors Diocletian and Maximian appoint Galerius as ''Caesar'' to Diocletian, beginning the period of four rulers known as the Tetrarchy. * 878 – Syracuse, Sicily, is captured by the Muslim Aghlabids after a nine-month siege. * 879 – Pope John VIII gives blessings to Branimir of Croatia and to the Croatian people, considered to be international recognition of the Croatian state. * 996 – Sixteen-year-old Otto III is crowned Holy Roman Emperor. *1349 – Dušan's Code, the constitution of the Serbian Empire, is enacted by Dušan the Mighty. *1403 – Henry III of Castile sends Ruy González de Clavijo as ambassador to Timur to discuss the possibility of an alliance between Timur and Castile against the Ottoman Empire. *1554 – Queen Mary I grants a royal charter to Derby School, as a grammar school for boys in Derby, England. 1601–1900 *1659 – In the Concert of The Hague, the Dutch Republic, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
