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| 1822, Jan. 13 |
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| A Greek assembly at Epidauros declared Greek independence and drew up an organic statute (constitution) providing for a liberal parliamentary system and an executive directory of five. | 1 |
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| Feb. 5 |
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| An Ottoman army finally took Janina and brought to an end the career of Ali of Janina, one of the most powerful of the pashas. The Ottomans were now free to press the campaign against the Greeks. | 2 |
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| April |
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| An Ottoman fleet, under Kara Ali, took the island of Chios and either massacred or sold into slavery most of the population. | 3 |
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| June 19 |
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| The Ottoman fleet was destroyed by the Greeks under Adm. Constantine Kanaris. | 4 |
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| July |
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| Invasion of Greece by an army of 30,000, which overran the whole peninsula north of the Gulf of Corinth. The Greek government fled to the islands. | 5 |
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