345 notable events in Greece — wars, shipwrecks and earthquakes. Page 1 of 4.
- Helios Airways Flight 522
Aug 14, 2005 · Aviation accident
- Hypatia
date unknown · Genocide & ethnic violence
- Santorini
date unknown · Natural disaster
- HMHS Britannic
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- Greek junta
Apr 21, 1967 · War & armed conflict
- Battle of Crete
May 20, 1941–Jun 1, 1941 · War & armed conflict
- Greek Civil War
Mar 30, 1946–Oct 16, 1949 · War & armed conflict
- Disappearance of Ben Needham
Jul 24, 1991 · Disappearance
- Revolutionary Organization 17 November
date unknown · Terrorism
- Greek government-debt crisis
2009–2019 · Crisis
- Mariam Soulakiotis
date unknown · Murder & homicide
- Minoan eruption
1600 BC · Natural disaster
- SS Californian
date unknown · War & armed conflict
- Ephialtes of Trachis
date unknown · War & armed conflict
- EgyptAir Flight 804
May 19, 2016 · Aviation accident
- TWA Flight 847
Jun 14, 1985 · Aviation accident
- Massacre of the Acqui Division
Sep 21, 1943–Sep 26, 1943 · War & armed conflict
- Navagio Beach
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- Chios massacre
Apr 1822–Aug 1822 · Massacre
- Tempi train crash
Feb 28, 2023 · Rail accident
- MS Sea Diamond
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- Athens Polytechnic uprising
Nov 14, 1973–Nov 17, 1973 · Riot & unrest
- Nikolaos Michaloliakos
date unknown · Crime & justice
- Battle of Corinth (146 BC)
146 BC · War & armed conflict
- Dekemvriana
Dec 3, 1944–Jan 11, 1945 · War & armed conflict
- Corfu incident
Aug 29, 1923–Sep 27, 1923 · Crisis
- National Liberation Front (Greece)
date unknown · Massacre
- Storm Daniel
Sep 4, 2023–Sep 13, 2023 · Natural disaster
- Antikythera wreck
60 BC · Maritime disaster
- Olympic Airways Flight 411
Aug 9, 1978 · Aviation accident
- Achaemenid destruction of Athens
480 BC · Massacre
- Massacre of Kondomari
Jun 2, 1941 · Massacre
- 2023 Pylos migrant boat disaster
Jun 14, 2023 · Maritime disaster
- 365 Crete earthquake
Jul 21, 365 · Earthquake
- National Schism
1910–1922 · War & armed conflict
- MS Express Samina
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- Siege of Tripolitsa
Apr 1, 1821–Sep 23, 1821 · Massacre
- Mutilation of the Hermai
415 BC · Scandal & controversy
- Kasos
date unknown
- 1953 Ionian earthquake
Aug 12, 1953 · Earthquake
- Distomo massacre
Jun 10, 1944 · Massacre
- Orlov revolt
Feb 1770–Jun 17, 1771 · Riot & unrest
- Cretan Revolt (1897–1898)
Jan 1897–Oct 1898 · Riot & unrest
- Third siege of Missolonghi
Apr 15, 1825–Apr 10, 1826 · War & armed conflict
- TWA Flight 841 (1974)
Sep 8, 1974 · Bombing & explosion
- Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei
date unknown · Scandal & controversy
- Athenian coup of 411 BC
Jun 9, 411 · War & armed conflict
- Massacre of Thessalonica
Apr 1, 390 · Massacre
- 2022 Greek surveillance scandal
from 2020 · Scandal & controversy
- Great Famine (Greece)
Jan 1, 1941–Jan 1, 1942 · Natural disaster
- Siege of Thessalonica (1422–1430)
Jun 1, 1422–Mar 29, 1430 · War & armed conflict
- Moria refugee camp
date unknown · Crisis
- HMS Greyhound (H05)
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- Battle of Rhodes (1943)
Sep 9, 1943–Sep 11, 1943 · War & armed conflict
- 2023 Greece wildfires
2023 · Fire
- Kalavryta massacre
Dec 13, 1943 · Massacre
- 2008 Greek riots
Dec 6, 2008–Dec 31, 2008 · Riot & unrest
- 11 September 1922 Revolution
Sep 11, 1922 · War & armed conflict
- Murder of Caroline Crouch
May 11, 2021 · Murder & homicide
- 1 May 1944 Kaisariani executions
May 1, 1944 · War & armed conflict
- Great Thessaloniki Fire of 1917
Aug 18, 1917 · Fire
- Anti-austerity movement in Greece
May 5, 2010–Apr 4, 2012 · Riot & unrest
- HMS Kelly
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- Assassination of George I of Greece
Mar 18, 1913 · Murder & homicide
- Cretan revolt (1866–1869)
Aug 21, 1866–Jan 20, 1869 · Riot & unrest
- Kidnapping of Heinrich Kreipe
May 14, 1944 · Kidnapping & hostage
- Massacre of Kos
Oct 1943 · Massacre
- HMS Gloucester (62)
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- Italian cruiser Zara
date unknown · War & armed conflict
- Terrorism in Greece
date unknown · Terrorism
- Murder of Eleni Topaloudi
Nov 28, 2018 · Murder & homicide
- 2020 Aegean Sea earthquake
Oct 30, 2020 · Earthquake
- Swissair Flight 316
Oct 8, 1979 · Aviation accident
- Death and funeral of Constantine II of Greece
Jan 10, 2023 · Death & funeral
- Dokos shipwreck
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- 226 BC Rhodes earthquake
226 BC · Earthquake
- Greek Volunteer Guard
date unknown · Genocide & ethnic violence
- HMS Fiji
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- Operation Albumen
Jun 13, 1942 · Attack (other)
- MS Mediterranean Sky
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- MV Jupiter (1961)
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- Dimitrios (shipwreck)
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- Killing of Anastasia-Patricia Rubinska
Jun 12, 2023 · Murder & homicide
- 2018 Attica wildfires
Jul 23, 2018 · Fire
- MV Panagiotis
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- Expulsion of Cham Albanians
Jan 1, 1944–Jan 1, 1945 · Genocide & ethnic violence
- Raid on Souda Bay
Mar 26, 1941 · War & armed conflict
- Goudi coup
Aug 28, 1909 · War & armed conflict
- Daskalogiannis
date unknown · War & armed conflict
- Noemvriana
Dec 1, 1916 · War & armed conflict
- Malév Flight 262
Jul 4, 2000 · Aviation accident
- 1996 Turkish F-16 shootdown
Oct 8, 1996 · War & armed conflict
- White Terror (Greece)
1945–1946 · Terrorism
- Mytilenean revolt
428 BC–427 BC · War & armed conflict
- TWA Flight 840 (1986)
Apr 2, 1986 · Aviation accident
- SS Oria (1920)
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- Burning of the Ottoman flagship off Chios
Jun 18, 1822 · War & armed conflict
- HMS Calypso (D61)
date unknown · Maritime disaster
- Greek refugees
date unknown · Genocide & ethnic violence
- Karaiskakis Stadium disaster
Feb 8, 1981 · Stampede & crowd crush