Portal:Greece/Selected anniversaries
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- 323 - Battle of Adrianople Constantine the Great defeats Licinius, who flees to Byzantium
- 48 BC - Battle of Dyrrhachium, Caesar barely avoids a catastrophic defeat to Pompey in Macedonia.
- 1974 - In Nicosia, Cyprus, Greek-sponsored nationalists launch a coup d'état, deposing President Makarios and installing Nikos Sampson as Cypriot president.
- 1974 - Invasion of Cyprus In the first of a two stage invasion, Turkish forces land in Kyrenia after Greek Cypriots' attempt at enosis. The northern part of the island is still under occupation to this day.
