war, 81 engagements

Battles of the Greek War of Independence

The atlas places 81 engagements of the Greek War of Independence (1821 to 1829): 61 battles, 16 sieges and 4 naval actions across 3 present-day countries, most in Greece (78), Romania (2), Moldova (1). The most widely documented: Battle of Navarino.

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81 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

78 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

The war in time order

One tick per dated engagement; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Commanders 6 with pages

Reşid Mehmed Paşa 6 engagements
Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt 6 engagements
Theodoros Kolokotronis 5 engagements
Omer Vrioni 5 engagements
Anagnostarás 4 engagements
Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald 2 engagements

Engagements by date

Date	Engagement	Place	Result
March 1821	Siege of Mendenítsa	Mendenitsa, Greece
15 March 1821	Siege of Monemvasia	Monemvasia, Greece	Greek victory
22 March 1821	Battle of Kalamata	Kalamata, Greece	Greek victory; Formation of the Messenian Senate
25 March 1821	Siege of Neokastro	Pylos, Greece
1821	Siege of Chlemoutsi	Chlemoutsi, Greece
1821	Siege of Salona	Greece	Greek victory
30 March 1821	Siege of Livadia	Livadeia, Greece	Greek victory
31 March 1821	Siege of Atalanti	Atalanti, Greece
4 April 1821	Siege of Patras	Patras, Greece	Greek victory; Capture of the city by the Greeks; Establishment of...
14 April 1821	Battle of Levidi	Levidi, Greece
14 April 1821	Siege of Mpeki	Stavros, Greece
1821	Battle of Patraziki	Greece
1821	Battle of Agios Athanasios at Karytaina	Karytaina, Greece
25 April 1821	Siege of the Acropolis	Acropolis of Athens, Greece	Greek victory; Capture of the Acropolis
5 May 1821	Battle of Alamana	Thermopylae, Greece	Ottoman victory
8 May 1821	Battle of Gravia Inn	Gravia, Greece	See #Aftermath
12 May 1821	Battle of Valtetsi	Valtetsi, Greece	Greek victory
18 May 1821	Battle of Doliana	Ano Doliana, Greece	Greek victory
1821	Battle of Galatsi	Galați, Romania	Ottoman victory
1821	Battle of Katsaros	Elis Regional Unit, Greece
7 June 1821	Battle of Dragashani	Drăgășani, Romania	Ottoman victory
9 June 1821	Battle of Lalas	Greece	Greek victory
1821	Battle of Zouridios	Greece
20 June 1821	Battle of Thessalonica	Thessaloniki, Greece
1821	Battle of Rentina	Greece
11 July 1821	Battle of Skuleni	Sculeni, Moldova	Ottoman victory
1821	Battle of Vargiades	Greece
15 July 1821	Battle of Kavofonias	Samos, Greece
10 August 1821	Battle of the Trench	Tripoli, Greece	Greek victory
25 August 1821	Battle of Vasilika	Greece	Greek victory
1821	Battle of Pente Pigadia	Pente Pigadia, Greece
23 September 1821	Siege of Tripolitsa	Tripoli, Greece	Greek victory
1821	Battle of Kassandra	Greece
1822	Battle of Nauplia	Argolic Gulf, Greece	Greek victory
1822	Siege of Patras	Patras, Greece
1822	Naousa massacre	Naoussa, Greece	Ottoman forces capture Naoussa; Massacre of the captives; Enslavement...
1822	Battle of Kompoti	Greece	Greek victory
18 June 1822	Burning of the Ottoman flagship off Chios	Greece	Greek victory
4 July 1822	Battle of Peta	Arta, Greece	Ottoman victory
1822	Battle of Splantza	Greece
1822	Battle of Dervenakia	Greece	Greek victory; Destruction of Dramali's army
25 October 1822	First Siege of Missolonghi	Missolonghi, Greece
1822	Battle of Dadi	Greece
8 August 1823	Battle of Karpenisi	Karpenisi, Greece	Inconclusive
1823	Battle of Kaliakouda	Greece
20 September 1823	Second Siege of Missolonghi	Missolonghi, Greece	Greek victory
1823	Battle of the Aetolian	Greece
30 May 1824	Kasos Massacre	Kasos, Greece	Capture of Kasos
1824	Battle of Marathon 1824 CE	Marathon, Greece
5 July 1824	Destruction of Psara	Psara, Greece
29 August 1824	Battle of Gerontas	Leros, Greece	Greek victory; Control of Samos secured
1824	Battle of Samos	Samos, Greece	Greek victory
15 April 1825	Third Siege of Missolonghi	Missolonghi, Greece	Ottoman–Egyptian victory; Capture of Missolonghi
8 May 1825	Battle of Sphacteria	Sphacteria, Greece	Egyptian victory
1 June 1825	Battle of Andros	Greece	Greek victory
13 June 1825	Battle of Maniaki	Maniaki, Greece	Egyptian victory
1825	Battle at Trikorfa	Greece
6 July 1825	Battle of the Lerna Mills	Q4118461, Greece	Greek victory
21 July 1825	Second Battle of Doliana	Ano Doliana, Greece
1825	Battle of Kakosalesi	Greece	Greek victory
November 1825	Battle of Kleisova	Kleisova island, Greece	Greek victory
1826	Battle of Diros	Mani Peninsula, Greece
5 May 1826	Battle at Kastraki	Kalavryta Province, Greece	Ottoman victory
20 May 1826	Siege of Varnakova	Monastery of Panagia Varnakovas, Greece	Greek retreat, blowing up of the Monastery by the Turks
1826	Battle of Meimetaga	Greece
3 August 1826	Siege of the Acropolis	Acropolis of Athens, Greece	Ottoman victory; Capture of the Acropolis
18 November 1826	Battle of Arachova	Arachova, Greece	Greek victory
1826	Battle of Turkochori	Atalanti, Greece
1827	Battle of Distomo	Greece
1827	Battle of Kamatero	Greece	Ottoman victory
1827	Battle of Keratsini	Greece
6 May 1827	Battle of Phaleron	Palaio Faliro, Greece	Ottoman victory
1827	Acropolis Fall	Acropolis of Athens, Greece
26 August 1827	Battle of Kavkaria	Panachaiko, Greece
1827	Battle of Itea	Greece	Greek victory
20 October 1827	Battle of Navarino	Pylos, Greece	Allied victory
1829	Battle of Martino	Martino, Greece	Greek victory
12 September 1829	Battle of Petra	Q15306825, Greece	Greek victory; End of the Greek War of Independence
date unknown	Battle of Derven Fourka	Greece
date unknown	Domvraina battle	Greece
date unknown	Battle of Malaxa	Greece

Engagements are the Wikidata records placed within the Greek War of Independence (or a campaign of it) that carry coordinates; actions without coordinates are not shown.