Ioannis Kapodistrias
Count Ioannis Antonios Kapodistrias or 11 February 1776 – 9 October 1831), sometimes anglicized as John Capodistrias (Greek: Κόμης Ιωάννης
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HISTORY
The Battle of Alamana
The Battle of Alamana was fought between the Greeks and the Ottoman Empire during the Greek War of Independence on
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Yannis Makriyannis
Yannis Makriyannis (Greek: Γιάννης or Ιωάννης Μακρυγιάννης, Giánnēs or Iōánnīs Makrygiánnīs; 1797–1864), born Ioannis Triantaphyllos (Ιωάννης Τριαντάφυλλος, Iōánnēs Triantáfyllos), was
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The siege and the sortie of Messolonghi
The first Siege of Messolonghi, dates back in October 25th, 1822, when Kioutachis and Omer Vryonis tried to take
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The Greek War of Independence
The Greek War of Independence, also known as the Greek Revolution (Greek: Ελληνική Επανάσταση, Elliniki Epanastasi; Ottoman: يونان عصياني Yunan
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Religion in Ottoman Greece
The Sultan regarded the Ecumenical Patriarch of the Greek Orthodox Church as the leader of all Orthodox, Greeks or not,
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Krifo scholio-Secret school
In Greek history, a krifó scholió (Greek “κρυφό σκολειό” or “κρυφό σχολείο”, lit. ‘secret school’) was a supposed underground school
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Taxation and the “tribute of children”
Greeks paid a land tax and a heavy tax on trade, the latter taking advantage of the wealthy Greeks to
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Dance of Zalongo
The Dance of Zalongo (Greek: Χορός του Ζαλόγγου, Horos tou Zalongou) was a mass suicide of women from Souli and
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Ottoman Greece
Most of the areas which today are within modern Greece’s borders were at some point in the past a part
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