| Land operations • Battle of Dragashani • Battle of Skuleni • Siege of Tripoli • Battle of Alamana • Battle of Gravia • Battle of Vassilika • Battle of Valtesi • Battle of Doliana • Battle of Chios • Battle at Dervenakia • Battle of Peta • First Siege of Messolonghi • Battle of Karpenisi • Battle of Kamatero • Battle of Sphacteria • Battle of Maniaki • Battle of the Lerna Mills • Third Siege of Messolonghi • Egyptian Invasion of Mani • Battle of Arachova • Battle of Phaleron • Battle of Petra Combatants Greek revolutionaries United Kingdom Kingdom of France Russian Empire Ottoman Empire Egyptian Khedivate Commanders Theodoros Kolokotronis Alexander Ypsilanti Georgios Karaiskakis Omer Vryonis Mahmud Dramali Pasha ReÅid Mehmed Pasha Ibrahim Pasha. ...
Greece was part of the Ottoman Empire from the 14th century until its declaration of independence in 1821. ...
The Armatoloi (ÎÏμαÏÏλοι in Greek meaning Armed People) were local Greek villagers that functioned as military/police units governing Byzantine lands. ...
Klephts (Greek κλÎÏÏηÏ, pl. ...
A map showing Mani. ...
The Souliotes (or Souliots, Suliots; Greek: ΣοÏ
λιÏÏεÏ) were the inhabitants of Souli, a historic mountain settlement 73 km southeast of Igoumenitsa in Thesprotia and its surrounding areas in the mountains of Mourgana in Epirus in northwestern Greece. ...
The Orlov Revolt (1770) was a precursor to the Greek War of Independence (1821), which saw a Greek uprising in the Peloponnese at the instigation of Count Orlov, commander of the Russian Naval Forces of the Russo-Turkish War. ...
Lambros Katsonis was a Greek naval hero of the 18th century; born in Ithaka. ...
Rigas Feraios Rigas Feraios or Rigas Velestinlis (Greek: Î¡Î®Î³Î±Ï ÎελεÏÏινλήÏ-ΦεÏαίοÏ, born ÎνÏÏÎ½Î¹Î¿Ï ÎÏ
ÏιαζήÏ, Antonios Kyriazis; also known as ÎÏνÏÏανÏÎ¯Î½Î¿Ï Î¡Î®Î³Î±Ï, Konstantinos or Constantine Rhigas; Serbian: Рига од ФеÑе, Riga od Fere; 1757âJune 13, 1798) was a Greek revolutionary and poet, remembered as a Greek national hero, the forerunner and first victim of the uprising against the Ottoman Empire...
Engraving of Ali Pasha Ali Pashë Tepelena, commonly known as Ali Pasha, (1741 â January 24, 1822) was the military ruler (pasha) of a large area of the Ottoman Empires European territories. ...
The Filiki Eteria (spelt also Philikà EtaireÃa), meaning Friendly Society in Greek, was a secret organisation working in the early 19th century, whose purpose was to overthrow the Ottoman rule over Greece and to establish an independent Greek state. ...
The siege and capture of Tripoli (Greek: ) by Greek rebels in the summer of 1821 marked the first decisive victory of the Greek insurgency against the Ottoman Empire, which had began earlier that year. ...
Combatants Greece Ottoman Empire Commanders Athanasios Diakos, Panourgias Panourgias, Yiannis Dyovouniotis Omer Vryonis Strength 1,500 irregulars 9,000 troops Casualties unknown unknown The Battle of Alamana was fought between the Greeks and the Turks during the Greek War of Independence. ...
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Combatants Greek revolutionaries Ottoman Empire Commanders Th. ...
Combatants Greek rebels Ottoman Empire Commanders Alexandros Mavrokordatos Markos Botsaris Athanasios Ratzikotsikas Omer Vryonis ReÅid Mehmed Pasha Yussuf Pasha Strength ca. ...
The Battle of Karpenisi took place near the town of Karpenisi (in Evrytania, central Greece) on the night of August 8, 1823 between revolting Greek irregulars and Ottoman troops. ...
Combatants Greek rebels Ottoman Empire Egypt Commanders Notis Botsaris ReÅid Mehmed Pasha Ibrahim Pasha Strength 5,000 20,000 Ottomans 15,000 Ottoman auxiliaries ca. ...
Combatants Mani Ottoman Empire, Egypt Commanders Ilias Mavromichalis Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt Strength 7,500+ men 14,500+ infantry and cavalry Casualties - 4,400 The Ottoman-Egyptian Invasion of Mani was a campaign during the Greek War of Independence with three battles. ...
