Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Messolonghi in Egypt. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Ibrahims forces move onto the Greek mainland, capturing the pivotal strongholds of the Acropolis of Athens and, in April 1826, despite a heroic Greek defence, Messolonghi, which controlled the entrance to the Gulf of Corinth
The city of Messolonghi, under siege by the Turks since April 1825 falls in April 1826
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