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Invasion of Greece

Turkey · Warfare / Greek War of Independence. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1821–1828Date range
1Named people
0Places

Chronological records

1821

Mahmud II1821

Warfare / Greek War of Independence

The Ottoman Sultan negotiated with Mehmet Ali of Egypt, who agreed to send his son Ibrahim Pasha to Greece with an army to suppress the revolt in return for territorial gain

1828

Mahmud II1828

Warfare / Greek War of Independence

With the help of a French expeditionary force, the Greeks drove the Turks out of the Peloponnese and proceeded to the captured part of Central Greece by 1828

Names involved

Mahmud II

Provenance

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