Cretan State
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The Cretan State was an autonomous state governing the island of Crete from 1898 to 1913, under de jure suzerainty of the Ottoman Empire but with de facto independence secured by European Great Powers
Stamp of Crete, representing the High Commissioner Prince George of Greece and Denmark
British Royal Marines parade in the streets of Chania in Crete following the occupation of the island by the Great Powers in spring 1897
The Cretan Executive Council in 1898 with Venizelos second from left
Venizelos with his partners Foumis and Manos in Theriso
Kingdom of Greece
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The Kingdom of Greece was the Greek state established in 1832 by the Treaty of Constantinople, which formally recognised Greece as an independent state and established it as a monarchy, following the
Cretan State
…the Ottoman Empire but with de facto independence secured by European Great Powers. In 1897, the Cretan Revolt led the Ottoman Empire to declare war on Greece, which led the United Kingdom, France, Italy and Russia to intervene on the grounds that the Ottoman Empire could no longer maintain control. The Cretan…
Otto, the first king of modern Greece
King George I of the Hellenes
The Hellenic Parliament in the 1880s, with PM Charilaos Trikoupis standing at the podium
Fencing before King George, during the 1896 Summer Olympics