22 November/4 December: Signing of the peace treaty, which terminated the Greco-Turkish war of 1897.

1898

28 April: Beginning of operation of International Financial Control.

1899

February: Elections - Victory of the party of G. Theotokis.

1900

Establishment of the Drama School of the Royal Theatre

1901

Circulation of the first issue of the periodical Noumas.

November: Athens is shaken by "Evangelika" riots.

1902

November: Political riots take place in Athens, known as "Sanidika".

1903

20 July: The Ilinden rising in Macedonia.

November: Athens is disturbed by "Oresteiaka" riots.

Establishment of the Macedonian Committee in Athens by the publisher Dimitris Kalapothakis.

1904

August: The first Greek guerilla bands pass to Macedonia. Inauguration of the Macedonian Struggle

13 October: Death of Pavlos Melas.

Publication in Alexandria of a small pamphlet with poems of C. Cavafy.

1905

10 March: Declaration of the revolt of Therissos in Crete under the leadership of El. Venizelos, K. Foumis and K. Manos

31 May: Assassination of the prime-minister Th. Diliyannis by Kostogerakaris.

The poet Kostas Varnalis makes his appearance with the poetry collection Kyrithres (Honeycombs).

1906

Nikos Kazantzakis makes his appereance in the Greek literary scene with the narrative Ofis kai Krinos (The snake and the lilly) and his first among his numerous plays, Ximeronei (The sun rises).

1907

Publication of the work of Kostis Palamas Dodekalogos tou Gyftou.

Publication of Alafroiskiotos, the first important poetic creation of Angelos Sikelianos.

Foundation of the Sociological Society by Α. Papanastasiou, Κ. Triantafyllopoulos, Α. Mylonas and P. Aravantinos.

1908

June: The Young Turk revolution breaks out in Thessaloniki.

1909

15 August: The Military Coup of Goudi breaks out.

14 September: Massive demonstration in support of the Coup.

28 December: Arrival of Eleftherios Venizelos in Athens.

1910

Foundation of "Phoititiki Syntrofia" (Students' Company).

Foundation of the Society for Education.

March: Agricultural riots in Thessaly.

September: Foundation of the Liberal Party.

October: Venizelos' first government.

November: Elections; formation of the new government by El. Venizelos.

1911

January: The Second Revisionary Assembly begins its proceedings.

27 May: Voting of the new Constitution.

1912

12 March: Elections; overwhelming victory of the Venizelist bloc.

4 October: Declaration of the First Balkan War.

27 October: Liberation of Thessaloniki by the Greek troops.

1913

22 February: Liberation of Ioannina by the Greek troops.

5 March: Assassination of King George; Constantine ascends the throne.

17/30 May: Signing of the Treaty of London.

19 May/1 June: Greco-Serbian treaty of peace, friendship and mutual protection.

17 June: Outbreak of the Second Balkan War.

19 to 21 June: Victory of the Grek troops against the Bulgarian in the Battle of Kilkis-Lachanas.

28 July/10 August: Signing of the Treaty of Bucharest, which terminated the Second Balkan War.

1914

15/28 July: Declaration of the First World War.

November: Annexation of Cyprus by Great Britain.

1915

February - March: Resignation of Venizelos, formation of D. Gounaris' government. Foundation of the Nation-minded Party (later Popular Party).

31 May: Elections - Victory of the Venizelists.

August: Venizelos returns to power.

September - October: New resignation of Venizelos. Landing of allied troops in Macedonia.

December: Elections with the abstention of the Venizelists.

1916

May: Surrender of fort Ruppel to the Germans and Bulgarians.

17 August: The Venizelist military movement of National Defence breaks out in Thessaloniki.

29 August: Capture of Kavala by the Bulgarians.

September: Formation of provisional governement by Venizelos in Thessaloniki. Creation of a Greek military unit and its participation in the operations of the Macedonian front on the side of the Entente.

November: Battle of Athens between the French on the one hand and "reservists" along with units of the Greek army on the other hand. Harsh persecutions of the Venizelists ("November fighting"). Blockade of southern Greece by the Entente.

December: Anathema of Venizelos in Pedio tou Areos and many provinces.

1917

May - June: Resignation of Constantine in favour of his second-born son, Alexander. Raise of the blockade of southern Greece. New governemnt by Venizelos and unification of the two Greek "states". Convocation of the Assembly elected in May 1915 ("Lazarus chamber").

Publication of the novel Fthinoporo (Autumn) by Constantinos Chatzopoulos.

October: October Revolution in Russia.

1918

16 to 17 May: Battle of Skra di Legen. Victory of the allied troops with a decisive Greek contribution.

17/30 October: Signing of the Mudros armistice between the Allied Powers and the Ottoman Empire.

Foundation of GSEE (General Confederation of the Workers of Greece).

Foundation of SEKE (Socialist Labour Party of Greece).

1919

January: Greek campaign body in Ukraine.

January: Submission of the Memorandum with the Greek claims in the Supreme Council of the Allied Powers in Paris.

2 May: landing of the Greek army in Smyrna after an allied decision.

14/27 November: Signing of the Treaty of Neuilly between the victorious Entente powers and Bulgaria. In its context a Greco-Bulgarian treaty has been signed of voluntary exchange of populations between the two countries.

1920

May: Capture of Thrace (initially of Western and later of Eastern Thrace) by the Greek army.

28 July/10 August: Signing of the Treaty of Sevres.

30 July: Assassination attempt against Venizelos in Paris.

31 July: Assassination of Ion Dragoumis in Athens by fanatic Venizelists.

12 October: Sudden death of King Alexander from septicemia.

1 November: Elections that gave the victory to the anti-Venizelist bloc, the United Opposition.

22 November: Plebiscite that reinstates Constantine to the throne.

Publication of the narrative I zoi kai o thanatos tou Karavela (The life and death of Karavelas) by Konstantinos Theotokis.

1921

Summer: Greek offensive in order to capture Ankara. It will be eventually checked in the Sakarya river.

September: The large offensive of the Greek army against Ankara fails.The Greek army will remain in the line Eski Shehir-Kytahya-Afyon Karahisar.

1922

12 February: Publication of the "Democratic Manifesto" by Al. Papanastasiou and his six collaborators.

13 August: The Turkish offensive begins in the Greek front. Its direct split and withdrawal towards the coast will ensue.

27 August: The Turkish army enters the city of Smyrna.

11 September: The "Revolution of 1922" breaks out in Chios.

30 September: Departure of Constantine from Greece. George II succeeds him.

30 September - 13 October: Signing of the Mudania armistice between Greece and Turkey.

October-November: Conduct of the "Trial of the Six".

November: Evacuation of eastern Thrace.

15 November: Execution of D. Gounaris, Ν. Stratos, P. Protopapadakis, G. Hatzianestis, G. Baltatzis and N. Theotokis held responsible for the national disaster.

27 December: Death of Constantine.