Timeline / 1810 to 1860 / GREECE
Date Country Theme
1814 Greece Political Context
Foundation of the secret organisation Filiki Etaireia (Friendly Society) prepares the ground for the Greek Revolution.
1821 Greece Political Context
The Greek Revolution against the Ottoman Empire begins.
1825 Greece Music, Literature, Dance And Fashion
The poets Alexandros and Panayotis Soutsos compile their first works, and introduce European Romanticism to a newly liberated Greece.
1827 Greece Political Context
The London Treaty: England, Russia and France suggest to the Ottoman Sultan that he should recognise Greek independence. This is the first step towards foundation of the Greek State.
1828 Greece Rediscovering The Past
Ioannis Kapodistrias oversees the establishment of Greece’s first museum, the Archaeological Museum of Aegina.
1828 Greece Great Inventions Of The 19th Century
The First Governor of the new Greek nation, Ioannis Kapodistrias, orders the foundation of the postal service.
1828 Greece Music, Literature, Dance And Fashion
The poem Hymn to Liberty by Dionysios Solomos becomes the Greek National Anthem with music composed by Nikolaos Mantzaros.
1830s Greece Cities And Urban Spaces
Eduard Schaubert and Stamatios Kleanthis pioneer the urban redevelopment of Athens, initially under Ioannis Kapodistrias. They produce topographical plans of Athens and, in doing so, lay the foundations for the new capital.
1831 Greece Political Context
The First Governor of Greece, Conte Ioannis Kapodistrias, is assassinated.
1834 Greece Rediscovering The Past
The Numismatic Museum is established. In 1843, it is amalgamated with the National Library and housed in a room at the University of Athens. Date Country Theme
1834 Greece Cities And Urban Spaces
Athens becomes the capital of the newly established state.
1834 Greece Cities And Urban Spaces
In October, King Otto issues a decree for reconstruction of the city of Sparta. Over the ancient city Bavarian city-planners, headed by Fr. Staufert, design a city for 100,000 inhabitants based on the Ippodamia system, with wide roads and many squares.
1837 Greece Rediscovering The Past
The Archaeological Society of Athens is established. Its aim is to encourage archaeological-excavation management of antiquities in Greece.
1837 Greece Fine And Applied Arts
Athens School of the Fine Arts is established with three departments: the School of Crafts, School of Industrial Crafts and the School of Fine Arts.
1837 Greece Reforms And Social Changes
The University of Athens opens. It is the first university to be established in the eastern Mediterranean.
1841 Greece Economy And Trade
The National Bank of Greece is founded.
1843 Greece Fine And Applied Arts
The School of the Fine Arts becomes a five-year higher education institution under its director, the architect Lissandros Kautantzoglou.
1851 Greece International Exhibitions
Greece is represented by a small stand at the Great Exhibition in London among the Levantine states.
1853 - 1856 Greece Political Context
The Crimean War starts in October 1853. On one side is the Russian Empire and on the other the Ottoman Empire, the British Empire, France and the Kingdom of Sardinia. Greece participates with a volunteer corps of 1,000 men as one of Russia’s few allies.
1858 - 1859 Greece Great Inventions Of The 19th Century
Telephone communication is established between the cities of Piraeus and Syros (underwater), and Athens and Patras. Date Country Theme
1860 - 1865 Greece Fine And Applied Arts
Both Nikolaos Gyzis and Nikiphoros Lytras win scholarships to the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Munich.