{"slug": "kingdom-of-greece", "label": "Kingdom of Greece", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Greece", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q209065", "qid": "Q209065", "description": "period of Greek statehood from 1832 to 1924 and 1935 to 1973", "entries": 11, "years": 10, "span": [1832, 1953], "span_label": ["1832 CE", "1953 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 5}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 5}, {"title": "Science & Discovery", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Kingdom of Greece (Glücksburg)", "Kingdom of Greece (Wittelsbach)"], "related": [{"slug": "ottoman-empire", "label": "Ottoman Empire", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-bulgaria", "label": "Kingdom of Bulgaria", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-serbia", "label": "Kingdom of Serbia", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "turkey", "label": "Turkey", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "crete", "label": "Crete", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "socialist-federal-republic-of-yugoslavia", "label": "Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "gregorian-calendar", "label": "Gregorian calendar", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "world-war-i", "label": "World War I", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "austria-hungary", "label": "Austria-Hungary", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "otto-of-greece", "label": "Otto of Greece", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1832, "year_label": "1832 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "May 7", "text": "May 7 – The Treaty of London creates an independent Kingdom of Greece. Otto of Wittelsbach, Prince of Bavaria, is chosen King; thus begins the history of modern Greece.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370617764#April–June", "title": "1832", "revid": 1370617764, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1864, "year_label": "1864 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "May 2", "text": "May 2 – Under terms of the Treaty of London, the United Kingdom voluntarily cedes control of the United States of the Ionian Islands to the Kingdom of Greece.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369213895#May", "title": "1864", "revid": 1369213895, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 1912, "year_label": "1912 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December 3", "text": "December 3 – Bulgaria, Montenegro, and Serbia (the Balkan League, but not Greece) sign an armistice with the Ottoman Empire at Çatalca, temporarily halting the First Balkan War after 2 months. (The armistice will expire on February 3, 1913, and hostilities will resume.)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373503730#December", "title": "1912", "revid": 1373503730, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 1913, "year_label": "1913 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 4", "text": "March 4–6 – First Balkan War: Battle of Bizani – Forces of the Kingdom of Greece capture the forts of Bizani (covering the approaches to Ioannina) from the Ottoman Empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373505613#March", "title": "1913", "revid": 1373505613, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 1913, "year_label": "1913 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "December 1", "text": "December 1 – Crete, having obtained self rule from Turkey after the First Balkan War, is annexed by Greece.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373505613#December", "title": "1913", "revid": 1373505613, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 1915, "year_label": "1915 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 15", "text": "October 15 – WWI: Serbian Campaign – Austria-Hungary invades the Kingdom of Serbia. Bulgaria enters the war, also invading Serbia. The Serbian First Army retreats towards Greece.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373518749#October", "title": "1915", "revid": 1373518749, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1916, "year_label": "1916 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December 1", "text": "December 1 – An armed confrontation in Athens between the Kingdom of Greece and the Allied Powers, arising from a dispute over Greece's neutrality in World War I, followed by reprisals and riots against Greek supporters of the Allies marking the height of the National Schism.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373519106#December", "title": "1916", "revid": 1373519106, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 1920, "year_label": "1920 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "March 18", "text": "March 18 – Greece begins using the Gregorian calendar.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369258210#March", "title": "1920", "revid": 1369258210, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 1923, "year_label": "1923 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "July 24", "text": "July 24 – The Treaty of Lausanne (1923), settling the boundaries of the modern Republic of Turkey, is signed in Switzerland by Greece, Bulgaria and other countries that fought in the First World War, bringing an end to the Ottoman Empire after 624 years.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367772921#July–August", "title": "1923", "revid": 1367772921, "section": "Events › July–August"}}, {"year": 1940, "year_label": "1940 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 2", "text": "November 2–8 – WWII: Greco-Italian War – Battle of Elaia–Kalamas in Epirus: Outnumbered Greek forces repel the Italian Army.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368818987#November", "title": "1940", "revid": 1368818987, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 1953, "year_label": "1953 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "February 28", "text": "February 28 – Greece, Turkey, and Yugoslavia sign the Balkan Pact.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371310369#February", "title": "1953", "revid": 1371310369, "section": "Events › February"}}]}