Filiki Eteria
Alexander Ypsilantis takes over leadership of Filiki Eteria and makes preparations for a revolt, as well as for setting up a military unit towards that purpose named as the Sacred Band
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Alexander Ypsilantis Biography and Timeline
Follow Alexander Ypsilantis through 8 dated historical records for Greece.
Alexander Ypsilantis, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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1820
Sacred Band
Alexander Ypsilantis takes over leadership of Filiki Eteria and makes preparations for a revolt, as well as for setting up a military unit towards that purpose named as the Sacred Band
Filiki Eteria Leadership
Ypsilantis accepts leadership of Filiki Eteria and plans revolt against Ottoman rule
Role range: 1821-1832 – 1820-1821
Battle of Dragashani
The loss of their Romanian allies, followed by an Ottoman intervention on Wallachian soil, sealed defeat for the Greek exiles and culminated in the disastrous Battle of Dragashani and the destruction of the Sacred Band on 19 June
Sacred Band
The loss of their Romanian allies, followed by an Ottoman intervention on Wallachian soil, sealed defeat for the Greek exiles and culminated in the disastrous Battle of Dragashani and the destruction of the Sacred Band on 19 June
1821
Filiki Eteria
The Filiki Eteria plan to launch revolts in the Peloponnese, the Danubian Principalities and Constantinople, the first of these revolts began on 6 March 1821 in the Danubian Principalities, but it was soon put down by the Ottomans
Crossing of the Prut
Ypsilantis crosses the Prut into Moldavia and begins the Danubian revolt
Role range: 1821-1832 – 1820-1821
Revolutionary Proclamation
Ypsilantis issues a proclamation calling Christians to rise against Ottoman rule
Role range: 1821-1832 – 1820-1821
Records, sources and methodology
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