ÿþ<html> <head> <title> WHKMLA : Timelines : History of Crete </title> <META name="keywords" keyword="Candia, Kriti, Kreta"> <!-- copyright Alexander Ganse, 2005-2007 --> </head> <body bgcolor="grey" text="black" link="blue" vlink="red" alink="brown"> <style> <!-- A{ font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; font-face: arial; } --> </style> <DIV align ="center"> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "../../index.html"> <img src = "../../whkmla2.jpg" border = "0"></a></TD></TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width = "200" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <font size = "2" face = "arial"><B> History of Crete <BR> Index Page </b></font></TD> <TD width = "36" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "xcrete.html"> <img src = "../../region/arrowleft.gif" width = "36" height = "36" border = "0"> </a></TD> <TD align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "xcrete.html"> <img src = "../banners/bancrete.jpg" border = "0"> </TD> <TD width = "36" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <img src = "../../region/arrowright.gif" width = "36" height = "36" border = "0"> </a></TD> <TD width = "200" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <font size = "2" face = "arial"><B> </b></font></TD></TR></TABLE> <font size = "3" face = "arial"><B><i>First posted on June 5th 2005</i></b></font><BR><BR><BR><BR> </div><div align = "center"> <script language="JavaScript"> <!-- function SymError() { return true; } window.onerror = SymError; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-5834279270464755"; google_alternate_color = "FFFFE1"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_channel ="4814426207"; google_ad_type = "text"; //2007-02-17: MIT_ Ganse google_ad_channel = "0420158018"; google_color_border = "FF3300"; google_color_bg = "FFFFE1"; google_color_link = "0000CC"; google_color_url = "008000"; google_color_text = "6F6F6F"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> <BR><BR><BR> </div> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "center" valign = "center" width = "900"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "5"><B> Timeline : Crete </B></font> </TD></TR></TABLE> <BR><BR> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "left" valign = "center" width = "110"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> 824 <BR> 825-826 <BR> 961 <BR> 1080 <BR> 1204 <BR><BR> 1204-1217 <BR> 1212 <BR> 1217 <BR> 1230 <BR> 1252 <BR> 1273-1279 <BR> 1283 <BR> 1319 <BR> 1332 <BR> 1341 <BR> 1362 <BR> 1365 <BR> 1371 <BR> 1398 <BR><BR> 1413 <BR><BR> 1453 <BR> 1456-1457 <BR> 1470 <BR> 1507 <BR> 1522 <BR> 1524 <BR> 1527 <BR> 1570 <BR> 1574 <BR><BR> 1592-1593 <BR> 1595 <BR> 1596 <BR> 1645 <BR> 1669 <BR> 1692 <BR> 1770 <BR> 1821-1824 <BR> 1825 <BR> 1841 <BR> 1858 <BR> 1866-1868 <BR> 1873 <BR> 1878 <BR> 1889 <BR> 1895-1896 <BR> 1897 <BR><BR> 1898 <BR> 1905 <BR> 1908 <BR> 1913 <BR> 1923 <BR><BR> 1941-1944 <BR> </font></TD> <TD align = "left" valign = "center" width = "600"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> Saracens conquered Crete, established Emirate of Crete <BR> Two Byzantinian attempts to retake Crete failed <BR> Byzantinians retook Crete <BR> Greek families resettled on Crete to increase population <BR> After the crusaders conquered Constantinople, Crete was allocated to <BR> Marquis Boniface de Montferrat, who sold it to Venice <BR> Venetian-Genoese conflict over possesson of Crete <BR> First Cretan Rebellion againt Venetian rule <BR> Cretan Rebellion against Venetian rule <BR> Cretan Rebellion against Venetian rule, at Rethymnon <BR> Chania fortified by the Venetians <BR> Cretan Rebellion against Venetian rule <BR> Cretan Rebellion against Venetian rule <BR> Rebellion against Venetian rule (Chrysomalousa revolution) <BR> Sfakia fortified by the Venetians <BR> Cretan Rebellion against Venetian rule <BR> Cretan Rebellion against Venetian rule <BR> Cretan Rebellion against Venetian rule <BR> Cretan Rebellion against Venetian rule <BR> Venice decreed Jewish moneylenders had to reduce the interest <BR> they charged <BR> Venice sent a commission to inquire about the extortion of taxes from <BR> the population by officials <BR> Cretans aided Byzantium in the defense of Constantinople, in vain <BR> Plague struck Crete <BR> Rebellion againt Venetian rule (War of the Chickens) <BR> Earthquake killed c. 30,000 <BR> Plague struck Crete <BR> Plague struck Crete <BR> or 1570, Kantanoleon s revolution against Venetian rule <BR> or 1527, Kantanoleon s revolution against Venetian rule <BR> Venice sent a commission to inquire about the extortion of taxes from <BR> the population by officials <BR> Plague struck Crete <BR> Earthquake struck Crete <BR> Famine on Crete <BR> Ottoman invasion of Crete, begin of siege of Candia <BR> Candia surrendered to Ottomans <BR> Cretan Rebellion against Ottoman rule <BR> Cretan Rebellion against Ottoman rule <BR> Greek War of Independence; much of Crete was liberated <BR> Egyptian forces occupied Crete <BR> Crete again placed under Ottoman rule <BR> Cretan Rebellion against Ottoman rule <BR> Cretan Rebellion against Ottoman rule <BR> Population estimated at 275,253 <BR> Cretan Rebellion against Ottoman rule <BR> Cretan Rebellion against Ottoman rule <BR> Cretan Rebellion against Ottoman rule <BR> During Graeco-Turkish War, European forces took over the <BR> administration of Crete. Part of Turkish population left the island <BR> Cretan Independence proclaimed (Eur. occupation continued) <BR> Cretan Rebellion against administrator Prince George <BR> Crete annexed into Greece <BR> Greek annexation of Crete internationally recognized <BR> Treaty of Lausanne facilitated population exchange beteen Greece, <BR> Turkey; many Cretan Turkish Muslims emigrated <BR> WW II, German occupation <BR> </font></TD> </TR></TABLE><BR><BR><BR><BR> </div><div align = "center"> <script language="JavaScript"> <!-- function SymError() { return true; } window.onerror = SymError; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-0213752126925919"; google_alternate_color = "FFFFE1"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_channel ="4814426207"; google_ad_type = "text"; google_color_border = "FF3300"; google_color_bg = "FFFFE1"; google_color_link = "0000CC"; google_color_url = "008000"; google_color_text = "6F6F6F"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> <BR><BR><BR><BR> <TABLE border = "3" cellspace="5" cellpadding="5" align="center"> <TR> <TD width = "100" valign = "top" align = "center" bgcolor="#FFFACD"> <font size = "3" face = "Times Roman" color = "#000000"> EXTERNAL <BR> FILES </font></TD> <TD width = "750" valign = "top" align = "left" bgcolor = "#FFFACD"> <font size = "2" face = "Times Roman" color = "#000000"> History, from <A HREF = "http://www.sfakia-crete.com/sfakia-crete/history.html"><B>Sfakia-Crete.com</B></A> <BR> History, from <A HREF = "http://www.nycretans.org/html/crete9.html"><B>nycretans</B></A> <BR> </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "3" cellspace="5" cellpadding="5" align="center"> <TR> <TD width = "100" valign = "top" align = "center" bgcolor="#FFFACD"> <font size = "3" face = "Times Roman" color = "#000000"> REFERENCE </font></TD> <TD width = "750" valign = "top" align = "left" bgcolor = "#FFFACD"> <font size = "2" face = "Times Roman" color = "#000000"> Molly Greene, A Shared World. 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