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The Chios massacre occurs. A total of about 100,000 people perish, mostly Greeks.
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After a month's resistance, the city of Naousa is captured by Abdul Abud, devastating the city and massacring its Greek population. Ending of the Greek revolution in Macedonia.
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A decisive victory of the Greeks which saved the revolution.
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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, represented by George Canning, recognizes the Greeks as a nation at war, thus recognizing de facto the Greek Independence.
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Nafplio becomes the site of the Revolutionary Government.
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The First Siege of Missolonghi was an attempt by Ottoman forces to capture the strategically located port town of Missolonghi during the early stages of the Greek War of Independence.
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The civilization of the island of Kasos is completely destroyed by the Turkish-Egyptian forces of Hussein Rushdi Pasha. About 7,000 people perish.
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More than 15,000 Greeks of Psara are slaughtered by the forces of Husrev Pasha
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Laskarina Bouboulina is assassinated in Spetses.
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Odysseas Androutsos is assassinated in Athens.
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Ibrahim Pasha retakes Tripoli, kills the Greek population and destroys the city and its walls.
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Beginning of the Third Siege of Missolonghi.
