Chios massacre in 1822

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event in the Greek War of Independence massacre war crime

The Chios massacre in 1822 was a brutal Ottoman slaughter and enslavement of tens of thousands of Greek inhabitants of the island of Chios, which shocked European public opinion and became a symbol of the atrocities of the Greek War of Independence.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
The Massacre at Chios	3
Chios massacre	1
Chios massacre of 1822	1
Massacres of Chios	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	event in the Greek War of Independence ⓘ massacre ⓘ war crime ⓘ
aftermath	diaspora of surviving Chiots ⓘ near depopulation of Chios ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Chios massacre in 1822 ⓘ surface form: Chios massacre Massacre of Chios NERFINISHED ⓘ
cause	suppression of Greek revolt ⓘ
combatant	Greek revolutionaries ⓘ Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	Greek War of Independence NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Ottoman Empire ⓘ
date	1822 ⓘ
depictedBy	Eugène Delacroix ⓘ
effect	increased European sympathy for Greek independence ⓘ shock to European public opinion ⓘ strengthening of Philhellenic movement in Europe ⓘ
endDate	summer 1822 ⓘ
genre	ethnic cleansing ⓘ
hasArtwork	The Massacre at Chios (1824 painting) ⓘ
hasCause	Greek War of Independence NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMediaRepresentation	Chios massacre in 1822 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: The Massacre at Chios
historicalPeriod	19th century ⓘ
historicalRegion	Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
languageOfSources	English ⓘ French ⓘ Greek ⓘ Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
location	Aegean Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ Chios NERFINISHED ⓘ Ottoman Empire ⓘ
notableFor	enslavement of women and children ⓘ impact on European art and literature ⓘ scale of civilian casualties ⓘ
numberOfDeaths	tens of thousands ⓘ
numberOfEnslaved	tens of thousands ⓘ
partOf	Greek War of Independence NERFINISHED ⓘ
perpetrator	Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Ottoman troops ⓘ
religiousContext	persecution of Christians under Ottoman rule ⓘ
result	devastation of the island of Chios ⓘ international outrage ⓘ large-scale enslavement of population ⓘ
significantFor	symbol of Ottoman atrocities in Greek War of Independence ⓘ turning point in European perception of the Greek struggle ⓘ
startDate	March 1822 ⓘ
targetedGroup	Greek Orthodox population of Chios ⓘ
victim	Greek Orthodox civilians ⓘ Greek inhabitants of Chios ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Chios massacre in 1822 → alsoKnownAs → Chios massacre in 1822 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chios massacre

Chios massacre in 1822 → hasMediaRepresentation → Chios massacre in 1822 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Massacre at Chios

Chios → historicalEvent → Chios massacre in 1822 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chios massacre of 1822

Massacre in Korea → inspiredBy → Chios massacre in 1822 ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Massacre at Chios

Eugène Delacroix → notableWork → Chios massacre in 1822 ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Massacre at Chios

siege and fall of Tripolitsa in 1821 → relatedTo → Chios massacre in 1822 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Massacres of Chios

Greek War of Independence → significantEvent → Chios massacre in 1822 ⓘ