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Greece in 1922

Historical records for Greece in 1922, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

11Records
10Events
6Named people
2Places
5Categories

Historical records

September

11 September 1922September RevolutionNikolaos Plastiras

Athens · Government / Government of Greece

Military officers establish a revolutionary committee after the Asia Minor defeat.

26 September 1922AbdicationConstantine I

Athens · House / House of Denmark

Abdicates for the 2nd time after the Greek defeat by Turkey

27 September 1922Accession of George IIGeorge Glucksburg George II

Athens · Government / Government of Greece

George II succeeds Constantine I during the revolutionary crisis.

27 September 1922Second Abdication of Constantine IConstantine Glucksburg Constantine I

Athens · Government / Government of Greece

Constantine abdicates following the military revolution and leaves Greece.

Other Events

1922Arrest of AndrewAndrew

Sakarya · Warfare / Greco-Turkish War

Dissatisfaction with the war led to a coup during which Prince Andrew is arrested, court-martialled and found guilty of "disobeying an order" and "acting on his own initiative" during the Battle of Sakarya

1922Battle of SakaryaAndrew

Sakarya · Warfare / Greco-Turkish War

Dissatisfaction with the war led to a coup d‚tat during which Prince Andrew is arrested, court-martialled and found guilty of "disobeying an order" and "acting on his own initiative" during the Battle of Sakarya

1922CoupAndrew

Warfare / Greco-Turkish War

Dissatisfaction with the war led to a coup during which Prince Andrew is arrested, court-martialled and found guilty of "disobeying an order" and "acting on his own initiative" during the Battle of Sakarya

1922Exile of AndrewAndrew

House / House of Battenburg

Andrew is banished for life and his family fled into exile aboard a British cruiser, HMS Calypso

1922Exile of AndrewAndrew

Warfare / Greco-Turkish War

Andrew is banished for life and his family fled into exile aboard a British cruiser, HMS Calypso

1922Greek RefugeesNikolaos Plastiras

Athens · Warfare / League of Nations

League agencies assist refugee settlement after the Asia Minor disaster.

1922SuccessionGeorge II

Athens · House / House of Denmark

Succeeds as King of Greece

Names involved

AndrewConstantine Glucksburg Constantine IConstantine IGeorge Glucksburg George IIGeorge IINikolaos Plastiras

Places involved

AthensSakarya

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.