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The tragic slaughter in Thessaloniki
The Turkish governor Yusuf Bey orders his men to kill every Greek in Thessaloniki that they find. The killings last for days, with the metropolitan and major notables among the victims. -
Massacres of Greek Cypriots
Küçük Mehmet accomplishes for many days the massacres of Greek Cypriots in Cyprus since July 9 and continues on for forty days, despite the Vizier's command to end the plundering since 20 July 1821. -
Revolt of Greek War of Independence
Revolt of Greek War of Independence from the Ottoman Empire declared by Alexandros Ypsilantis in Wallachia. -
Beginning of the Greek War of Independence.
On 25th March 1821, Metropolitan Germanos of Patras glorifies a big Greek flag at the Monastery of Agia Lavra in Peloponnesia and announces to people assembled the beginning of a Greek Revolution. -
The decapitation
Constantine Mourousis, Dimitrios Paparigopoulos and Antonios Tsouras are decapitated by the Ottomans in Constantinople. -
The second decapitation
The Phanariotes Petros Tsigris, Dimitrios Skanavis and Manuel Hotzeris are decapitated by the Turks, while Georgios Mavrocordatos is hanged by the Sultan forces in Constantinople. -
Easter Monday
Ecumenical Patriarch Gregory V of Constantinople Alyssa shut down the gates of Patriarchate due to the Turks. It remains closed since then. -
The battle of Alamana
After the Greek defeat in this battle, Athanasios Diakos is impaled on a spit. -
Immigration
Due to the distraction of Ottoman army, tens of thousands of Greek inhabitants become refugees. -
The massacre of Heraklion
The massacre of Heraklion occurs against the Greek community in Crete. Among the victims are the metropolitan of Crete and bishops. -
The fall of Tripolitsa
Tripolitsa captured by the Greeks and the total amount of victims in this tragedy is 30,000. -
Larnaca
Turkish Cypriot mobs hang most of the Greek Cypriots in Larnaca and other towns.