Combatants Greece Ottoman Empire Commanders Georgios Karaiskakis Mustafa Bey Strength 2,000 The Battle of Arachova occurred between 18-24 November 1826 between forces under the command of Mustafa Bey and Greek irregulars under Georgios Karaiskakis. ...
The battle of Phaleron took place on the 24th April 1827. ...
Combatants Greek revolutionaries Ottoman Empire Commanders Demetrios Ypsilantis Aslan Bey Strength 2000 irregular but battle hardened troops 7000 infantry Casualties Light Several hundred The Battle of Petra - not to be confused with the Battle of Peta - was the last battle fought in the Greek War of Independence. ...
Naval conflicts • Naval Battle of Spetses • Naval Battle of Samos • Destruction of Psara • Naval Battle of Souda • Battle of Navarino The destruction of Psara was the Turkish annihilation of every civilian on the Greek island of Psara during the Greek Revolution. ...
Combatants United Kingdom France Russia Ottoman Empire Ottoman Vilayet of Egypt Ottoman Vilayet of Tunisia Commanders Edward Codrington Henri de Rigny Login Petrovich Geiden Ibrahim Pasha Strength 10 battleships, 10 frigates, 4 brigs, 2 schooners, 1 cutter 3 battleships, 17 frigates, 30 corvettes, 28 brigs, 5 schooners, 5 or 6...
| Greek Regional Councils • Messenian Senate • Peloponnesian Senate • Senate of W. Continental Greece • Areopagus of E. Continental Greece • Provisional Regime of Crete • Administration of Samos Flag Capital Amfissa Language(s) Greek Religion Greek Orthodox Government Republic Legislature Areopagus History - Established March, 1821 - Disestablished 1825 The Areopagus of Eastern Continental Greece (Greek: ) was a provisional regime that existed in eastern Central Greece during the Greek War of Independence. ...
• First National Assembly • Second National Assembly • National Assembly at Epidaurus • Third National Assembly • Fourth National Assembly • Fifth National Assembly The Greek National Assembly (1821â1827) was a representative body of revolutionaries attempting to liberate Greece from Ottoman rule. ...
The First National Assembly of Epidaurus (Greek: , 1821â1822) was the first meeting of the Greek National Assembly, a national representative political gathering of the Greek revolutionaries. ...
The Second National Assembly at Astros (Greek: ) was the second Greek National Assembly, a national representative body of the Greeks who had rebelled against the Ottoman Empire. ...
The Third Greek National Assembly at Troezen (Greek: ) was convened during the latter stages of the Greek Revolution. ...
International Conferences, Treaties and Protocols • Congress of Laibach • Congress of Verona • Protocol of St Petersburg • Treaty of London • Conference of Poros • Treaty of Adrianople • London Conference • Treaty of Constantinople The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ...
The Congress of Verona met at Verona on October 20, 1822 as the last of the series of international conferences or congresses that opened with the Congress of Vienna in 1815. ...
The Treaty of London was signed by the United Kingdom, France, and Russia on July 6, 1827. ...
The 1829 peace treaty of Adrianople (called also Treaty of Edirne), was settled between Russia and the Ottoman Empire. ...
Greece, having won its independence from the Ottoman Empire after eight years of war (1821-1829) with the help of the Great Powers (Great Britain, France and Russia) at the Battle of Navarino had formed a republican government with John Capodistrias (ÎαÏοδÃÏÏÏιαÏ)as its leader. ...
The Τreaty of Constantinople was the product of the Constantinople Conference which opened in February 1832 with the participation of the Great Powers (the United Kingdom, France and Russia) on the one hand and the Ottoman Empire on the other. ...
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Greece
• Theodoros Kolokotronis • Petros Mavromichalis • Athanasios Diakos • Nikitaras • Ioannis Kapodistrias • Ioannis Kolettis • Papaflessas • Odysseas Androutsos • Demetrios Ypsilantis • Georgios Karaiskakis • Laskarina Bouboulina • Markos Botsaris • Alexandros Mavrokordatos • Manto Mavrogenous • Andreas Miaoulis • Nikolis Apostolis • Antonios Kriezis • Iakovos Tombazis • Konstantinos Kanaris Image File history File links Flag_of_Greece_(1828-1978). ...
Monument of Theodoros Kolokotronis in Athens Theodoros Kolokotronis Theodoros Kolokotronis (Greek: . ÎεÏδÏÏÎ¿Ï ÎολοκοÏÏÏνηÏ, 3 April 1770 - 15 February 1843) was a Greek general in the Greek War of Independence against the rule of the Ottoman Empire. ...
Petros Mavromichalis (1765-1848) (in Greek Πέτρος Μαυρομιχάλης) also known as Petrobey (Πετρομπέης), was the leader of the Maniot people during the first half of...
