Difference between revisions of "1854"

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January 8: While the Crimean War is going on, Greeks in Epirus revolt against Turkish rule.
January 18: Greeks guerrilas attack Turkish positions near Komboti, Arta, Epirus.
January 31: Greek rebels, under Spyros Karaiskakis, lay siege to the city of Arta.

February 6: Gen. Theodoros Grivas takes command of the Greek struggle against Turkish rule in Epirus.

March 10: Greece and Turkey sever diplomatic relations due to guerrila activity in Epirus, Thessaly and Macedonia.
March 28: Greek rebels, under Efthymios Kontoyiannis, lay siege to the town of Domokos.

April 1: Tsamis Karatasos leads a revolt of Greeks in the Chalkidiki peninsula.
April 22: Greek rebels, under Spyros Karaiskakis, defeat Turkish forces at Plaka (Ioannina).
April 29: Britain and France demand that Greece distance herself from the revolts in Epirus, Thessaly and Macedonia.

May 4: Greek Guerrilas enter Kalambaka, Thessaly.
May 14: French and British war ships blockade Piraeus harbour during the Crimean War. The crews spread a cholera epidemic that decimates the population of the greater Athens area.

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 *[[April 1]]: [[Tsamis Karatasos]] leads a revolt of [[Greeks]] in the [[Chalkidiki]] peninsula.
 *[[April 22]]: Greek rebels, under [[Spyros Karaiskakis]], defeat Turkish forces at [[Plaka (Ioannina)]].
-*[[April 29]]: Britain and France demand that Greece distances herself from the revolts in [[Epirus]], [[Thessaly]] and [[Macedonia]].
+*[[April 29]]: Britain and France demand that Greece distance herself from the revolts in [[Epirus]], [[Thessaly]] and [[Macedonia]].
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