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KANARIS Silver 30gr RARE 🅰️ GREECE 1821 2021 🅰️ Grece Grecia Griechenland

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  • Year: 1821
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    1821-2021.
    200 years from the Greek revolution.
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    Konstantinos Kanaris during the Greek War of Independence. Lithography by
    Karl Krazeisen
    , 1831.
    Konstantinos Kanaris
    Κωνσταντίνος Κανάρης
    Konstantinos Kanaris, Prime Minister of Greece.
    Prime Minister of Greece
    In office
    16 February 1844 – 30 March 1844
    Monarch
    Otto I
    Preceded by
    Andreas Metaxas
    Succeeded by
    Alexandros Mavrokordatos
    In office
    15 October 1848 – 12 December 1849
    Monarch
    Otto I
    Preceded by
    Georgios Kountouriotis
    Succeeded by
    Antonios Kriezis
    Prime Minister of Greece
    In office
    6 March 1864 – 16 April 1864
    Monarch
    George I
    Preceded by
    Dimitrios Voulgaris
    Succeeded by
    Zinovios Valvis
    In office
    26 July 1864 – 26 February 1865
    Monarch
    George I
    Preceded by
    Zinovios Valvis
    Succeeded by
    Benizelos Roufos
    In office
    7 June 1877 – 2 September 1877
    Monarch
    George I
    Preceded by
    Alexandros Koumoundouros
    Succeeded by
    Alexandros Koumoundouros
    Personal details
    Born
    c. 1790
    Psara
    ,
    Ottoman Greece
    Died
    2 September 1877 (aged 87)
    Athens
    ,
    Kingdom of Greece
    Nationality
    Greek
    Signature
    Military service
    Allegiance
    First Hellenic Republic
    Kingdom of Greece
    Branch/service
    Hellenic Navy
    Years of service
    1821–1844
    Rank
    Admiral
    Battles/wars
    Greek War of Independence
    Konstantinos Kanaris
    , also
    anglicised
    as
    Constantine Kanaris
    or
    Canaris
    (
    Greek
    :
    Κωνσταντίνος Κανάρης
    ; c. 1790
    [1]
    – 2 September 1877
    [2]
    ), was a Greek
    admiral
    ,
    Prime Minister
    , and a hero of the
    Greek War of Independence
    .
    [3]
    Early life
    Konstantinos Kanaris was born and grew up on the island of
    Psara
    , close to the island of
    Chios
    , in the
    Aegean
    . The exact year of his birth is unknown. Official records of the
    Hellenic Navy
    indicate 1795, however, modern Greek historians consider 1790 or 1793 to be more probable.
    [4]
    He was left an
    orphan
    at a young age. Having to support himself, he chose to become a
    seaman
    like most members of his family since the beginning of the 18th century. He was subsequently hired as a boy on the
    brig
    of his uncle Dimitris Bourekas.
    Military career
    Kanaris gained his fame during the
    Greek War of Independence
    (1821–1829). Unlike most other prominent figures of the War, he had never been initiated into the
    Filiki Eteria
    (Society of Friends), which played a significant role in the uprising against the
    Ottoman Empire
    , primarily by secret recruitment of supporters against the Turkish rule.
    [5]
    By early 1821, the movement had gained enough support to launch a revolution. This seems to have inspired Kanaris, who was in
    Odessa
    at the time. He returned to the island of
    Psara
    in haste and was present when it joined the uprising on 10 April 1821.
    [6]
    The island formed its own fleet and the famed seamen of Psara, already known for their well-equipped ships and successful combats against
    sea pirates
    , proved to be highly effective in
    naval warfare
    . Kanaris soon distinguished himself as a
    fire ship
    captain.
    [7]
    The burning of the Turkish flagship by Kanaris
    . Painting by
    Nikiforos Lytras
    , 1870.
    At
    Chios
    , on the moonless night of 6–7 June 1822, forces under his command
    destroyed the flagship
    of the Ottoman admiral
    Nasuhzade Ali Pasha
    in revenge for the
    Chios massacre
    . The admiral was holding a
    Bayram
    celebration, allowing Kanaris and his men to position their fire ship without being noticed. When the flagship's powder store caught fire, all men aboard were instantly killed. The Turkish casualties comprised 2,300 men, both naval officers and common sailors, as well as Nasuhzade Ali Pasha himself.
    [8]
    Kanaris led another successful attack against the
    Ottoman fleet
    at
    Tenedos
    in November 1822. He was famously said to have encouraged himself by murmuring
    "Konstantí, you are going to die"
    every time he was approaching a Turkish warship on the fire boat he was about to detonate.
    [9]
    [10]
    After the destruction of Psara
    . Painting by
    Nikolaos Gyzis
    , 1898.
    The Ottoman fleet
    captured Psara
    on 21 June 1824. A part of the population, including Kanaris, managed to flee the island, but those who didn't were either sold into
    slavery
    or slaughtered. After the destruction of his home island, he continued to lead attacks against Turkish forces. In August 1824, he engaged in naval combats in the
    Dodecanese
    .
    [11]
    The following year, Kanaris led the
    Greek raid on Alexandria
    , a daring attempt to destroy the
    Egyptian fleet
    with fire ships that might have been successful if the wind had not failed just after the Greek ships entered
    Alexandria harbour
    .
    [12]
    After the end of the War and the independence of Greece, Kanaris became an officer of the new
    Greek Navy
    , reaching the rank of
    admiral
    , and became a prominent
    politician
    .
    Greek War of Independence
    Clockwise:
    The camp of
    Georgios Karaiskakis
    at
    Phaliro
    , the burning of an Ottoman frigate by a Greek
    fire ship
    , the
    Battle of Navarino
    and
    Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt
    at the
    Third Siege of Missolonghi
    Date
    21 February 1821 – 12 September 1829
    [1]
    (8 years, 6 months and 3 weeks)
    Location
    Greece
    Result
    Greek independence:
    Establishment of the
    First Hellenic Republic
    (1822–1832)
    Start of the
    Russo-Turkish War (1828–1829)
    London Protocol
    Treaty of Constantinople
    Establishment of the
    Kingdom of Greece
    (1832)
    Start of the
    First Egyptian-Ottoman War
    Territorial
    changes
    The
    Peloponnese
    ,
    Saronic Islands
    ,
    Cyclades
    ,
    Sporades
    and
    Continental Greece
    ceded to the independent Greek state
    Crete
    ceded to
    Egypt
    Belligerents
    Before 1822:
    Filiki Eteria
    Greek
    Revolutionaries
    Sacred Band (Ieros Lohos)
    After 1822:
    Hellenic Republic
    Supported by:
    United Kingdom
    Romanian Revolutionaries
    Russian Empire
    Kingdom of France
    Serb volunteers
    Montenegrins volunteers
    Ottoman Empire
    Egypt
    Algeria
    Tripolitania
    Tunis
    Commanders and leaders
    Alexandros Ypsilantis
    (
    Commander-in-Chief
    )
    Demetrios Ypsilantis
    Ioannis Kapodistrias
    Theodoros Kolokotronis
    Alexandros Mavrokordatos
    Germanos III
    Petros Mavromichalis
    Georgios Karaiskakis

