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Thursday, September 3, 2015

September 3, 1843: When Greeks Forced Their German King to Grant a Constitution

After Greece gained its independence fighting off the Ottoman Empire, the Greek insurgents called upon Ioannis Kapodistrias, a former foreign minister of Russia, to take over the governance of the fledgling state in 1827. Kapodistrias ruled until 1831, when he was assasinated by a family of Greek landowners in response to the imprisonment of one of its


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