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| 1923, July 24 |
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| TREATY OF LAUSANNE (See 1923, July 24). Exchange of populations: in the period until 1930 some 1,250,000 Greeks repatriated, with the help of the League of Nations and of the Near East Relief Commission; great financial and other problems were connected with this huge transfer, but Greece was enriched by the influx of artisans and farmers. | 1 |
| The Greek population rose from 2.6 million in 1907 to 6.2 million by 1928. Moreover, the population exchange eased tensions between Turkey and Greece and made Greece a more homogeneous nation, as refugees resettled in territories with previously few ethnic Greeks. In rural areas, the influx of settlers hastened the pace of land reform begun in 1917; large landed estates like those owned by the monasteries of Mount Athos were expropriated and broken up. | 2 |
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| Dec. 16 |
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| Great victory of the Venizelists in the elections. | 3 |
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| Dec. 18 |
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| George II left Greece, under pressure from the military junta. | 4 |
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