![]() However, the plans of the Filiki Eteria were discovered by the Ottoman authorities, forcing the revolution to start earlier. The insurrection was planned for 25 March 1821 (in the Julian Calendar), the Orthodox Christian Feast of the Annunciation. The Filiki Eteria planned to launch revolts in the Peloponnese, the Danubian Principalities and Constantinople. In 1814, a secret organization called the Filiki Eteria (Society of Friends) was founded with the aim of liberating Greece, encouraged by revolution, which was common in Europe at the time. Most of these uprisings began in the independent Greek realm of the Mani Peninsula which was never conquered by the Ottomans, with the largest war culminating in 1770 during the Orlov Revolt. ![]() During the following centuries, there were many Greek uprisings against Ottoman rule. The revolution is celebrated by Greeks around the world as independence day on 25 March every year.Īll Greek territory, except the Ionian Islands, the Mani Peninsula and some mountainous regions in Epirus came under Ottoman rule in the 15th century, in the decades surrounding the Fall of Constantinople. The war led to the formation of modern Greece, which would be expanded to its modern size in later years. In 1826, the Greeks were assisted by the British Empire, Kingdom of France, and the Russian Empire, while the Ottomans were aided by their North African vassals, particularly the eyalet of Egypt. The Greek War of Independence, also known as the Greek Revolution or the Greek Revolution of 1821, was a successful war of independence by Greek revolutionaries against the Ottoman Empire between 18.
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