* 1835 – Demetrius Vikelas, Greek author ( d. 1908 )

A Greek participant, Demetrius Vikelas, was appointed to head the commission on the Olympics, and would later become the first President of the International Olympic Committee.

Following the Congress, the institutions created there began to be formalised into the International Olympic Committee ( IOC ), with Demetrius Vikelas as its first President.

Coubertin took over the IOC presidency when Demetrius Vikelas stepped down after the Olympics in his own country.

* July 20 – Demetrius Vikelas, Greek International Olympic Committee president ( b. 1835 )

* February 15 – Demetrius Vikelas, Greek International Olympic Committee president ( d. 1908 )

In the following years both Coubertin and Demetrius Vikelas would offer recollections of the selection process that contradicted the official minutes of the congress.

Demetrius Vikelas, the first president of the International Olympic Committee, was credited with the successful organisation of the 1896 Games.

Contemporary Greek literature is represented by many writers, poets and novelists: Dionysios Solomos, Andreas Kalvos, Angelos Sikelianos, Emmanuel Rhoides, Kostis Palamas, Penelope Delta, Yannis Ritsos, Alexandros Papadiamantis, Nikos Kazantzakis, Andreas Embeirikos, Kostas Karyotakis, Gregorios Xenopoulos, Constantine P. Cavafy, Demetrius Vikelas, while George Seferis and Odysseas Elytis have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.

* Biography of Demetrius Vikelas on the IOC website

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Both poet and composer were the choice of Demetrius Vikelas, a Greek Pro-European and the first President of the International Olympic Committee.

One of the most prolific users of client states was Republican Rome ( e. g., Demetrius of Pharos ) which, instead of conquering and then absorbing into an empire, chose to make client states out of those it defeated, a policy which was continued up until the 1st century BC when imperial power took over.

Four of Seleucus ' brothers, including Antiochus XI Ephiphanes Philadelphus, Philip I Philadelphus, and Demetrius III Eucaerus, continued the devastating civil war against the other branch of the family and each other.

His temptation by the sexually brazen ( within 1954 standards ) future Empress Messalina ( Susan Hayward ); and the continued religious support and uplift provided by Peter to Demetrius and other faithful.

Athens lost its independence to Philip II of Macedon after the battle of Chaeronea in 338 BC ; but they continued to run their internal affairs democratically until the coup by Demetrius of Phaleron in 322 BC.

He had three children, the son Demetrius, who succeeded him and continued his father's victorious reign ; and two daughters, Tamar, who was married to the Shirwan Shah Akhsitan ( Aghsartan in Georgian ), and Kata ( Katai ), married to Isaakios Comnenus, the son of the Byzantine Emperor Alexius I Comnenus.

Demetrius had in the meantime continued his campaign in Greece, and although Cassander had blocked the land-passes, Demetrius had entered Thessaly by sea.

The practice of compiling scholia continued to late Byzantine times, outstanding examples being Archbishop Eustathius ' massive commentaries to Homer in the 12th century and the scholia recentiora of Thomas Magister and Demetrius Triclinius in the 14th.

Demetrius ' descendants continued to rule the town of Trubetsk ( Troubchevsk ) until the 1530s, when they had to convert to Roman Catholicism or leave their patrimony and settle in Moscow.

Although he continued to be titled " king of Georgians and Abkhazians, etc ", Demetrius ’ s rule extended only over the eastern part of the kingdom.

After Agron's death in 230 BC, Demetrius continued as ruler of Pharos under the regency of Queen Teuta, Agron's second wife and stepmother of Agron's son Pinnes, who was too young to rule.

Meanwhile Demetrius continued on into the Aegean with 50 ships.

After returning to the Ardiaean Kingdom, Demetrius continued operations during the following winter, attacking and seizing Roman allied cities and communities in southern Illyria.

For some time Bodenstedt continued to devote himself to Slavonic subjects, producing translations of Pushkin, Lermontov, Turgenev, and of the poets of Ukraine, and writing a tragedy on the false Demetrius, and an epic, Ada die Lesghierin, on a Circassian theme.

After Demetrius ’ death in 1042, Liparit continued the struggle against Bagrat and became a major champion of the Byzantine influence in the region.

After Demetrius and Eucratides, the kings abandoned the Attic standard of coinage and introduced a native standard, no doubt to gain support from outside the Greek minority.

In 305 BC he had his son Demetrius Poliorcetes, also a general, invade Rhodes with an army of 40, 000 ; however, the city was well defended, and Demetrius — whose name " Poliorcetes " signifies the " besieger of cities "— had to start construction of a number of massive siege towers in order to gain access to the walls.

Meanwhile, Lucia disguises herself to gain entrance to the gladiator school to see Demetrius.

She was able to gain new funding after Denzel Washington was chosen for the role of Demetrius.

From there Perdiccas turned west towards Phrygia in order to humble Antigonus, who escaped with his son Demetrius to Greece, where he obtained the favour of Antipater, regent of Macedonia ( 321 BC ), and Craterus.

The moderating influence of Aratus had caused the Greeks to regard Philipwith favour, owing to the greatness of character which he displays, while under Demetrius ' guidance, Philiplost the goodwill of the allies and his credit with the rest of Greece

Balas fled to Nabataea but was killed by a prince seeking favour from Demetrius and Ptolemy.