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Flag decorations for 25 March in Santorini. The celebration of the Greek Revolution of 1821 (Greek: Εορτασμός της Ελληνικής Επανάστασης του 1821, Eortasmós tis Ellinikís Epanástasis tou 1821), less commonly known as Independence Day, takes place in Greece, Cyprus and Greek diaspora centers on 25 March every year, coinciding with the Feast of the Annunciation.
The revolution is celebrated by Greeks around the world as independence day on 25 March. All Greek territory, except the Ionian Islands, the Mani Peninsula, and mountainous regions in Epirus, came under Ottoman rule in the 15th century. [4] During the following centuries, there were Greek uprisings against Ottoman rule.
Two other independence days – 25 March (proclamation of the Belarusian People's Republic in 1918) and 27 July (independence from the Soviet Union in 1990) – are commemorated unofficially. [12] Belgium: National Day: 21 July: 1831 Netherlands: Ascension of Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld to the throne. [13] Belize: Independence Day: 21 ...
March 25 is the 84th day of the year (85th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 281 days remain until the end of the year. Until 1752 it was the official date of the beginning of the year in England (in Julian calendar ).
The main products exported from Portugal to Greece in 2020 were Vehicles and Other Transportation Materials, cellulose pulp and paper, and Plastics and Rubber, while the main products exported by Greece to the Portuguese market were, in the same year, agricultural products, and Diverse Machinery. [6]
A Speakers' Corner is an area where free speech open-air public speaking, ... March 1999. "One world" speaker ... This page was last edited on 25 January 2025, ...
His funeral becomes a public show of defiance to the occupation authorities. 1943, March: The Germans began mass deportations of the Jews of Thessaloniki to Auschwitz. By the end of the war, an estimated 60,000 Greek Jews were murdered. 1943, 16 August: 317 inhabitants of Kommeno are murdered and the village is burned by the Nazis.
In February–March 1943, a series of large-scale protests took place in Athens against the intended forcible mobilization of occupied Greece's labour force for work in Nazi Germany. The protests, organized spontaneously or by the National Liberation Front (EAM), led to repeated clashes with the occupation troops and the collaborationist Greek ...