1827 in History

Ottoman forces take the Acropolis after the Greek defeat near Phaleron

Agrees that the three powers may use naval pressure if mediation fails and hostilities continue.

Accepts treaty terms under which the proposed Greek state would pay an annual tribute to the Ottoman Empire.

Faces Allied demands for an end to hostilities between Ottoman forces and the Greek insurgents.

Faces Allied naval pressure intended to prevent further Ottoman-Egyptian operations against the Greeks.

Signs provisions intended to end active fighting while the powers mediate a political settlement.

The Russians defeat Persia & capture Erivan

Brunel assumes full responsibility for directing the engineering work inside the Thames Tunnel.

Commits Russia to act jointly with Britain and France in seeking reconciliation between Greeks and Ottomans.

Appointed Commander in Chief, British Army

Inherits the policy of implementing the London agreement after Canning's death.

Is elected Governor of Greece as the Great Powers pursue a diplomatic settlement of the independence struggle.

The Third National Assembly elects Kapodistrias Governor of Greece.

The treaty proposes an autonomous Greek polity that would remain under Ottoman suzerainty and pay tribute to the Sultan.

Accepts a settlement in which Greece would govern itself while remaining tributary to the Ottoman Sultan.

Accepts a framework for Greek self-government while formal Ottoman suzerainty is retained.

Commands Egyptian forces in the Morea while the London powers demand a suspension of fighting.

Supports a tripartite agreement offering mediation and an autonomous Greek settlement under Ottoman suzerainty.

Backs a settlement based on mediation rather than direct annexation or exclusive influence by any Great Power.

Supports international intervention that moves the Greek struggle toward an internationally recognised autonomous settlement.

The Turks are called on to make peace & grant Greek independence

Turkish defeat at Navarino leads to Greek independence

Peru secedes from Bolivars Gran Colombia & charges Bolivar with tyranny

The Turks are called on to make peace & grant Greek independence

Turkish defeat at Navarino leads to Greek independence

Peru secedes from Bolivars Gran Colombia & charges Bolivar with tyranny

Loses much of the Ottoman-Egyptian fleet at Navarino after rejecting the Allied diplomatic settlement.

Receives news of the Allied naval victory at Navarino while his government continues the policy created by Canning.

Accepts the principle that the mediating powers should seek no exclusive territorial or commercial advantage from the settlement.

Accepts a plan in which the Sultan retains formal suzerainty while Greece receives internal autonomy.

Signs terms envisaging an autonomous Greece that remains formally under the Sultan's suzerainty.

Appointed provisional President of Argentina after the resignation of Bernardino Rivadavia

Temporarily assumes the presidency during the transition from the office of Supreme Director.

Assumes the presidency during the liberal constitutional period.

Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain for three months

Appointed Prime Miinister of Britain, ater the death of George Canning

Rejects the Allied mediation proposal and refuses to accept the autonomous Greek settlement proposed in London.

Resigns after suffering a stroke, Prime Minister for 14 years 41 weeks

The Third National Assembly elects Kapodistrias Governor for a seven-year term.

Turkish forces enter Athens & force the defenders of the Acropolis to capitulate

The River Thames breaks into the tunnel and Brunel helps evacuate the workers before directing repairs to the breach.

Regards the London intervention as an unacceptable intrusion into Ottoman authority over the Greek provinces.

Commands the British Mediterranean squadron involved in enforcing the armistice policy arising from the London agreement.

Commands the British contingent of the Allied fleet enforcing pressure for an armistice after Ottoman rejection of mediation.

Commands the Russian squadron operating with the British and French fleets at Navarino.

Commands the French naval contingent cooperating with Britain and Russia to enforce the London settlement.

Commands the French naval contingent cooperating with Britain and Russia in support of the London settlement.

His government concludes the tripartite agreement with France and Russia proposing mediation and Greek autonomy under Ottoman suzerainty.

The treaty offers mediation and autonomous Greek government under Ottoman suzerainty, but the Ottoman government rejects the proposed settlement.

Supports Russian participation in the tripartite agreement for mediation and an autonomous Greek settlement.

His government joins Britain and Russia in the treaty proposing mediation and an autonomous Greece under Ottoman suzerainty.

Signs the Treaty of London for Russia as ambassador to Britain.

Signs the Treaty of London for France as ambassador at the British court.

Signs the tripartite Treaty of London for Britain as Foreign Secretary.

Supports Russian adherence to the agreement with Britain and France over the Greek conflict.

The Assembly adopts a liberal constitution based on popular sovereignty.

A banquet is held inside the Thames Tunnel to demonstrate confidence in the pioneering construction project.

The River Thames breaks into the workings and Brunel directs efforts to save the tunnel and repair the breach.

Birth of George Lennox Rawdon Berkeley

Death of George Canning

Death of Joaquin Blake y Joyes

Karaiskakis is mortally wounded before the battle for Athens

Death of William Blake

The naval Battle happens more by accident than by design as a result of a manoeuvre by the Allied Commander in Chief Admiral Codrington aimed at coercing Ibrahim to obey Allied instructions. Destroys the Turkish and Egyptian fleet at the Battle of Navarino while in command of a combined British, French and Russian fleet. A fleet seeks out Turkish & Egyptian fleets sinking 50 & destroying the Turkish fleet

Leads the combined Allied fleet at Navarino after Ottoman-Egyptian forces refuse to comply with Allied demands.

Leads the Allied fleet in the battle that destroys the Ottoman-Egyptian fleet and transforms the diplomatic balance over Greece.

Heyden commands the Russian squadron at Navarino

After the Ottoman government rejects Allied mediation, the Ottoman-Egyptian fleet is destroyed at Navarino by British, French and Russian squadrons.

British & French fleets destroy the Turkish navy, the turning point in the war

The Governments of all three powers were under intense pressure from their public opinion to help the Greeks.

The naval Battle happens more by accident than by design as a result of a manoeuvre by the Allied Commander in Chief Admiral Codrington aimed at coercing Ibrahim to obey Allied instructions.

especially after the invasion of the Peloponnese in 1825 by Ottoman vassal Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt and the atrocities committed by his forces.

Loses much of the Egyptian fleet when Allied warships destroy the Ottoman-Egyptian force at Navarino.

De Rigny commands the French squadron at Navarino

Commands the French squadron in the Allied fleet that destroys the Ottoman-Egyptian fleet at Navarino.

Commands French warships in the Allied victory that follows efforts to enforce the London mediation.

Church commands Greek land forces during the failed attempt to relieve Athens

Cochrane supports operations to relieve the Acropolis of Athens