Invented by Dr. Ioannis Pallikaris ( Crete, Greece ), the technique is basically an automatic LASEK without alcohol: It can be better considered as superficial LASIK.

* 1936 – Prime Minister of Greece Ioannis Metaxas suspends parliament and the Constitution and establishes the 4th of August Regime.

* Ioannis Kapodistrias, the first leader of free modern Greece ( 1776 – 1831 ), had a large building erected ; intended as a barracks, it was subsequently used as a museum, a library and a school.

* 1943 – Ioannis Rallis becomes collaborationist Prime Minister of Greece during the WWII Axis Occupation.

Successful recreations have been performed by Anthemius of Tralles ( 6th century AD ), Proclus ( 6th century ) ( who by this means purportedly destroyed the fleet of Vitellus besieging Constantinople ), Ibn Sahl in his On Burning Mirrors and Lenses ( 10th century ), Alhazen in his Book of Optics ( 1021 ), Roger Bacon ( 13th century ), Giambattista della Porta and his friends ( 16th century ), Athanasius Kircher and Gaspar Schott ( 17th century ), the Comte du Buffon in 1740 in Paris, Ioannis Sakas in the 1970s in Greece, and others.

* The Consulate of East Greece ( Livadeia ) ( from 15 November 1821, under the Areopagus of East Greece ) was headed 1 April 1821 – 15 November 1821 by three Consuls: Lambros Nakos, Ioannis Logothetis & Ioannis Filon

Popular Autocracy in Greece, 1936 – 1941: A Political Biography of General Ioannis Metaxas.

* 1776 – Ioannis Kapodistrias, Greek diplomat of the Russian Empire and first head of state of independent Greece ( d. 1831 )

* 1941 – Alexandros Koryzis becomes Prime Minister of Greece upon the sudden death of his predecessor, dictator Ioannis Metaxas.

* 1831 – Ioannis Kapodistrias, Governor of Greece ( b. 1776 )

* Governor Ioannis Kapodistrias ( Greece )

In 1956 Maria Desylla Kapodistria, relative of first Governor of Greece Ioannis Kapodistrias, was elected mayor of Corfu and became the first female mayor in Greece.

Donated by Maria Desylla Kapodistria, grand niece of Ioannis Kapodistrias, former mayor of Corfu and first female mayor of Greece.

* Ioannis Metaxas ( 1871 – 1941 ), general and dictator of Greece

* Greece ( 1941 – 1944 )-The Hellenic State régime of Georgios Tsolakoglou, Konstantinos Logothetopoulos and Ioannis Rallis was a " collaborationist " puppet government during the Occupation of Greece by Nazi Germany.

Outstanding Greek public figures in the 20th century include Cretan-born Eleutherios Venizelos, prominent statesman of the interwar period ; Ioannis Metaxas, dictator from 1936 until his death ; Constantine Karamanlis, prime minister ( 1955 – 63, 1974 – 80 ) and president ( 1980 – 85 ) of Greece ; George Papandreou, head of the Center Union Party and prime minister ( 1963 – 65 ); and his son Andreas Papandreou, the PASOK leader who became prime minister in 1981.

The Executive continued to govern Greece until 1828, when the first true national government was formed, under the direction of Ioannis Kapodistrias, who as " Governor of Greece " was head of the state and the government.

When the 4th of August Regime took power in Greece with the coup by Ioannis Metaxas in 1936, among the fascist traditions to be adopted by the regime was the fascist salute, which became the official way of saluting officials.

Not only did the Italians fail to conquer Greece, but under the supervision of Greece's dictator, Prime Minister Ioannis Metaxas, the Greeks successfully counterattacked into Albania, from November 14.

She was survived by her husband, and her one daughter from her first marriage to Ioannis Paxinos, whose surname she had been using after their divorce.

His ancestors included two well-known men of the Greek War of Independence, namely his paternal grandfather and namesake Ioannis Papadiamantopoulos ( 1766 – 1826 ), born in Corinth but of ultimately Epirote ancestry, ( he was executed after the fall of Missolonghi ) and his maternal granduncle Iakovos Tombazis ( c. 1782 – 1829 ), a renowned Arvanite from Hydra, who became one of the first admirals of the Greek navy.

Ioannis Rinopoulos ), the first full-scale opera in Greek.

During the period of the 4th of August Regime ( 1936 – 1941 ), the labrys was used as the main symbol of the regime-sponsored National Organisation of Youth ( EON ), as its leader, Ioannis Metaxas believed the symbol to be the first symbol of all Hellenic civilizations.

The term appeared for the first time during the debates of Prime Minister Ioannis Kolettis with King Otto that preceded the promulgation of the 1844 constitution.

In qualifying races for the 1896 Summer Olympics, Greek runners Kharilaos Vasilakos ( 3: 18: 00 ) and Ioannis Lavrentis ( 3: 11: 27 ) won the first two modern marathons.

