Short answers, pulled from the story.
The oldest known remains of early modern humans outside of Africa in Greece are dated to 200,000 years ago and were found in the Apidima Cave in southern Greece.
The traditional beginning of the first Olympic Games in Greece occurred in 776 BC, marking the end of the Greek Dark Ages and the emergence of a unified cultural identity.
The Greeks of the Peloponnese declared war on the 17th of March 1821, following the initial revolt in the Danubian Principalities on the 6th of March 1821.
Ioannis Kapodistrias was chosen as the first governor of the First Hellenic Republic in 1827, establishing state, economic, and military institutions before his assassination in 1831.
Turkey invaded the island of Cyprus on the 20th of July 1974, triggering a crisis in Greece that led to the collapse of the regime and the restoration of democracy.
Greece became the first Orthodox Christian country to recognize same-sex marriage and adoption by same-sex couples in 2024.