1/ 7/ 1100 B.C.
New inhabitants

1/ 7/ 800 B.C.
Trade relations grow

1/ 7/ 600 B.C.
Crete in isolation

1/ 7/ 450 B.C.
Knossos establishes trade relations with Athens and Rhodes

1/ 7/ 350 B.C.
Crete becomes the focus of interest

1/ 7/ 323 B.C.
Rivalry between Knossos and Gortyn

1/ 7/ 62
The first Cretan Church is established

1/ 7/ 395
Crete as part of the Byzantine Empire

1/ 7/ 535
Crete as a separate province of the Byzantine Empire

1/ 7/ 623
Slav raids on Crete

1/ 7/ 750
Crete as a theme of the Byzantine Empire

1/ 7/ 1508
A disastrous earthquake levels the town

1/ 7/ 1889
Haleppa Charter rescinded

1/ 7/ 1900
Excavations by Arthur Evans at Knossos

1/ 7/ 1450 B.C.
Creto-Mycenaean period

1/ 7/ 481 B.C.
Cretan non-participation in the Persian Wars

1/ 7/ 1206
Crete taken by Genoese pirates

1/ 7/ 1363
St. Titus Mutiny

1/ 7/ 1592
The town’s population is decimated by plague

1/ 7/ 1650
Volcanic eruption on Thera

1/ 7/ 1211
Rebellion against Venetian authority

1/ 7/ 1228
Skordilis and Melissinos rebellion

1/ 7/ 431
The Cretan Church at the Third Ecumenical Council

1/ 7/ 765
The iconodules are persecuted

1/ 7/ 1058
The reliquary of St. Cosmas the Hermit is removed to Venice

1/ 7/ 1282
The Alexios Callergis rebellion

1/ 7/ 1341
Leon Callergis rebellion

1/ 7/ 1453
The Sifis Vlastos conspiracy

1/ 7/ 1471
The Turkish fleet raids Eastern Crete

1/ 7/ 1527
The Georgios Kantanoleos uprising

1/ 7/ 1538
The Turks raid Crete once more

1/ 7/ 1562
The Vivi Academy is founded

1/ 7/ 1590
The Stravaganti Academy is founded

1/ 7/ 1637
The Sterili Academy is founded

1/ 7/ 1646
The Orthodox Bishop of Crete is ordained

1/ 7/ 1648
The siege of Chandax begins

1/ 7/ 1671
The Ottoman impose a new taxation system

';" onMouseOver="this.style.color='#65615c';" onMouseOut=" if(chron_on != '37') this.style.color='#aaa193';">1/ 7/ 1681
Bounialis’ Cretan War is published

1/ 7/ 1692
The Venetians attempt to retake Crete

';" onMouseOver="this.style.color='#65615c';" onMouseOut=" if(chron_on != '39') this.style.color='#aaa193';">1/ 7/ 1895
The “Lucky Rebellion”

1/ 7/ 1897
A new rebellion – European powers intervene

1/ 7/ 1902
The Pananeion Hospital is inaugurated

1/ 7/ 1909
European troops withdraw

1/ 7/ 1909
The town’s first film show

1/ 7/ 1925
O.F.I. is founded

1/ 7/ 1926
Work begins on the Fytakis Mansion

1/ 7/ 1929
Sporting associations founded

1/ 7/ 1932
Sporting associations founded

1/ 7/ 1936
Demolition work at the port

1/ 7/ 1938
The new Archaeological Museum is inaugurated