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*[[August 3]]: [[Kutahye]] breaks through the Greek defences and enters [[Athens]]. Greeks are forced to take positions on the [[Acropolis, Athens|Acropolis]]. | *[[August 3]]: [[Kutahye]] breaks through the Greek defences and enters [[Athens]]. Greeks are forced to take positions on the [[Acropolis, Athens|Acropolis]]. | ||
| − | *[[August 6]]: Greek forces under [[ | + | *[[August 6]]: Greek forces under [[Georgios Karaiskakis|Karaiskakis]], [[Antonios Kriezotis|Kriezotis]] and [[Charles Fabvier|Fabvier]] defeat superior Turkish forces at [[Chaidari]]. |
| − | *[[August 28]]: The [[Mani]]otes, under [[Georgios Mavromichalis]], repel [[Ibrahim Pasha]] at the Battle of Polyaravos. | + | *[[August 28]]: The [[Mani]]otes, under [[Georgios Mavromichalis]], repel [[Ibrahim Pasha]] at the Battle of Polyaravos. |
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===September=== | ===September=== | ||
*[[September 26]]: [[Chrysanthus I of Constantinople|Chrysanthus I]] is removed from the office of Ecumenical Patriarch by the High Porte. | *[[September 26]]: [[Chrysanthus I of Constantinople|Chrysanthus I]] is removed from the office of Ecumenical Patriarch by the High Porte. | ||
Revision as of 10:08, April 17, 2007
Events
January
- January 28: Andreas Miaoulis defeats the Turco-Egyptian fleet at the Battle of Araxos and supplied the besieged at Messolonghi.
February
- February 25: Turkish forces, under Hussein Bey, occupy the small island of Vasiladi, outside Mesolonghi, making the situation of the besieged Greeks more difficult.
March
- March 1: Aitoliko surrenders to Ibrahim Pasha.
- March 16: Greek forces under Charles Fabvier repel 4,000 Turkish troops at Karystos, Euboea.
- March 25: Kitsos Tzavellas repels a superior Turkish force, under Kutahye, which sought to land on the isle of Klisovo, across from Messolonghi.
April
- April 10: The Sortie of Messolonghi takes place on Palm Sunday. Out of 6,000 "besieged freemen" Greeks, only 1,300 escape.
June
- June 22: Ibrahim Pasha invades Mani but is repelled with heavy casualties.
- June 25: Egyptian forces attempt to land at Diros, Mani, while the Maniote forces are fighting elsewhere. They are repelled by a force of Maniote women and old men.
July
- July 3: Kutahye besieges Athens with a force of 10,000 men.
- July 19: Georgios Karaiskakis becomes commander in chief of Greek revolutionary forces in Roumeli.
August
- August 3: Kutahye breaks through the Greek defences and enters Athens. Greeks are forced to take positions on the Acropolis.
- August 6: Greek forces under Karaiskakis, Kriezotis and Fabvier defeat superior Turkish forces at Chaidari.
- August 28: The Maniotes, under Georgios Mavromichalis, repel Ibrahim Pasha at the Battle of Polyaravos.
September
- September 26: Chrysanthus I is removed from the office of Ecumenical Patriarch by the High Porte.
November
- November 23: Big victory for Georgios Karaiskakis who was on the offensive against the Ottomans at Arachova during the War of Independence
- November 26: French philhellene Charles Fabvier liberates Athens from the Turks.
Deaths
May
- May 30: Bishop Germanos of Patra, who blessed the Greek War of Independence on March 25, 1821.
September
- September 30: Yiannis Gouras, Greek commander of the besieged Acropolis.