Greece

By benicril@huhs.org
  • Period: 500 to

    Greek history

  • Period: Dec 1, 776 to Dec 2, 776

    1st Olympic Games

    Greece holds the first ever Olympic games in Athens.
  • Jan 1, 1453

    Greece is conquered by Ottoman Turks

    Greece is conquered by the Ottoman Turks. This causes Athens to become poor and no longer wealthy

  • Greek war of independance

    Greece can no longer tolerate the Turkish rulers, so they begin fighting the Greek war of independance. With the help of France, Britain, and Russia, Greece wins the war.

  • First Modern Olympic Games

    Greece hosts its first modern olympic games in Athens to restore friendship among countries. Most of the games competed in originated in Greece.
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    Greece

    Timeline of Greek events

  • Greece gains power in turkish land

    Greece takes an opportunity to gain power in Turkish land during the Balkan wars, the land was Crete and Southern Macedonia.

  • Greece joins NATO

    Greece joins the North Atlantic Treaty organization, a military alliance of the U.S and several European countries.

  • Greece gets a new constitution

    Greece gets a new constitution to have a president as head of state and a prime minister to manage the government.