Greeks

ethnic group native to Greece, Cyprus, Albania, Italy, Turkey, Egypt and, to a lesser extent, other countries surrounding the Mediterranean Sea

11 dated entries naming Greeks, drawn from 11 separate years between 1650 BCE and 2015 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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17th century BC

1650 BCEc. 1650 BC—Greeks start to live in Mycenae.source

8th century BC

753 BCE753 BC—The city of Rome and the Roman Kingdom were thought to be founded, according to Roman tradition, and is ruled by Rome's first king, Romulus. Beginning of the Roman 'Ab urbe condita' calendar. Rome adopts the Etruscan alphabet, which the Etruscans themselves had adopted from the Greeks. Set by Varro, this was the most common date used.source
750 BCEc. 750 BC—Greeks establish colonies in Italy and Sicily.source

6th century BC

528 BCE528 BC—Anaximenes of Miletus, Greek philosopher (born 585 BC)source

5th century BC

480 BCEAugust – The Persians achieve a naval victory over the Greeks in an engagement fought near Artemisium, a promontory on the north coast of Euboea. The Greek fleet holds its own against the Persians in three days of fighting but withdraws southward when news comes of the defeat at Thermopylae.source

4th century BC

337 BCEAt a Pan-Hellenic Conference in Corinth, Philip II of Macedon announces the formation of the League of Corinth to liberate the Greek cities of Asia Minor from Persian rule, ostensibly because the Persian King, Arses, refuses to make reparations to Philip for Artaxerxes III's aid to the city of Perinthus when it was resisting Philip. All the Greek cities (except Sparta) and the Greek islands swear their support to the league and to recognise Philip as president of the League. Philip establishes a council of representatives from all the Greek states, which is empowered to deliberate and decide on the actions to be taken. However, the real power lies with Philip who is declared commander of the League's army.source

3rd century BC

246 BCESporadic riots in Egypt, continued rejection by Egyptians of foreign rule, and military conflicts with the Greeks.source

2nd century BC

120 BCEHipparchus, Greek astronomer and mathematician, on Rhodes (approximate date) (born c. 190 BC)source

10th century

965Arab–Byzantine War: Emperor Nikephoros II conquers the fortress cities of Tarsus and Mopsuestia. The Muslim residents abandon the defense and flee into Syria. Nikephoros completes the conquest of Cilicia; Muslim raids into Anatolia (modern Turkey) permanently cease. Byzantine troops under General Niketas Chalkoutzes occupy Cyprus, liberating the Greek population from Muslim domination.source

20th century

1914February 28 – The Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus is proclaimed by ethnic Greeks.source

21st century

201511 February – The Greek Coast Guard rescues all 22 crewmen from a Cyprus-flagged vessel Good Faith that ran aground on the Greek island of Andros during a storm in the Aegean Sea.source