Greek War of Independence

Name: Greek War of Independence
Start: 1821
End: 1829
Location: Peloponnese

1821–1829 · Peloponnese · Europe · War

Helped by the Great Powers, Greeks win freedom from the Ottomans

Greek War of Independence — Wikimedia Commons

The revolt broke out in the Peloponnese in March 1821; after the Chios massacre and Byron's death at Missolonghi the war was decided at Navarino in 1827, where British, French and Russian fleets destroyed the Ottoman-Egyptian navy. The London Protocol of 1830 made Greece an independent state.

State: Ottoman Empire

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