✦ History

Greek War of Independence

February 21, 1821 – September 12, 1829

Result Greek victory

Ended by London Protocol (1830), Treaty of Constantinople (1832)

Greek revolt against Ottoman rule. Britain, France and Russia intervened and destroyed the Ottoman-Egyptian fleet at Navarino in 1827, and Greece became independent.

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Battles and events 41

1821
Wallachian uprising of 1821 Wallachia
March 22–23, 1821
Liberation of Kalamata Greek victory Kalamata
April 1821 – October 5, 1821
Siege of Tripolitsa Greek victory Tripoli
April 4–15, 1821
Siege of Patras (1821) Greek victory Patras
April 25, 1821 – June 21, 1822
Siege of the Acropolis (1821–1822) Greek victory Acropolis of Athens
May 5, 1821
Battle of Alamana Ottoman victory Thermopylae
May 8, 1821
Battle of Gravia Inn Gravia
May 12, 1821
Battle of Valtetsi Greek victory Valtetsi
May 18, 1821
Battle of Doliana Greek victory Ano Doliana
June 9–13, 1821
Battle of Lalas Greek victory
June 19, 1821
Battle of Drăgășani Ottoman victory Drăgășani
July 23, 1821
Battle of Sculeni Ottoman victory Sculeni
September 6, 1821
Battle of Vasilika Greek victory
April 13, 1822
Naousa massacre Naoussa
June 18, 1822
Burning of the Ottoman flagship off Chios Greek victory Konstantinos Kanaris
July 16, 1822
Battle of Peta Ottoman victory Arta Alexandros Mavrokordatos
August 6–9, 1822
Battle of Dervenakia Greek victory Dimitrios Ypsilantis
September 8–25, 1822
Battle of Nauplia (1822) Greek victory Argolic Gulf
October 25 – December 31, 1822
First siege of Missolonghi Greek victory Missolonghi Alexandros Mavrokordatos, Reşid Mehmed Pasha
1823 – February 1825
Greek civil wars of 1823–1825 Partial victory of the military leaders Peloponnese Alexandros Mavrokordatos
August 20, 1823
Battle of Karpenisi Inconclusive Karpenisi Buşatlı Mustafa Paşa
September 20 – November 30, 1823
Second siege of Missolonghi Greek victory Missolonghi Kitsos Tzavelas, Buşatlı Mustafa Paşa
May 30, 1824
Kasos Massacre Kasos
July 5, 1824
Destruction of Psara Psara
August 29, 1824
Battle of Samos Samos Konstantinos Kanaris, Koca Hüsrev Mehmed Pasha
September 10, 1824
Battle of Gerontas Greek victory Leros Koca Hüsrev Mehmed Pasha
April 15, 1825 – April 10, 1826
Third siege of Missolonghi Ottoman–Egyptian victory Missolonghi Reşid Mehmed Pasha, Ibrahim Pasha
May 8, 1825
Battle of Sphacteria (1825) Egyptian victory Sphacteria Alexandros Mavrokordatos, Ibrahim Pasha
June 1, 1825
Battle of Andros (1825) Greek victory Koca Hüsrev Mehmed Pasha
June 25, 1825
Battle of Maniaki Egyptian victory Maniaki Ibrahim Pasha
July 18, 1825
Battle of the Lerna Mills Greek victory Dimitrios Ypsilantis, Andreas Metaxas, Ibrahim Pasha
August 4, 1825
Greek raid on Alexandria (1825) Unsuccessful Alexandria Port
June 21 – August 28, 1826
Ottoman–Egyptian invasion of Mani Greek victory Mani Peninsula Ibrahim Pasha
August 3, 1826 – May 25, 1827
Siege of the Acropolis (1826–1827) Ottoman victory Acropolis of Athens Reşid Mehmed Pasha, Thomas Cochrane, Georgios Karaiskakis
November 18–24, 1826
Battle of Arachova Greek victory Arachova
1827
Treaty of London (1827) London
January 27 – February 22, 1827
Battle of Kamatero Ottoman victory Kamatero Reşid Mehmed Pasha
May 6, 1827
Battle of Phaleron Ottoman victory Palaio Faliro Reşid Mehmed Pasha, Thomas Cochrane, Richard Church
October 20, 1827
Battle of Navarino Allied victory Pylos
August 1828 – August 1833
Morea expedition French victory Greece Ibrahim Pasha
September 12, 1829
Battle of Petra Greek victory Dimitrios Ypsilantis

Key commanders

Greek revolutionaries 12

Nicholas I of Russia belligerent leader Alexander Ypsilantis belligerent leader Dimitrios Ypsilantis belligerent leader Ioannis Kapodistrias belligerent leader Andreas Metaxas military commander Alexandros Mavrokordatos belligerent leader Andreas Zaimis military commander Georgios Karaiskakis military commander Konstantinos Kanaris military commander Thomas Cochrane military commander Richard Church military commander Kitsos Tzavelas military commander

Ottoman Empire 7

Mahmud II belligerent leader Muhammad Ali of Egypt Ruler of Egypt, Sent his army and fleet to help the Ottomans Mehmed Selim Pasha military commander Reşid Mehmed Pasha military commander Koca Hüsrev Mehmed Pasha military commander Ibrahim Pasha military commander Buşatlı Mustafa Paşa military commander