siege of Missolonghi

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battle siege

The siege of Missolonghi was a pivotal and brutal Ottoman siege of the Greek-held town during the Greek War of Independence, remembered for the defenders’ heroic resistance and tragic mass exodus in 1826.

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Label Occurrences
Siege of Missolonghi 4
Exodus of Missolonghi 3
First Siege of Missolonghi (1822–1823) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
siege ⓘ
associatedWith Lord Byron’s death in Missolonghi (1824) ⓘ
philhellenism ⓘ
belligerent Egypt Eyalet ⓘ
First Hellenic Republic ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
casualties heavy Greek civilian and military losses ⓘ
characterizedBy famine ⓘ
heavy bombardment ⓘ
heroic resistance ⓘ
prolonged blockade ⓘ
commander Ibrahim Pasha ⓘ
surface form: Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt

Reşid Mehmed Pasha ⓘ
conflict Greek War of Independence ⓘ
country Ottoman Empire ⓘ
date April 1826 ⓘ
defenderCommander Athanasios Razi-Kotsikas ⓘ
Kitsos Tzavelas ⓘ
Markos Botsaris ⓘ
surface form: Notis Botsaris
defensiveWork fortified walls and bastions ⓘ
endDate 1826 ⓘ
followedBy increased Great Power attention to Greek question ⓘ
GreekName Πολιορκία του Μεσολογγίου ⓘ
hasCause Greek struggle for independence from the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
historicalPeriod Greek War of Independence ⓘ
impact strengthened European public opinion in favor of Greek independence ⓘ
languageOfName Greek ⓘ
legacy annual commemorations in Missolonghi ⓘ
location Missolonghi ⓘ
Western Greece ⓘ
memorializedBy paintings by Eugène Delacroix ⓘ
poems by Dionysios Solomos ⓘ
notableEvent siege of Missolonghi self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Exodus of Missolonghi
notableFor mass attempted breakout by defenders and civilians ⓘ
opponent Greek revolutionaries ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
partOf Greek War of Independence ⓘ
precededBy Siege of Mesolongi (1822–1823) ⓘ
surface form: First siege of Missolonghi

Siege of Mesolongi (1822–1823) ⓘ
surface form: Second siege of Missolonghi
region Aetolia-Acarnania ⓘ
result Ottoman victory ⓘ
fall of Missolonghi ⓘ
significance galvanized European philhellenic support ⓘ
symbol of Greek heroism and sacrifice ⓘ
startDate 1825 ⓘ
strategy Ottoman-Egyptian land and sea blockade ⓘ
tactic mining and artillery bombardment of fortifications ⓘ
year 1826 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Greek War of Independence → significantEvent → siege of Missolonghi ⓘ
Missolonghi → knownFor → siege of Missolonghi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Siege of Missolonghi
Missolonghi → knownFor → siege of Missolonghi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Exodus of Missolonghi
Missolonghi → historicalEvent → siege of Missolonghi ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Siege of Missolonghi (1822–1823)
Missolonghi → historicalEvent → siege of Missolonghi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second Siege of Missolonghi (1823)
Missolonghi → historicalEvent → siege of Missolonghi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Third Siege of Missolonghi (1825–1826)
Mesolongi → knownFor → siege of Missolonghi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Third Siege of Mesolongi (1825–1826)
siege of Missolonghi → notableEvent → siege of Missolonghi self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Siege of Missolonghi
this entity surface form: Exodus of Missolonghi
Municipality of Missolonghi → historicallyAssociatedWith → siege of Missolonghi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Siege of Missolonghi
Garden of Heroes → commemorates → siege of Missolonghi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Exodus of Missolonghi
Greece on the Ruins of Missolonghi → inspiredBy → siege of Missolonghi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Siege of Missolonghi
Greece on the Ruins of Missolonghi → depictsEvent → siege of Missolonghi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Third Siege of Missolonghi
The Free Besieged → subject → siege of Missolonghi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Siege of Missolonghi