TIMELINE
Late antiquity to today
| DATE | EVENT | SOURCE |
|---|---|---|
| 395 | Goths under Alaric raid Lakedaimonia | Kalligas |
| 541–543 | Plague | Kalligas |
| Late 6th c. | Monemvasia founded, peopled from Sparta | Kalligas |
| 587–588 | Slav raid, according to the later Chronicle of Monemvasia (disputed) | Kalligas |
| 1249 | William II of Villehardouin builds Mystras fortress | UNESCO |
| 1262 | Franks surrender Mystras to Byzantium | UNESCO |
| 1348 | Mystras becomes seat of the Despotate of the Morea | UNESCO |
| 1460 | Mystras surrendered to the Ottomans | Ministry of Culture |
| 1540 | Monemvasia handed by Venice to the Ottomans | Kalligas |
| 1687–1715 | Venetian rule | Ministry of Culture |
| 1770 | Orlov revolt; Mystras ravaged | Ministry of Culture |
| 17 Mar 1821 | Revolution declared at Areopoli | Ministry of Culture |
| 1825 | Ibrahim Pasha burns the Sparta area | Ministry of Culture |
| 1834 | Sparta refounded by King Otto | UNESCO |
| 1874–75 | Archaeological Museum founded | SNF; Ministry |
| 1909 | Neoclassical town hall | realsparta.gr |
| Apr 1941 | Axis occupation of Greece begins | Wikipedia |
| 26 Nov 1943 | 118 hostages from Sparta executed at Monodendri | ERT Archive |
| Sep 1944 | German troops leave Laconia | Spartan Roots (secondary) |
| 10–11 Oct 1944 | Fighting at Mystras between ELAS and the Security Battalions | Spartan Roots |
| 1946 | Guerrilla bands form in the southern Peloponnese | ASEliS |
| 13 Feb 1947 | Democratic Army raid on Sparta frees prisoners | ASEliS |
| Dec 1948–Mar 1949 | Operation Peristera; Democratic Army of the Peloponnese broken up | ASEliS |
| Aug 1949 | Civil War ends after Grammos–Vitsi | Wikipedia |
| 1969–70 | Leonidas statue set up | Wikipedia |
| 1982 | First Athens–Sparta run (Spartathlon) | Spartathlon |
| 1989 | Mystras on the UNESCO World Heritage List | UNESCO |
| 2002 | Museum of the Olive opens | PIOP |
| 2020 | SNF grants for the museum and mosaics | SNF |
| 2021 | House of the Mosaics opens | SNF |