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Was the war of indipendence of Greece from the Ottoman Empire.
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Was the theatre of war in the Peloponnese of the Greek War of Indipendence.
March 1821: In Achaia, the town of Kalavryta was besieged by Greek Independists.
March 1821: Kalamata fell to the Greeks on 23 March.
April 1821: Patras was recaptured by the Turks of Yussuf Pasha.
January 1822: After lengthy negotiations, the Turkish forces surrendered Acrocorinth.
March 1821: In 1821, in Patras, conflicts between Greek Independists and Ottoman forces lasted for many days.
March 1821: War was declared on the Turks by the Maniots in Areopoli.
March 1821: By the end of March, the Greeks effectively controlled the countryside, while the Turks were confined to the fortresses, most notably those of Patras (recaptured by the Turks on 3 April by Yussuf Pasha), Rio, Acrocorinth, Monemvasia, Nafplion and the provincial capital, Tripolitsa.
Was the theatre of war in central Greece of the Greek War of Indipendence.
July 1821: The Greek revolution spreaded to other cities of western Central Greece.
April 1821: The revolutionary forces were led by Greek independence fighters such as Alexandros Mavrokordatos and Demetrios Ypsilantis. The Turkish garrison was under the command of Ottoman military leader Mehmet Reshid Pasha. The siege of the Acropolis marked a significant turning point in the Greek War of Independence.
April 1821: Thebes conquered by Greek Independists.
June 1821: Omer Vrioni was an Ottoman military commander during the Greek War of Independence. Livadeia was a strategic town in central Greece. Vrioni's capture of Livadeia was a significant blow to the Greek forces, as it allowed the Ottomans to establish control over the region.
March 1821: The first region to revolt against the Ottomans in Central Greece wasPhocis.
March 1821: Salona conquered by Greek Independists.
March 1821: In Boeotia, Livadeia was captured by Greek Independist Athanasios Diakos.
May 1821: Missolonghi revolted on 25 May 1821. The Greek town was a key site in the Greek War of Independence against the Ottoman Empire. The revolt was led by prominent Greek leaders such as Lord Byron and Alexandros Mavrokordatos.
October 1821: After a Greek force of 2,000 men managed to destroy at Vassilika a Turkish relief army on its way to Vrioni, the latter abandoned Attica in September and retreated to Ioannina.
Was the theatre of war in Macedonia of the Greek War of Indipendence.
October 1821: An offensive led by the new Pasha of Thessaloniki, Muhammad Emin Abulubud, resulted in a decisive Ottoman victory at Kassandra.
May 1822: Mehmed Emin launched a number of attacks pushing the Greeks further back and finally captured Naousa in April.
May 1821: In 1821, the Greeks of Polygyros, a town in Greece, rebelled against Ottoman rule. They killed the local governor, Mustafa Bey, and 14 of his men, while also wounding three others.
June 1821: Spreading of the Greek insurrection to the villages of Chalkidiki.
July 1821: The revolt gained momentum in Mount Athos and Kassandra, and the island of Thasos joined it.
April 1822: At the beginning of 1822, Anastasios Karatasos and Aggelis Gatsos arranged a meeting with other armatoloi; they decided that the Greek insurrection should be based on three towns: Naoussa, Kastania, and Siatista.
April 1822: In March 1822, Mehmed Emin secured decisive victories at Kolindros and Kastania.
Was the theatre of war in Crete of the Greek War of Indipendence.
January 1828: The Cretan insurgents were besieged in Gramvousa for more than two years by the Ottoman army.
June 1824: By the spring of 1824, the Ottomans had managed to limit the Cretan resistance to just a few mountain enclaves.
April 1828: Frangokastello's defence was doomed after a seven-day siege and Dalianis perished along with 385 men.
April 1828: In January 1828, the Epirote Hatzimichalis Dalianis landed in Crete with 700 men and in the following March took possession of Frangokastello.
January 1822: An uprising by Christians in Crete against Ottoman rule.
August 1825: Led by Dimitrios Kallergis and Emmanouil Antoniadis, a group of Cretans captured the fort at Gramvousa and other insurgents captured the fort at Kissamos.
