1864: Birth of Eleftherios Venizelos in the village of Mournies, Hania, on August 11. 1866: Venizelos's family took to the Island of Kythira, persecuted in the wake of the Cretan Revolution...
1910: Eleftherios Venizelos became the President of the Cretan Assembly and Prime Minister of the Cretan State on May 2. Venizelos’s political friends submitted his candidacy in the Greek elections...
1921: Despite pre-electoral promises, Venizelos's opponents continued the expedition in Asia Minor. Large-scale attack of the Greek army in Turkey's hinterland (June 28), culminating in the battle by River Sakarya. 1922:...
1928-1932: Venizelos returned to active politics, obtaining a resounding victory in the elections of August 19, 1928. Greek-Italian Treaty of Friendship (September 23, 1928). Venizelos's government remained in power for...
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