Greek immigration

First ever Greek American

1528

According to mfa.gr, "The first Greek known to set foot on U.S. soil was Don Teodoro or Theodoros, a sailor and ship caulker serving aboard the expedition of the Spanish explorer, Panfilio de Narváez,
This was the first recorded Greek immigrant even though it was around 400 years before the Greek immigration waves.

Greek war of independence

1821

In 1821, the Greeks began their war for independence. The Greeks fought against the Ottoman Empire for their independence.

First Hellenic Republic

1828

After the Greek war for independence, There were many attempts at government to replace the Ottoman Empire. This was one of those attempts.

Reign of King Otto

1832

The reign of King Otto only lasted thirty years and ended five years before King Otto died. Otto tried expanding into turkey but eventually failed and was overthrown.

Beginning of the first wave of Greek immigration.

1890

This year is considered the beginning of the massive immigration from Greece.

End of the first wave of Immigrants

1917

This year marks when Greek immigrant numbers fell after they were at an all-time high of around 450,000.

Beginning of the second wave of Greece immigration.

1918

1918 marks the beginning of the second wave of Greek immigrants.

The End of the Second wave

1924

This wave of immigrants was a large decline from the first wave. The number of Greek immigrants were below 100,000.

Third wave of immigrants

1925

1925 was the beginning of the third and considered the last major wave of Greek immigrants. This wave was the smallest of the three, not much smaller than the second wave but much smaller than the first wave. This wave contained around 25,000 immigrants.

The End of Major Immigration From Greece

1945

Around 1945, Greek immigration to the US almost completely stopped. Today, few Greek immigrants still come to the US. This is due to the Immigration Act of 1924, slowing down immigration drastically.