Was a civil war between the Roumeliotes (the people of Continental Greece) and the Islanders (the shipowners, especially from Hydra island), against the Peloponnesians or Moreotes during the Greek War of Independence.
September 1823: Autumn 1823 - June 1824: it pitted the Roumeliotes (the people of Continental Greece) and the Islanders (the shipowners, especially from Hydra island), against the Peloponnesians or Moreotes.
Was a civil war between the Roumeliotes (the people of Continental Greece) and the Islanders (the shipowners, especially from Hydra island), against the Peloponnesians or Moreotes during the Greek War of Independence.
November 1824: October 1824 - February 1825: it pitted the Roumeliotes (the people of Continental Greece) and the Islanders (the shipowners, especially from Hydra island), against the Peloponnesians or Moreotes.
Were a series of Ottoman military campaigns against the Greek revolutionaries during the Greek War of Independence.
7.1.Egyptian Campaign (Greek War of Independence)
Was a military campaign by troops of the Egyptian Eyalet against the Greek revolutionaries during the Greek War of Independence.
August 1826: The Siege of the Acropolis (1826-27) was a significant event during the Greek War of Independence. The Greek forces, led by notable figures such as General Odysseas Androutsos and Colonel Yannis Makriyannis, defended the Acropolis of Athens against the Ottoman Empire for over a year before surrendering due to lack of supplies.
June 1825: Ibrahim Pasha, the son of Muhammad Ali of Egypt, captured the city of Argos in 1825.
May 1827: During the Siege of the Acropolis (1826-27), Greek forces led by General Odysseas Androutsos defended the Acropolis in Athens against the Ottoman Empire. The siege ended with the Greeks surrendering due to lack of supplies and heavy bombardment.
February 1825: Ibrahim Pasha landed at Methoni.
April 1825: Navarino fell to Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt.
June 1825: Nafplion conquered by Ottoman Empire.
7.2.Ottoman-Egyptian invasion of Mani
Was a military campaign by Egytpian and Ottoman troops against the Greek revolutionaries in Mani during the Greek War of Independence.
August 1826: The Egyptians and the Ottomans were forced to retreat from the Mani Peninsula with significant losses.
August 1826: In August 1826, Ibrahim Pasha, the son of Muhammad Ali of Egypt, renewed the offensive against the Greeks. He sent a group of regular soldiers down the coast, reaching Kariopoli.
August 1826: Ibrahim sent a force of 8,000 men down to Polytsaravo.
Were a series of military actions either by Greek revolutionaries with foreign support or directly by foreign countries supporting the revolutionaries during the Greek War of Independence.
November 1828: In October 1828, the Greeks regrouped and formed a new government under Kapodistrias. Kapodistrias took advantage of the Russo-Turkish war and sent troops of the reorganised Hellenic Army to Central Greece. They advanced to seize as much territory as possible, including Athens and Thebes.
September 1829: Battle of Petra: The Turks surrendered all lands from Livadeia to the Spercheios River in exchange for safe passage out of Central Greece.
8.1.Morea Expedition
Was a land intervention of the French Army in the Peloponnese between 1828 and 1833, at the time of the Greek War of Independence, with the aim of expelling from the region the Ottoman-Egyptian occupation forces.
October 1828: The day after Ibrahim's departure, General Maison ordered General Philippe Higonet to march on Navarino.
October 1828: Nicolas Joseph Maison, who was given command of a French expeditionary Corps of 15,000 men, landed on 30 August 1828 at Petalidi and helped the Greeks evacuate the Peloponnese from all the hostile troops by 30 October.
October 1828: The fortress of Methoni was taken and General Maison installed his apartments there .
The treaty marked the end of the Greek War of Independence and established modern Greece as an independent state free of the Ottoman Empire.
July 1832: Treaty of Constantinople: Greece was defined as an independent kingdom, with the Arta-Volos line as its northern frontier.
July 1832: The Treaty of Constantinople, confirmed at the London Conference, established the new land border of the Kingdom of Greece.
Greek War of Independence
