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Events
February
- February 28: Russian forces under Aleksey Grigoryevich Orlov, arrive in Mani setting off a rebellion by Greeks against the Ottoman Empire.
March
- March 1: Maniotes liberate Kalamata during the "Orlov Events".
- March 3: Maniotes liberate Pylos during the "Orlov Events".
- March 21: Maniotes and Russians occupy Kyparissia.
- March 25: Daskaloyiannis raises the flag of revolution at Sfakia, Crete during the "Orlov Events".
April
- April 4: Greek forces under Skyloyiannis Mavromichalis are overwhelmed, after a heroic resistance, by the Turks at Melipyrgos, Messinia, during the "Orlov Events".
May
- May 3: Turkish forces under Hadji-Osman, attack Mani during the "Orlov Events".
July
August
- August 3: A Greek flotilla, under Lambros Katsonis, attacks a Turkish one off Hydra.
Births
April
- April 3: Theodoros Kolokotronis, Greek general in the Greek War of Independence
- April 27: Sir Edward Codrington, British admiral at the Battle of Navarino
Deaths
April
- April 4: Skyloyiannis Mavromichalis, Maniote leader.