siege, notable, nineteenth century
Siege of Tripolitsa
Siege of Tripolitsa was a siege conducted on 23 September 1821 at Tripoli, 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. Recorded strength: 10,000 against 12,000.
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Record
| Date | 23 September 1821 | |
|---|---|---|
| Place | Tripoli, Greece 37.517N, 22.383E | |
| Part of | Greek War of Independence (1821 to 1829) | |
| Kind | Siege, nineteenth century | |
| Result | Greek victory | |
| Belligerents | Greek Revolutionaries | Ottoman Empire |
| Commanders | Theodoros Kolokotronis; Dimitris Plapoutas; Anagnostaras; Petros Mavromichalis; Panagiotis Kefalas; Alexandros Kantakouzinos; Maxime Raybaud | Mustafa Bey |
| Strength | 10,000 | 12,000 |
| Casualties and losses | 100 killed or wounded | 8,000 killed, wounded, or captured; See Death toll |
Nearest engagements
- Battle of the Trench 1821, 8.7 km
- Battle of Mantinea 362 BC, 9.4 km
- Battle of Mantinea 418 BC, 9.4 km
- Battle of Mantinea 207 BC, 9.4 km
- Battle of Valtetsi 1821, 9.7 km
In the same war
- Before: Battle of Vasilika 25 August 1821
- After: Battle of Nauplia 1822
- 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 Tripolitsa 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 Q2590023, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Tripolitsa, revision 1380606574, 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.