1770

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

• July 7: The Russian fleet, aided by 4 Greek ships, defeats the Ottoman fleet at Cesme.

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.