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| 1204 |
| | | Venice takes the useful islands of Corfu and Crete as part of the spoils of the fourth crusade | |
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| 1309 |
| | | The Knights of St John capture the island of Rhodes, which they rule as their own sovereign state for more than two centuries | |
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| 1460 |
| | | The Turks complete the occupation of Greece, which remains within the Ottoman empire until the nineteenth century | |
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| 1571 |
| | | Galleys are rowed into battle for the last time at Lepanto, ending a fighting career of some 2500 years | |
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| 1821 |
| | | An uprising in Greece against Turkish rule is followed by the massacre of several thousand Muslims | |
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| 1823 |
| | | Lord Byron arrives in Greece to support the cause of Greek independence | |
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| 1824 |
| | | Lord Byron dies of a fever in Greece, in Missolonghi, at the age of thirty-six | |
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| 1827 |
| | | Britain, France and Russia, supporting Greek independence, defeat the Turkish and Egyptian fleets at Navarino | |
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| 1832 |
| | | Greece wins independence, with the 17-year-old Otto of Bavaria as king | |
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| 1847 |
| | | Don Pacifico's house in Athens is burnt by an anti-Semitic crowd, provoking an international incident | |
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