The Wittelsbachs left, the Glücksburgs arrived! In other words, we expelled Otto and brought George I, another 17-year-old, who, however, bore no resemblance to his predecessor.

But who was this young Danish prince who would reign over Greece for 50 years, how was he chosen, and how was he related to the most powerful royal families of Europe?

What changes did the 1864 Constitution bring?

Who were the first members of the Greek royal family?

What was the first stock market scandal in the history of our country, which happened even before we had a Stock Exchange?

How did the phenomenon of banditry, which plagued the country, lead to a murder that made us a laughingstock internationally?

How did we start a war we didn’t have time for? How did we arrive at the famous Principle of the Confidence of the Parliament?

How were the first two expansions of the borders of the Greek state made peacefully?

Greece in the first 18 years of King George I’s reign was a country that in some ways would be hard to recognize today, but in others, it strikingly resembles the Greece of today...