Historical place archive

Crete in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Crete in Greece. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

7 records5 event labels3 people1866–1915

Historical events in Crete

1866

2 September 1866
Rule of Crete
George I · House of Denmark

Crete rebels against Turkey & decrees union with Greece

2 September 1866
Unification
George I · House of Denmark

Crete rebels against Turkey & decrees union with Greece

1896

1896
Reballion of Crete
George I · Military

Beginning of the rebellion of Crete

1897

1897
Reballion of Rebels in Crete
George I · Military

Puts down the rebellion in Crete

1913

30 May 1913
Crete Settlement
Constantine Constantine I · Balkan Wars, 1st

Benefits from the Ottoman renunciation of sovereignty over Crete in favour of the Balkan allies.

June 1913
Rule of Crete
Constantine Constantine I · Balkan Wars, 2nd

Crete and Salonika were definitively assigned to Greece

1915

25 September 1915
Reballion of Rebels in Crete
Eleftherios Venizelos · Military

Flees to Crete & proclaims a revolution

Provenance

About these place records

These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Greece and Crete. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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