Greek War of Independence

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Greek revolutionary war revolution war of independence

The Greek War of Independence was the early 19th-century revolutionary conflict in which Greeks fought to liberate themselves from Ottoman rule and establish an independent Greek state.

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Statements (78)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Greek revolutionary war → revolution → war of independence →
countryInvolved	Greece → Kingdom of France → Ottoman Empire → Russian Empire → United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland →
endTime	1829 → 1830 →
followedBy	establishment of the Kingdom of Greece in 1832 →
hasAlternateName	Agonas tis Aneksartisias (Struggle for Independence) → Greek Revolution of 1821 → Hellenic Revolution →
hasCause	Greek nationalism → desire for independence from Ottoman rule → influence of Enlightenment ideas → influence of French Revolution → oppression of Christian populations in the Ottoman Empire →
hasCommander	Alexandros Mavrokordatos → Andreas Miaoulis → Demetrios Ypsilantis → Georgios Karaiskakis → Konstantinos Kanaris → Laskarina Bouboulina → Odysseas Androutsos → Theodoros Kolokotronis →
hasEthnicMajorityInsurgents	ethnic Greeks →
hasKeyDocument	Constitution of Troezen of 1827 → Greek Declaration of Independence of 1822 → Provisional Constitution of Greece of 1822 →
hasLegalRecognitionInstrument	London Protocol of 1830 → Treaty of Constantinople of 1832 →
hasLocation	Aegean Islands → Aegean Sea → Central Greece → Crete → Epirus → Macedonia → Peloponnese →
hasMainBelligerent	Egypt Eyalet → First Hellenic Republic → Greek revolutionaries → Ottoman Empire →
hasOpposingCommander	Hurshid Pasha → Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt → Kiutahi Mehmed Pasha → Mahmud II →
hasOutcome	creation of the Kingdom of Greece → decline of Ottoman control in southern Balkans → establishment of an independent Greek state → recognition of Greek independence →
hasParticipantOrganization	Filiki Eteria → First National Assembly of Epidaurus → Provisional Administration of Greece →
hasReligionOfMajorityInsurgents	Eastern Orthodox Christianity →
hasResultingEntity	Kingdom of Greece →
hasSupportFrom	European philhellenic movement → Lord Byron → foreign volunteers →
hasSupportingBelligerent	Kingdom of France → Philhellenes → Russian Empire → United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland →
partOf	Eastern Question → decline of the Ottoman Empire →
precededBy	First Serbian Uprising → Orlov Revolt → Second Serbian Uprising →
significantEvent	Battle of Navarino in 1827 → Chios massacre in 1822 → London Protocol of 1830 → Treaty of Constantinople of 1832 → outbreak of revolution in the Peloponnese in March 1821 → proclamation of independence at the First National Assembly of Epidaurus in 1822 → siege and fall of Tripolitsa in 1821 → siege of Missolonghi →
startTime	1821 →

Referenced by (55)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Chios massacre of 1822 → First Hellenic Republic → Greek National Assemblies of the War of Independence → National Assembly at Astros → National Assembly at Troezen → Provisional national authority → siege and fall of Tripolitsa in 1821 →	partOf
Ioannis Kolettis → Kingdom of Greece → Lord Byron → Muhammad Ali Pasha → Samuel Gridley Howe →	participatedIn
Alexandros Mavrokordatos → Edward Codrington → Ioannis Kapodistrias → Theodoros Kolokotronis →	participantIn
Greek War of Independence ("Greek Revolution of 1821") → Greek War of Independence ("Hellenic Revolution") → Greek War of Independence ("Agonas tis Aneksartisias (Struggle for Independence)") →	hasAlternateName
Alexandros Mavrokordatos → Filiki Eteria → Theodoros Kolokotronis →	movement
Constitution of 1823 (Epidaurus) → Provisional Constitution of 1822 →	adoptedDuring
Greek Army → National Assembly at Troezen →	conflict
Constitution of 1827 (Troezen) → Provisional Constitution of Greece →	draftedDuring
Constitution of 1827 (Troezen) → National Assembly at Astros →	historicalPeriod
Philhellenes →	activeDuring
Missolonghi →	associatedWithConflict
Ionian School of literature →	associatedWithEvent
Hymn to Liberty →	basedOnEvent
Fortress of Palamidi →	capturedDuring
National Assembly at Troezen →	category
National Assembly at Astros ("Greek War of Independence against the Ottoman Empire") →	conflictContext
Provisional Constitution of 1822 →	context
First Hellenic Republic →	establishedDuring
Otto of Greece ("Greek War of Independence (aftermath)") →	event
Astros →	hasHistoricalSignificance
Eastern Question →	hasPart
National Assembly at Astros ("Greek Revolution") →	hasTopic
Nikolaos Mantzaros →	hasWorkContext
Provisional national authority ("Greek War of Independence against Ottoman rule") →	historicalContext
Edward Codrington ("Service in the Greek War of Independence") →	notableWork
Army of Muhammad Ali →	partOfConflict
National Assembly at Troezen ("Greek Revolution") →	politicalContext
Provisional Constitution of 1822 ("Greek Revolution") →	relatedEvent
Constitution of 1823 (Epidaurus) →	relatedTo
Provisional Constitution of Greece ("Greek Revolution") →	relatedToEvent
Army of Muhammad Ali →	significantEvent
Hymn to Liberty →	subject
Flag of Greece →	symbolizes
National Assembly at Epidaurus →	temporalContext