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| 1832–62 |
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| OTTO I. Otto was a 17-year-old Bavarian prince. A regency of three Bavarian advisers governed during the first three years of his reign, attempting to establish a centralized, bureaucratic system, wholly unsuited to the traditions of local government. Unpopularity, internal dissension, continued brigandage, and economic want marked the entire reign. | 1 |
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| 1833, July |
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| Otto became head of the Greek Church in a settlement angering many conservative Greeks, followers of the patriarch. The Crown closed over half of the existing monasteries and confiscated their property, contributing to the Catholic king's unpopularity. | 2 |
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| 1843, Sept. 14 |
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| Popular rising in favor of a constitution. Otto yielded and agreed to a fundamental law establishing a bicameral parliamentary regime. | 3 |
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| 1850, Jan.–March |
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| British blockade arising out of the Don Pacifico affair. | 4 |
| Reconciliation between the patriarch in Constantinople and the Greek government. | 5 |
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| 1854, Jan.–Feb |
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| Greek bands invaded Thessaly and Epirus, taking advantage of the war of Russia against the Ottomans. Relations between Greece and the Ottoman Empire were severed (March 28), but the Greeks were prevented from making war by the British and French occupation of the Piraeus (this lasted until Feb. 1857). | 6 |
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| 1862, Feb |
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| Otto suppressed a military revolt only to be deposed in Oct. after another popular and military revolt; he left the country (Oct. 27). | 7 |
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| 1863, Feb. 3 |
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| The Greek assembly proclaimed Prince Alfred of Great Britain as king, after a plebiscite. The election was rejected by the British government. | 8 |
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| 1863–1913 |
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| GEORGE I, a Danish prince (17 years old), was finally chosen with the consent of the powers. | 9 |
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| 1864, June 5 |
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| Britain ceded to Greece the Ionian Islands (under British protectorate since 1815). | 10 |
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| Nov. 28 |
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| A new democratic constitution was introduced, providing for male suffrage and a single-chamber parliament (Boulé). | 11 |
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