Image: Prime Minister Costas Simitis receive the first euro banknote at an event at the Bank of Greece.
1068: Romanos IV Diogenes marries Eudokia Makrembolitissa and is crowned Byzantine emperor.
1523: The Ottoman forces of Suleiman occupy Rhodes.
1822: The First National Assembly of Epidaurus adopts the first Constitution of Greece.
1859: The first telegraph line in Greece, between Athens and Piraeus, begins operating.
1981: Greece becomes a member of the European Economic Community (EEC).
2001: Greece becomes a member of the Eurozone.
2002: The Euro replaces the Drachma and the national currency of Greece.