Athanasios Diakos (1788-1821). ...
Nikitaras, or ÎικηÏαÏÎ±Ï was a Greek revolutionary who fought for Greeces freedom during the Greek War of Independence. ...
statue of John Capodistria in Panepistimiou Street, Athens John Capodistria, (in Greek Ioannis Kapodistrias or Ιωάννης Καποδίστριας, and in Italian Giovanni Capo dIstria, Count Capo dIstria) (February 11, 1776 - October 9...
Ioannis Kolettis (1773-1847) - Athens, National Historical Museum Ioannis Kolettis (1773-1847) was a Greek politician who played a significant role in Greek affairs from the Greek War of Independence. ...
For the Greek municipality see Papaflessas, Messenia. ...
Odysseas Androutsos (also Odysseus Androutsos, Greek: ÎδÏ
ÏÏÎÎ±Ï ÎνδÏοÏÏÏοÏ) was a hero of the Greek War of Independence. ...
Demetrius Ypsilanti, sometimes spelled Ypsilantis, (1793 - January 3, 1832), second son of Prince Constantine, distinguished himself as a Russian officer in the campaign of 1814, and in the spring of 1821 went to the Morea, where the war of Greek independence had just broken out. ...
Georgios Karaiskakis (Greek, ÎεÏÏÎ³Î¹Î¿Ï ÎαÏαÏÏκάκηÏ) (1782-1827) was a famous Greek klepht, armatolos, military commander, and a hero of the Greek War of Independence. ...
An 1827 engraving of Bouboulina by Friedel. ...
Markos Botsaris (c. ...
Alexander Mavrocordatos (1791-1865) Athens, Benaki Museum Prince Alexander Mavrocordatos (Greek: ) (born February 11, 1791, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (now İstanbul, Turkey} â died August 18, 1865, Aegina), Greek statesman, a descendant of the Mavrocordatos family of Hospodars. ...
Manto Mavrogenous Manto Magdalena Mavrogenous (Greek: ÎανÏÏ Îαγδαληνή ÎαÏ
ÏογÎνοÏ
Ï), (1796-July 1840) was a Greek heroine of the Greek War of Independence in 1821. ...
Andreas Vokos (or Bokos) Miaoulis (1768 - June 24, 1835), Greek admiral and politician, was born in Negropont. ...
Nikolis Apostolis (Greek: ) was a Greek naval commander during the Greek War of Independence. ...
Portrait of Antonios Kriezis Antonios Kriezis (Greek: ÎνÏÏÎ½Î¹Î¿Ï ÎÏιεζήÏ) (1796â1865) was a soldier who fought in the Greek War of Independence of 1821 and later served as a Prime Minister of Greece. ...
Iakovos Yiakoumakis Tombazis (Greek: , about 1782-1829) was a merchant and ship-owner from the Greek island of Hydra who became the first Admiral of the Greek Navy during the Greek War of Independence against the Ottoman Empire (1821 - 1829). ...
Constantine Kanaris (or Canaris, Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Κανάρης) (1793 or 1795 – September 2, 1877) was a Greek admiral, freedom fighter and politician. ...
- Philhellenes
• Lord Byron • Charles Fabvier • Thomas Gordon • Karl Norman • Jean-Gabriel Eynard • Santorre di Santa Rosa • Carl von Heideck • Richard Church • Lord Cochrane Philhellenism (the love of Greek culture) was the intellectual fashion at the turn of the 19th century that led Europeans like Lord Byron to lend their support for the Greek movement towards independence from the Ottoman Empire. ...
Lord Byron, English poet Lord Byron (1803), as painted by Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, (January 22, 1788 – April 19, 1824) was the most widely read English language poet of his day. ...
Major-General Thomas Gordon, (1788 â20 April 1841), was a British army officer and historian. ...
Sir Richard Church (1784 - March 30, 1873), British military officer and general in the Greek army, was the son of a Quaker, Matthew Church of Cork. ...
Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald (14 December 1775â31 October 1860), styled Lord Cochrane between 1778 and 1831, was a politician and naval adventurer. ...
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• Alexandros Ypsilantis • Tudor Vladimirescu • Dimitrie Macedonski • Giorgakis Olympios • Yiannis Pharmakis For other uses of Moldavia or Moldova, see Moldova (disambiguation). ...
Map of Romania with Wallachia in yellow. ...
Alexander Ypsilantis, Ypsilanti, or Alexandros Ypsilantis, (Greek: ÎλÎξανδÏÎ¿Ï Î¥ÏηλάνÏηÏ; Romanian: Alexandru Ipsilanti) (1792â1828) was a Phanariot Greek military commander and national hero. ...
