Today, April 16, 2015, Alexis Tsipras, as Prime Minister, is on the list of the 100 most influential personalities on the planet – See what else happened – 2024-04-16 14:31:01

Today is April 16 historical and important events happened for our country, but also for him People.

So let’s go back to the page of Time’s calendar to see what happened like today…

1821

Captain Nikolaos Papadopoulos Sklavos from Kefallonia collects the body of Ecumenical Patriarch Gregory V, who was hanged by order of the Sultan on April 10, 1821, in retaliation for the uprising of the Greeks, in the sea area of ​​Constantinople.

1895

Elections are held in Greece, with the populist Theodoros Diligiannis the winner. The modernizer Charilaos Trikoupis is defeated state by state (he is not even elected MP) and leaves politics.

1896

The famous statue of Heniochus is discovered in Delphi.

1902

Dozens of people are injured by Easter firecrackers in Greece.

1924

Greece, participating in the celebration of the centenary of the death of Lord Byron, decides to give the name “Byron” to the refugee settlement located near Pagrati.

2015

In TIME’s list of the 100 most influential personalities on the planet for 2015, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is included.

Source: sansimera.gr

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