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An uprising in Greece against Turkish rule is followed by the massacre of several thousand Muslims
Lord Byron arrives in Greece to support the cause of Greek independence
Lord Byron dies of a fever in Greece, in Missolonghi, at the age of thirty-six
Britain, France and Russia, supporting Greek independence, defeat the Turkish and Egyptian fleets at Navarino
Greece wins independence, with the 17-year-old Otto of Bavaria as king
Don Pacifico's house in Athens is burnt by an anti-Semitic crowd, provoking an international incident
The island of Corfu is ceded by Britain to the kingdom of Greece
A secret revolutionary group (Union and Progress, later known as the Young Turks) is formed in Salonika in the Ottoman empire
The first modern Olympic Games, organized by Pierre de Coubertin, are held in Athens
Constantine Cavafy prints fourteen of his poems in a pamphlet for private distribution
Constantine Cavafy prints a few more of his poems to add to the fourteen privately printed in 1904
An Albanian uprising against the Ottoman empire is so successful that the Albanians are able to capture Skopje in Macedonia
By a prearranged plan Greece, Bulgaria and Serbia together launch the First Balkan War against Turkey
The Treaty of London, ending the First Balkan War, allows Albania, Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia to divide up much of European Turkey
The Treaty of Bucharest assigns to Greece nearly all the Greek-speaking regions in the Balkans and Mediterranean
Rupert Brooke's 1914 and Other Poems is published a few months after his death in Greece
French and British troops land at Salonika and push north to relieve Serbia
Greece joins the Allies by declaring war on Bulgaria
The Allies, with Serb troops in the vanguard, press north from Salonika into Serbia
A collection of Constantine Cavafy's poems is published in Alexandria in an undated edition
Italian troops cross the Albanian border in the hope of a blitzkrieg against Greece
Greek soprano Maria Callas sings her first Tosca, in the opera house in Athens
German troops move on from Yugoslavia into Greece, driving a small British force from the mainland across the sea to Crete
German forces evict the British from the island of Crete after a week-long battle
Hitler orders a massacre at Lidice, a village near Prague, in retaliation for the death of Heydrich
