1822
The first tax law of the revolutionary Greeks comes into force, with the imposition of the tithe on fruits.
1825The Battle of Sphakteria
Ibrahim with 11,000 footmen and 800 horsemen dominates Sphakteria, which was defended by only 1,500 Greeks. The Minister of Military Affairs, Anagnostis Papageorgiou (Anagnostaras) and the Philhellenic Santaroza, along with 350 other Greeks, fall fighting.
1877
The Mercury of Praxiteles
Hermes of Praxiteles is discovered in Olympia by German archaeologists.
1926
PAOK is officially founded, with the approval of its statutes by the Thessaloniki Court of First Instance.
1930National Theater
At the proposal of the new Minister of Education, Georgios Papandreou, the law establishing a National Theater in Athens is passed. Miltiadis Lidorikis is appointed as the first director.
1986The Chernobyl nuclear power plant.
Nuclear disaster at Chernobyl, Soviet Union (Ukraine), the worst nuclear accident in human history.
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