siege, nineteenth century
Siege of Patras
Siege of Patras was a siege conducted on 4 April 1821 at Patras, in what is now Greece. It was part of the Greek War of Independence, which ran from 1821 to 1829. The recorded result: Greek victory; Capture of the city by the Greeks; Establishment of the Directorate of Achaea. Recorded strength: 1,500 against Unknown.
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Record
| Date | 4 April 1821 | |
|---|---|---|
| Place | Patras, Greece 38.250N, 21.733E | |
| Part of | Greek War of Independence (1821 to 1829) | |
| Kind | Siege, nineteenth century | |
| Result | Greek victory; Capture of the city by the Greeks; Establishment of the Directorate of Achaea | |
| Belligerents | Greek revolutionaries | Ottoman Empire |
| Commanders | Germanos of Patras; Athanasios Kanakaris; Andreas Londos; Benizelos Roufos; Panagiotis Karatzas; Ioannis Papadiamantopoulos | Unknown |
| Strength | 1,500 | Unknown |
| Casualties and losses | Unknown | Unknown |
Nearest engagements
- Siege of Patras AD 805, same recorded site
- Siege of Patras 1429, same recorded site
- Siege of Patras 1205, same recorded site
- Siege of Patras 1687, same recorded site
- Siege of Patras 1338, same recorded site
In the same war
- Before: Siege of Atalanti 31 March 1821
- After: Battle of Levidi 14 April 1821
- All 47 engagements of Greek War of Independence
Elsewhere in 1821
- Battle of Carabobo Venezuela
- Battle of Yaguachi Ecuador
- Battle of Erzurum Turkey
- Battle of Rieti Italy
- Second Battle of Huachi Ecuador
Siege of Patras is one of 2,483 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 274 in present-day Greece.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q12882037, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Patras (1821), revision 1370744331, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.