In the first presidential elections for independent Cyprus, AKEL backed Ioannis Kliridis ( father of Glafkos Klerides ) against Makarios III.

In 1828, modern Greece ’ s first president Ioannis Kapodistrias whose maternal ancestors were Greek Cypriots, called for union of Cyprus with Greece, and numerous minor uprisings took place.

In the first presidential elections Clerides backed Makarios III, the other candidate being his father Ioannis Clerides.

* Ioannis Kapodistrias, Greek diplomat and Foreign Minister of the Russian Empire and later the first head of state of independent Greece

Demetrios Ypsilantis ( also spelt using Dimitrios, Demetrius and / or Ypsilanti ; ; ; 1793August 16, 1832 ) was a dragoman of the Ottoman Empire, served as an officer in the Imperial Russian Army in Moldavia and was appointed as modern Greece's first Field Marshal by Ioannis Kapodistrias, a hero of the Greek War of Independence.

* Ioannis Kapodistrias ( 1776 – 1831 ), Greek patriot and first governor of the Greek state ( 1828 – 1831 ) his family hailed originally from Koper / Capodistria

Count Ioannis Kapodistrias, first head of state of newly liberated Greece, set foot on the Greek mainland for the first time in Nafplio on 7 January 1828 and made it the official capital of Greece in 1829.

Such climatic and biological diversity, along with the rich flora and fauna that comes with it, made the need for the creation of national parks obvious as early as 1937, when the government of Ioannis Metaxas, first issued a law that established national parks in Greece.

Among its most widely known members were Costas Simitis, subsequently Prime Minister of Greece, Nikos Konstantopoulos, subsequently president of the Synaspismos party, professor of economics in Panteion UniversitySakis Karagiorgas, George Magkakis, professor of criminal law in the University of Athens, general Georgios Iordanidis, a well known military analyst and a national security advisor of George Papandreou sr during his administration, Vasilis Filias, professor of sociology in Panteion University, lawyer Dimosthenis Konaris, John Starakis, a journalist, Christos Rokofyllos, subsequently minister of Foreign Affairs, Dimitrios Kotsakis, a trade union member, Athanasios Filias, a mechanical engineer, Georgios Kouvelakis, subsequent minister of Justice, brothers Antonios Michalakeas ( subsequently, a judge of the supreme court of Greece ) and Athanassios Michalakeas ( subsequently a president of the court of Appeal ), Georgios Kosmas ( later on also a member of the supreme court of Greece ), Spyros Plaskovitis ( later on also a juge of the supreme court of Greece and a member of the European Parliament elacted with PASOK ), Ioannis Papadopoulos, a well known plastic surgeon ( later on a minister of Health during the first government formed by PASOK in 1981 ) etc.

The political experience of administering the Republic was hugely important for the young Ioannis Kapodistrias, who thereby attracted Russian patronage, and would later became the first governor of independent Greece.

The first Cretans to be commissioned as lieutenants on 14 January 1907, in order of seniority, were: Evangelos Sarris, Dimitrios Kokkalas, Andreas Androylakis, Alexandros Hatzioannou, Nikiforos Nikiforakis, Zaharias Mprillakis, Ilias Mourginakis, Minos Mylogjannakis, Emannouel Vogiatzakis, Georgios Vouros, and Ioannis Souris.

* 1871 – Ioannis Metaxas, Greek general and dictator ( d. 1941 )

* 2004 – Ioannis Kyrastas, Greek footballer and manager ( b. 1952 )

In the late sixth century, Ayios Ioannis Eleimonas ( Saint John the Charitable ), protector of the Knights of St. John, was born in Amathus.

* Ioannis Papadiamantopoulos ( 1766 – 1826 ), revolutionary leader during the Greek War of Independence.

Ioannis Kapodistrias.

Assassination of Ioannis Kapodistrias by Dionysios Tsokos.

Ioannis Kapodistrias was succeeded as Governor by his younger brother, Augustinos Kapodistrias.

The National Schism lived on, as the monarchists, with the exception of Ioannis Metaxas, did not acknowledge the Venizelist-sponsored Republican regime.

The conservative regime of Ioannis Metaxas ( 4th of August Regime ) adopted many of the ideas and symbolism of Italian Fascism.

The road was now clear for Ioannis Metaxas, who had succeeded Demertzis as interim Prime Minister.

The three quisling prime ministers were Georgios Tsolakoglou, the general who had signed the armistice with the Wehrmacht, Konstantinos Logothetopoulos, and Ioannis Rallis, who took office when the German defeat was inevitable, and aimed primarily at combating the left-wing Resistance movement.

* 1941 – Ioannis Metaxas, Greek general and dictator ( b. 1871 )

* 1825 – Ioannis Varvakis, Greek national hero and benefactor ( b. 1745 )

* 1952 – Ioannis Kyrastas, Greek footballer and manager ( d. 2004 )

Ioannis et Pauli.