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On 5 June 1827, the Acropolis surrendered in the last Ottoman victory of the war. [186] Kapodistrias arrived in Greece to become the Governor on 28 January 1828. [187] The first task of Greece's new leader was to create a state and a civil society, which the workaholic Kapodistrias toiled at mightily, working from 5 am until 10 pm every night ...
The 1830s (pronounced "eighteen-thirties") was a decade of the Gregorian calendar that began on January 1, 1830, and ended on December 31, 1839. In this decade, the world saw a rapid rise of imperialism and colonialism, particularly in Asia and Africa. Britain saw a surge of power and world dominance, as Queen Victoria took to the throne in 1837.
This article provides a list of wars occurring between 1800 and 1899.Conflicts of this era include the Napoleonic Wars in Europe, the American Civil War in North America, the Taiping Rebellion in Asia, the Paraguayan War in South America, the Zulu War in Africa, and the Australian frontier wars in Oceania.
[2] [3] From 1822 until 1827, it was known as the Provisional Administration of Greece, and between 1827 and 1832, it was known as the Hellenic State. "First Hellenic Republic" is a historiographical term .
Greece Expiring on the Ruins of Missolonghi (1827, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Bordeaux) Shortly after Lord Byron 's death in 1824, the Turks arrived to besiege the Greeks once more at Missolonghi . Turkish commander Reşid Mehmed Pasha was joined by Ibrahim Pasha , who crossed the Gulf of Corinth , and during the early part of 1826, Ibrahim had ...
Ioannis Kapodistrias. On his arrival, Kapodistrias launched a major reform and modernisation programme that covered all areas. He re-established military unity by bringing an end to the second phase of the civil war; re-organised the military, which was then able to reconquer territory lost to the Ottoman military during the civil wars; and introduced the first modern quarantine system in ...
The Orthodox church and independent Greece: 1821-1852. Campridge University Press. Runciman, Steven (1985). The Great Church in captivity : a study of the Patriarchate of Constantinople from the eve of the Turkish conquest to the Greek War of Independence (1st pbk. ed.). Cambridge [Cambridgeshire]: Cambridge University Press.
The Great Powers announce a blockade of Greece. 1897, 17 April: The Ottoman Empire declares war against Greece. Greco-Turkish War (1897). 1897, 27 April: Greece loses the war, agrees to surrender Crete to international administration, to make minor territorial concessions in Thessaly in favor of the Turks and to pay a large indemnity.