March 25th 1821 – The Greek Revolution

March 25th 1821 – The Greek Revolution

Following the fall of Constantinople and the Byzantine Empire to the Ottoman Turks in 1453, Greece would be under Ottoman Muslim occupation and rule for the next 368 years. During this time, there were over 100 revolt attempts by the Greeks all over the Greek lands, both big and small, seeking to regain independence.

March of 1821 was the beginning of the successful war of independence waged by the Greek revolutionaries which lasted from 1821 until officially securing independence in 1832.

This marked a seminal event in the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, despite the small size and the impoverishment of the new Greek state. For the first time, a Christian subject people had achieved independence from Ottoman Muslim rule and established a fully independent state recognised by Europe.

Whereas previously only large nations such as the British or the French or the Russians, were judged worthy of national self-determination, the Greek Revolution of 1821 legitimised the concept of small ethnically based nation-states and emboldened nationalist movements among other subject peoples of the Ottoman Empire.

Ζήτω η 25η Μαρτίου ??
Ζήτω το Έθνος ??
Ζήτω η Ελλάδα ??
Ζήτω ο Ελληνισμός ??