Difference between revisions of "1826"

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January 28: Andreas Miaoulis defeats the Turco-Egyptian fleet at the Battle of Araxos and supplied the besieged at Messolonghi.

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 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 Klisova, across from Messolonghi.

April 10: The Sortie of Mesolonghi takes place on Palm Sunday. Out of 6,000 "besieged freemen" Greeks, only 1,300 escape.

June 22: Ibrahim Pasha invades western Mani at Verga 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 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 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 26: Chrysanthus I is removed from the office of Ecumenical Patriarch by the High Porte.

November 23: Big victory for Georgios Karaiskakis who was on the offensive against the Ottomans at Arachova during the War of Independence
November 29: French philhellene Charles Fabvier breaks through Turkish positions and supplies the Greeks at Athens.

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 *[[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]].
+*[[March 25]]: [[Kitsos Tzavellas]] repels a superior Turkish force, under [[Kutahye]], which sought to land on the isle of [[Klisova]], across from [[Messolonghi]].
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 *[[April 10]]: The [[Sortie of Mesolonghi]] takes place on Palm Sunday. Out of 6,000 "besieged freemen" Greeks, only 1,300 escape.