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Contributing Articles in Greek History

 		Classical Greek and Roman Sculptures
Art from Classical Greek to The Roman Empire reflects the dramatic and influential societies. Victory and religion influenced artistic expression.
The First Danish King of Greece
The recently independent Greece chose Prince William of Denmark to be king, and as King George I of Greece he founded a royal dynasty that lasted for over a century.
The Marriage of King George I of Greece
The marriage of King George I of Greece, the former Prince William of Denmark, to Grand Duchess Olga of Russia began a new royal dynasty in Greece that lasted a century.
Philosophers of Ancient Greece
Socrates, Aristotle and Plato's philosophies all attempt to solve different existential questions.
The Oldenburg Dynasty of Greece
When a Danish prince became King George I of Greece, he founded the Greek Oldenburg dynasty that would rule this unstable country through the reigns of six kings.
Ancient Greek Olympic Games Revival
Their revival conceived in an 1833 poem, it took more than sixty years for the Olympic Games to become reality in 1896 Athens.
Royal Court Dress and Fashions in Greece
Parisian dresses and traditional Greek costumes were seen side by side in royal balls and fashionable promenades of 19thC Athens.
Historic Botanical Garden of Athens, Greece
In the 1830s the property of the Athens Ottoman ruler, Hadji Ali Haseki was transformed into a Botanical Garden by Queen Amalia's architect and botanists.
National Garden, The Kipos of Queen Amalia
First Royal then National, the Garden, or Kipos, of Athens was the creation of the first Queen of Greece and remains one of the Greek capital's few green spaces.
Building the Corinth Canal
Hungarian General, István Türr, who fought alongside Garibaldi in Italy, won the concession to build the Corinth Canal in Greece in 1881.
The Greco-Turkish War of 1897
The Greco-Turkish War of 1897 ended with the Greeks suffering a humiliating defeat in the hands of a better equipped and organised Turkish army.
Scandalous Love Affairs
Wife of aristocrats and mistress of kings and barons, Jane Digby fell in love in the 1850s with Greek War of Independence chieftain, Christodoulos Hadjipetros.
Love Stories in History
A string of love affairs took the adventurous English beauty, Jane Digby to various European cities until she landed in Greece for the love of a Greek Count.
Greek Riots
Athens protesters vented their anger against government practices in 1875, 1901,1902 and 1903 but their motives were not always progressive.
The First Marathon
First introduced as an Olympic sport in the Athens 1896 Games, the Marathon was won by the Greek water-carrier, Spiros Louis.
The First Modern Olympics
Brainchild of Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the first modern Olympics of 1896 were embroiled in politics and aroused opposition but were ultimately crowned with success.
The Monasteries of Meteora Greece
The monasteries were mostly built during the 15th Century and reflect the art and architecture of the Byzantine period thus preserving an important part of Greek history.
The Bankruptcy of Greece in 1893
Excessive borrowing, the collapse of Greek currant export trade and the effects of the Long Depression led the Greek state to declare bankruptcy in 1893.
Trikoupis and the Dedilomeni Principle
The introduction of the principle of parliamentary majority, or dedilomeni, by Trikoupis in 1874 was a bid to bring about the modernization of Greek political parties.
Trikoupis and the Modernization of Greece
In the 1880s, the liberal Greek Prime Minister, Trikoupis embarked on an ambitious program of modernization whose most enduring symbol is the Greek railway network.
King Otto of Greece – Reign 1832-1862
After a popular uprising in 1843, King Otto of Greece was forced to grant a constitution and confront the partisanship of the Greek political parties.
Capodistrias and the Greek Independent State
The reforms that Governor Ioannis Capodistrias introduced to the newly formed Greek state and the opposition that these provoked led to his assassination in 1831.
Rigas Feraios and His Greek Republic
In the 18th century, Rigas Feraios drafted the first constitutional text of south-eastern Europe and envisaged a multinational and multicultural Republic in the Balkans.
The Greek War of Independence of 1821
The Greek War of Independence (1821-1829) started as a revolt, or revolution, of Christian or Greek subject populations of the Ottoman Empire against the Ottoman regime.
Filiki Etairia and the Greek Revolution of 1821
Founded in 1814, the Filiki Eteria, or Society of Friends, was a secret organization aiming to overthrow Ottoman rule and establish an independent Greek state.
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