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Events in Crete, 1896. An insurrection in Crete led to large-scale violence between Muslims and Christians, a proclamation by the rebels of union with Greece, and the invasion of the island by a Greek force. The uprising led to the outbreak of the Greco-Turkish War (also known as the Thirty Days' War). An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 1896.