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Athens
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1205
La Rouche
Athens Founds the Duchy of Athens
1822
Mavrokordatos, Alexander
Athens Helps draft the Epidaurus constitution favoring a constitutional monarchy
1832
Otho
Athens Rules under the Regency of 3 Bavarian advisers
1834
Otto of Bavaria
Athens Athens is freed from Turkish rule & a Greek nation state is founded
Athens The National Assembly elects Otto, 2nd son of the King of Bavaria, King of Greece
1843
Otho
Athens Forced by an insurrection to grant Greece a constitution
1863
George I
Athens Succeeds as King of Greece
1865
Kriezis, Antonios
Athens Death of Antonio Kriezis
1867
George I
Athens Marries Olga, Grand Duchess & niece of the Tsar of Russia
1868
Constantine I
12th July Athens Birth of Constantine I, eldest son of George I
1889
Constantine I
Athens Marries Sophia, sister of Kaiser William II
1893
Alexander
Athens Birth of Alexander, 2nd son of Constantine & Sophia
1896
Helena
Athens Birth of Helena, 3rd child of Constantine & Sophia
1901
Paul I
Athens Birth of Paul I, 4th child of Constantine & Sophia
1904
Eirene
Athens Birth of Eirene, 5th child of Constantine & Sophia
1910
Venizelos, Eleftherios
Athens Amends the constitution of 1864
Athens Establishes a bipolar form of government with a role for the monarch
1916
Constantine I
1st Dec Athens Greek royalist troops attack an Allied landing party
1917
Alexander
Athens Succeeds as King of Greece
1917
Constantine I
Athens The Allies occupy Athens to counter Constantine's support for the Central Powers
12th June Athens Abdicates in favour of his younger son Alexander
1919
Alexander
Athens Marries Aspasia Manos
1920
Constantine I
Athens Constantine I returns to Greece after the defeat of Venizrlos at the election
Athens Succeeds as King of Greece, restored after a plebiscite
1920
Paul I
Athens Refused the crown after the death of his brother Alexander
1921
Helena
Athens Marries King Carol of Romania
1922
Constantine I
26th Sep Athens Abdicates for the 2nd time after the Greek defeat by Turkey
1922
George II
Athens Succeeds as King of Greece
1923
Paul I
Athens Spends the years 1923-35 in exile
1926
Pangolas, Theodorus
22nd Aug Athens Overthrown in a coup
1935
George II
Athens The Greek monarchy is restored when George II becomes King for a 2nd time
1936
George II
Athens Name General Metaxas Prime Minister, Greece becomes a fascist dictatorship
1936
Metaxas, Ioannis
Athens The dictatorship of Metaxas established with the support of King George II of Greece
1938
Paul I
Athens Marries Princess Frederica of Brunswick
1947
Paul I
Athens Succeeds as King of Greece
1952
Papagos, Alexandros
18th Feb Athens Greece & Turkey are admitted to NATO
1956
Karamanlis, Konstantinus
Athens Founds the conservative National Radical Union, ERE
1963
Karamanlis, Konstantinus
Athens Resigns after the Greek King visits Great Britain to negotiate the status of Cyprus
1964
Constantine II
Athens Succeeds as King of Greece
1964
Papandreou, George
Athens Greece goes to war with Turkey over Cyprus
11th June Athens Greece refuses direct talks with Turkey
9th Aug Athens The UN orders a cease-fire in Cyprus
17th Aug Athens Greece withdraws her units from NATO
1964
Paul I
6th Mar Athens Death of Paul I
1967
Papadopoulos, George
21st April Athens Arrests George Papanreou & his son Andreas
21st April Athens Constitutional rule is suspended
21st April Athens Helps a coup placing Brigadier-General Styliano Patakos in power
1967
Papandreou, Andreas
25th Dec Athens Papandreou calls on world democracies to overthrow Prime Minister Papadopoulos
25th Dec Athens Released from prison by the military Junta who declare an amnesty
1967
Papandreou, George
Athens Overthrown & arrested by a right wing coup
1974
Karamanlis, Konstantinus
Athens Democratic government is restored
Athens Establishes the new Republic
Athens Founds the New Democratic Party
1975
Karamanlis, Konstantinus
Athens The new constitution establishes a democratic republic
1981
Papandreou, Andreas
Athens Greece joins the European Community
1991
Papandreou, Andreas
11th Mar Athens A trial commences against the former Prime Minister on charges of bribery
1996
Papandreou, Andreas
15th Jan Athens Resigns as the Prime Minister of Greece, due to ill health

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