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Greece in 1915

Historical records for Greece in 1915, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

8Records
8Events
3Named people
5Places
3Categories

Historical records

March

1 March 1915Battle of GallipoliEleftherios Venizelos

Gallipoli · Warfare / World War, 1st

Proposes Greek troops help the Allies

6 March 1915First Wartime ResignationEleftherios Venizelos

Athens · Government / Government of Greece

Venizelos resigns after disagreement with Constantine I over participation in the war.

March 1915ElectionConstantine I

Warfare / World War, 1st

Venizelos wins the election & is returned to power

March 1915Siege of SalonikaConstantine I

Salonika · Warfare / World War, 1st

Urges the Germans to invade Greece & recapture Salonika from the Allies

June

June 1915Liberal Election Victory during National SchismEleftherios Venizelos

Athens · Government / Government of Greece

The Liberal Party wins elections while conflict with the monarchy continues.

September

25 September 1915Reballion of Rebels in CreteEleftherios Venizelos

Crete · Warfare / Military

Flees to Crete & proclaims a revolution

October

5 October 1915Dismissal of VenizelosConstantine Glucksburg Constantine I

Athens · Government / Government of Greece

Constantine dismisses Venizelos after renewed disagreement over Allied military operations.

Other Events

1915Battle of DardanellesConstantine I

Dardanelles · Warfare / World War, 1st

Venizelos wishes to send 3 Greek Divisions to the Dardanelles Constantine refuses. Venizelos resigns over Constantines policy

Names involved

Constantine Glucksburg Constantine IConstantine IEleftherios Venizelos

Places involved

AthensCreteDardanellesGallipoliSalonika

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.