Siege of Patras (1821)

Siege of Patras

Athanasios Kanakaris during the siege of Patras by Peter von Hess

Date	March 1821
Location	Patras, Greece
Result	Capture of the city by the Greeks, creation of the Directorate of Achaea, failure to capture the fortress

Belligerents

Greek Revolutionary Army

Ottoman Empire

Commanders and leaders

Strength

1,500 irregulars

Casualties and losses

unknown

Greek War of Independence

Kalamata Patras Alamana 1st Acropolis Gravia Valtetsi Doliana Dragashani Sculeni Vasilika Trench Tripolitsa 1st Chios Peta Dervenakia 1st Messolonghi Karpenisi Psara Nauplia 2nd Messolonghi Greek civil wars Samos Gerontas Sphacteria Neokastro Maniaki Mills of Lerna 3rd Messolonghi Mani 2nd Acropolis Arachova Kamatero Phaleron Navarino 2nd Chios Petra

The Siege of Patras was one of the first events of the Greek War of Independence (1821-1830). After the outbreak of the revolution, the Greeks of Patras tried to capture the main fortress of the city. After a long period and several sieges, finally the Ottomans restored the order and Patras remained under Ottoman control almost until the end of the war.

References

Greek War of Independence

Background

Ottoman Greece	Armatoloi/Klephts Lambros Katsonis Orlov Revolt Maniots Phanariotes Souliotes Ali Pasha

Greek Enlightenment	People: Cosmas of Aetolia Theoklitos Farmakidis Rigas Feraios Anthimos Gazis Theophilos Kairis Adamantios Korais Eugenios Voulgaris Organisations: Ellinoglosso Xenodocheio Filiki Eteria Filomousos Eteria

Western Europe	Events: French Revolution Napoleonic Wars Septinsular Republic United States of the Ionian Islands Ideas: Liberalism Nationalism Orthodox Christianity

Events

Battles	Kalamata Patras Alamana 1st Acropolis Gravia Valtetsi Doliana Dragashani Sculeni Vasilika Trench Tripolitsa Peta Dervenakia 1st Messolonghi Karpenisi 2nd Messolonghi Greek civil wars Samos Gerontas Sphacteria Neokastro Maniaki Lerna Mills 3rd Messolonghi Mani 2nd Acropolis Arachova Kamatero Phaleron Chios Petra

Massacres	Constantinople Thessaloniki Navarino Tripolitsa Naousa Samothrace Chios Psara Kasos

Naval conflicts	Nauplia Psara Samos Sphacteria Gerontas Souda Alexandria Navarino

Ships	Greek sloop Karteria Greek brig Aris

Greek Regional Councils	Messenian Senate Directorate of Achaea Peloponnesian Senate Senate of Western Continental Greece Areopagus of Eastern Continental Greece Provisional Regime of Crete Military-Political System of Samos

Greek National Assemblies	First (Epidaurus) Second (Astros) Third (Troezen) Fourth (Argos) Fifth (Nafplion)

International Conferences, Treaties and Protocols	Congress of Laibach Congress of Verona Protocol of St Petersburg Treaty of London Conference of Poros London Protocol of 1828 London Protocol of 1829 Treaty of Adrianople London Protocol of 1830 London Conference Treaty of Constantinople

Personalities

Greece	Odysseas Androutsos Markos Botsaris Laskarina Bouboulina Constantin Denis Bourbaki Hatzimichalis Dalianis Athanasios Diakos Germanos III of Old Patras Dimitrios Kallergis Athanasios Kanakaris Constantine Kanaris Ioannis Kapodistrias Georgios Karaiskakis Ioannis Kolettis Theodoros Kolokotronis Georgios Kountouriotis Antonios Kriezis Nikolaos Kriezotis Lykourgos Logothetis Andreas Londos Yannis Makriyannis Manto Mavrogenous Alexandros Mavrokordatos Petrobey Mavromichalis Andreas Metaxas Andreas Miaoulis Antonis Oikonomou Ioannis Orlandos Papaflessas Dimitrios Papanikolis Emmanouel Pappas Ioannis Papafis Christoforos Perraivos Nikitaras Iakovos Tombazis Anastasios Tsamados Georgios Sachtouris Demetrios Ypsilantis

Philhellenes	Lord Byron François-René de Chateaubriand Richard Church Lord Cochrane Jean-Gabriel Eynard Charles Fabvier Thomas Gordon Frank Abney Hastings Carl von Heideck Karl Normann Maxime Raybaud Giuseppe Rosaroll Santorre di Santa Rosa Friedrich Thiersch Ludwig I of Bavaria German Legion Serbs and Montenegrins

Moldavia and Wallachia	Alexander Ypsilantis Sacred Band Giorgakis Olympios Yiannis Pharmakis Dimitrie Macedonski Tudor Vladimirescu

Ottoman Empire and Egypt	Sultan Mahmud II Hurshid Pasha Nasuhzade Ali Pasha Omer Vrioni Kara Mehmet Mahmud Dramali Pasha Koca Hüsrev Mehmed Pasha Reşid Mehmed Pasha Yussuf Pasha Ibrahim Pasha Soliman Pasha al-Faransawi

Britain, France and Russia	Stratford Canning Edward Codrington Henri de Rigny Nicholas I of Russia Login Geiden

Morea expedition	Military: Nicolas Joseph Maison Louis-Eugène Cavaignac Antoine Virgile Schneider Amédée Despans-Cubières Auguste Regnaud de Saint-Jean d'Angély Camille Alphonse Trézel Scientific: Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent Gabriel Bibron Gaspard Auguste Brullé Gérard Paul Deshayes Eugène Emmanuel Amaury Duval Pierre-Narcisse Guérin Edgar Quinet

Impact

Art	Eugène Delacroix Louis Dupré Peter von Hess Victor Hugo François Pouqueville Karl Krazeisen Andreas Kalvos Dionysios Solomos Theodoros Vryzakis Hellas (poem) Greece on the Ruins of Missolonghi The Massacre at Chios The Free Besieged Hymn to Liberty The Archipelago on Fire

Remembrance	25 March (Independence Day) Eleftheria i thanatos Pedion tou Areos Propylaea (Munich) Garden of Heroes (Missolonghi) Evzones

Coordinates: 38°15′00″N 21°44′00″E / 38.2500°N 21.7333°E / 38.2500; 21.7333

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