1825

Events

February

• February 11: Ibrahim Pasha lands in Methoni.
• February 12: Ibrahim Pasha defeats the Greeks at Sphacteria.

March

• March 21: Andreas Miaoulis attacks the Turco-Egyptian fleet off the coast of Methoni destroying several ships.

April

• April 15: A force of 6,000 Turks under Kutahye begins the second siege of Messolonghi.
• April 26: Ibrahim Pasha routes a force of 1,500 Greeks at Sphacteria.

May

• May 4: The Turkish army defeats Gouras, Panourgias and Sklatsodimos and enters Salona (Amfissa).
• May 20: The Battle of Maniaki takes place, Grigoris Papaflessas is killed.
• May 22: War of Independence heroine Laskarina Bouboulina is shot dead by her in-laws.

June

• June 5: Odysseus Androutsos is executed by Yiannis Gouras' men at the Acropolis, Athens.
• June 10: Ibrahim Pasha enters Tripolis and burns the city to the ground.
• June 13: A Greek force under Dimitrios Ypsilantis and Ioannis Makriyiannis repels the army of Ibrahim Pasha at Myloi, Argolis.

August

• August 13: A Greek fleet under Konstantinos Kanaris enters Alexandria harbour and attacks the Egyptian fleet.

November

• November 9: Ibrahim Pasha enters Pyrgos and burns the city to the ground.
• November 12: A Greek flotilla under Andreas Miaoulis manages to break through the Turkish naval blockade and supply the besieged Greeks in Messolonghi.

December

• December 26: Ibrahim Pasha arrives at Messolonghi to aid Kutahye in the siege of the city.