Beginning of the Second Balkan War. 1913, 19–21 June: Greek victory at the Battle of Kilkis-Lahanas. 1913, 22–23 June: Greek victory at the Battle of Doiran. 1913, 8–18 July: Greeks and Bulgarians fight to a bloody stalemate at the Battle of Kresna Gorge. 1913, 10 August: Signing of the Treaty of Bucharest. End of the Second Balkan War. Much of Macedonia is transferred from Bulgaria to Greece. National Schism 1914: According to the Protocol of Corfu, Northern Epirus is granted autonomy within Albania. Beginning of the Greek genocide. 1915, January: King Constantine I forces Venizelos to resign. The National Schism begins. 1915, October: French and British forces land in Thessaloniki, establishing the Salonika front. 1915, December: Constantine I forces Venizelos to resign for a second time and dissolves the Liberal-dominated parliament. Venizelos leaves Athens. 1916, April: The autonomy of Northern Epirus is revoked by the Albanian government, in violation of the Protocol of Corfu. 1916, August: 1916, 30 August: Successful anti-royalist coup by the Movement of National Defence. Venizelos returns to the Greek mainland. Henceforth, Greece has two governments: the royalist government in Athens commanded by the King and the "Temporary Government of National Defence" commanded by Venizelos in Thessaloniki. 1916, 18 November: The "Noemvriana" (November events). Royalist paramilitary units, named the "League of Reservists", target the Venizelists. Armed clashes between Reservists and French marines in Athens. The Allies institute a naval blockade of Greece. French and British forces land in Thessaly and enter the regional capital of Larissa. 1916, 21 November: HMHS Britannic, British merchant ship, sinks by a mine near Kea. 30 people die. 1917, June: French and British forces occupy Piraeus, bombard Athens and force the Greek fleet to surrender. Constantine I abdicates, he and his eldest son George (barred from succession) leave the country. His second son Alexander becomes King Alexander I and Venizelos is restored as Prime Minister in Athens. 1917, 19 August: The Great Fire of Thessaloniki destroys most of the city. World War I 1917, July: Greece officially declares war on the Central Powers. 1918, 29–31 May: Battle of Skra-di-Legen ends in Greek victory. 1918, 2–5 August: 1918 Toronto anti-Greek riot 1918, 30 October: Signing of the Armistice of Mudros, which ended World War I in the Near East. Greco-Turkish War 1918–1923 Allied Occupation of Constantinople. 1919, 15 May: The Greek army lands in Smyrna (now called İzmir). Beginning of the Greco-Turkish War.