Emmanuel : Chronology : 1875 - 1899

1800 - 1874    1875 - 1899    1900 - 1924    1925 - 1949    1950 - 1974    1975 - 1990

 1875 

On October 5, Gregory Constantine Emmanuel "Nisiotis" , my grandfather , is born on the island of Tenedos , Ottoman Empire (now Turkey). He is the seventh of eight children, the son of Constantine Emmanuel "Nisiotis" and Eleni Paleologou .

1877

Evgenia Emmanuel, eighth child of Constantine Emmanuel "Nisiotis" and Eleni Paleologou and Grandfather Gregory's youngest sister, is born on Tenedos.

1882

The Grand National Academy , a famous Greek school founded in the late 1400s in Constantinople (now Istanbul), relocates to its new building. Today it still functions in the same building.

1884

The German explorer, Carl Peters, negotiates concessions from various chiefs of areas on the East African coast, signaling the beginning of the German colonization of East Africa . The German government takes control of Deutsch-Ostafrika from the German East Africa Trading Company in 1891.

1888

The Abushiri rebellion against the Germans in Deutsch-Ostafrika begins.

1892

The Hehe rebellion against the Germans in Deutsch-Ostafrika begins. Sisal (Agave sisalana), is introduced to Deutsch-Ostafrika from Mexico. By another account it was introduced by Richard Hindhorf, a German agronomist, from Florida.

1893

On 17 September 1893, Constantine Emmanuel "Nisiotis" (b.1829), Grandfather Gregory's father, passes away on Tenedos. 105 years later his grandchildren Dimitris and Eleni discover the marble headstone from his grave.

1894

Grandfather Gregory graduates from the National Grand Academy in Istanbul.

1895

Grandfather Gregory signs his French-Greek dictionary using the family nickname Nisiotis (misspelling it in French), which in Greek means islander. This nickname was probably used until the early 1900s.

1896

Irini D. Perrou, future wife of Grandfather Gregory, is born on Tenedos. Work begins on the construction of the Tanga to Moshi railway line in Deutsch-Ostafrika. The first modern Olympic games are held in the summer, in Athens .

1800 - 1874    1875 - 1899    1900 - 1924    1925 - 1949    1950 - 1974    1975 - 1990