Tudor Vladimirescu (1780, Vladimiri - 27 May 1821 Târgovişte) was a Romanian revolutionary hero and the leader of the Wallachian uprising of 1821. ...
Dimitrie Macedonski (aprox. ...
Giorgakis Olympios (Greek: ÎιÏÏÎ³Î¬ÎºÎ·Ï ÎλÏμÏιοÏ) (1772 - 1821) was a Greek armatolos and military commander during the Greek War of Independence. ...
Yiannis Pharmakis (Greek: ÎÎ¬Î½Î½Î·Ï Î¦Î±ÏμακηÏ; Romanian: Ioan Farmache), d. ...
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• Sultan Mahmud II • Hursid Pasha • Kara-Ali Pasha • Omer Vryonis • Mahmud Dramali Pasha • Mehmed Hüsrev Pasha • Reşid Mehmed Pasha • Yussuf Pasha Image File history File links Ottoman_Flag. ...
Motto دÙÙØª ابد Ù
دت Devlet-i Ebed-müddet (The Eternal State) Anthem Ottoman imperial anthem Borders in 1680, see: list of territories Capital SöÄüt (1299â1326) Bursa (1326â65) Edirne (1365â1453) Constantinople (İstanbul, 1453â1922) Language(s) Ottoman Turkish Government Monarchy Sultans - 1281â1326 Osman I - 1918â22 Mehmed VI...
The stylized signature of Mahmud II was written in an expressive calligraphy. ...
Hursid Pasha was a Turkish General during the Greek War of Independence. ...
Omer Vryonis (also Omar Vrioni) was a leading Ottoman figure in the Greek War of Independence. ...
19th century portrait of Mahmud Pasha Mahmud Pasha, called Dramalı (Greek: , Drama ca. ...
Koca Mehmed Hüsrev PaÅa (1769-1855) was an Ottoman admiral and statesman who reached the top position of Grand Vizier rather late in his career, between 2 July 1839 and 8 June 1840 during the reign of Abdülmecid, but who occupied key administrative roles in three different...
ReÅid Mehmed Pasha also known as Kütahı (Greek: , 1780 - 1839) was a prominent Ottoman general and Grand Vizier in the first half of the 19th century, playing an important role in the Greek War of Independence. ...
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Egyptian Khedivate
• Ibrahim Pasha • Suleiman Pasha Image File history File links Egypt_flag_1882. ...
The reign of Muhammad Ali and his successors over Egypt was a period of rapid reform and modernization that led to Egypt becoming one of the most developed states outside of Europe. ...
Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt Ibrahim Pasha (Arabic: إبراÙÙÙ
باشا) â (1789 â November 10, 1848), a 19th century general of Egypt. ...
Suleiman Pasha (born Joseph Anthelme Sève, also known as Süleyman PaÅa, Soliman Al Fransawi Pasha, or Colonel Sève; May or July 1788 - Cairo, March 12, 1860) was a French-born Egyptian commander. ...
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United Kingdom
• Stratford Canning • Edward Codrington Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ...
Stratford Canning, 1st Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe KG GCB PC (4 November 1786 - 14 August 1880) was a British diplomat and longtime ambassador to the Sublime Porte. ...
Admiral Edward Codrington Sir Edward Codrington (1770-1851) was a British admiral, hero of the Battle of Trafalgar and the Battle of Navarino. ...
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Russian Empire
• Login Petrovich Geiden Image File history File links Flag_of_Russia. ...
Anthem God Save the Tsar! The Russian Empire in 1914 Capital Saint Petersburg Language(s) Russian Government Monarchy Emperor - 1721-1725 Peter the Great (first) - 1894-1917 Nicholas II (last) History - Established 22 October, 1721 - February Revolution 2 March, 1917 Area - 1897 22,400,000 km2 8,648,688 sq...
Login Petrovich Geiden or Heyden was a Dutch admiral in Russian service. ...
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Kingdom of France
• Henri de Rigny • Nicolas Joseph Maison Image File history File links Pavillon_royal_de_France. ...
Capital Paris Language(s) French Government Monarchy King - 1814-1824 Louis XVIII - 1824-1830 Charles X Legislature Parliament History - Bourbon Restoration 1814 - July Revolution 21 January, 1830 Currency French Franc Following the ousting of Napoleon I of France in 1814, the Allies restored the Bourbon Dynasty to the French throne. ...
Henri de Rigny was the commander of the French squadron at the Battle of Navarino in the Greek War of Independence. ...
Nicolas Joseph Maison (December 19, 1770 - February 13, 1840), born in Ãpinay-sur-Seine, was a Marshal of France and Minister of War. ...
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