Today is April 16 historical and important events happened for our country, but also for him People.
So let’s go back to the page of Time’s calendar to see what happened like today…
1821
Captain Nikolaos Papadopoulos Sklavos from Kefallonia collects the body of Ecumenical Patriarch Gregory V, who was hanged by order of the Sultan on April 10, 1821, in retaliation for the uprising of the Greeks, in the sea area of Constantinople.
1895
Elections are held in Greece, with the populist Theodoros Diligiannis the winner. The modernizer Charilaos Trikoupis is defeated state by state (he is not even elected MP) and leaves politics.
1896
The famous statue of Heniochus is discovered in Delphi.
1902
Dozens of people are injured by Easter firecrackers in Greece.
1924
Greece, participating in the celebration of the centenary of the death of Lord Byron, decides to give the name “Byron” to the refugee settlement located near Pagrati.
2015
In TIME’s list of the 100 most influential personalities on the planet for 2015, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is included.
Source: sansimera.gr
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