    Athanasios Diakos
    Grigorios Papaflessas

    Markos Botsaris

    Yannis Makriyannis
    Nikitas Stamatelopoulos
    Emmanouel Pappas
    Odysseas Androutsos
    Andreas Miaoulis
    Constantinos Kanaris
    Laskarina Bouboulina

    Richard Church
    Vasos Mavrovouniotis
    Hadži-Prodan

    European support
    :
    Nicholas I
    Lodewijk Heiden
    Edward Codrington
    Henri de Rigny
    Nicolas Joseph Maison
    Mahmud II
    (
    Commander-in-Chief
    )
    Nasuhzade Ali Pasha

    Omer Vrioni
    Mahmud Dramali Pasha
    Kara Mehmed
    Hursid Pasha

    Husrev Pasha
    Mustafa Pasha Bushatli
    Reşid Mehmed Pasha
    Mehmed Selim Pasha
    Egyptian support
    :
    Muhammad Ali Pasha
    Ibrahim Pasha
    Ismael Gibraltar

    The
    Greek War of Independence
    , also known as the
    Greek Revolution
    (
    Greek
    :
    Ελληνική Επανάσταση
    ,
    Elliniki Epanastasi
    ; referred to by
    Greeks
    in the 19th century as simply the Αγώνας,
    Agonas
    , "
    Struggle
    ";
    Ottoman
    : يونان عصياني
    Yunan İsyanı
    , "
    Greek Uprising
    "), was a successful
    war of independence
    waged by Greek revolutionaries against the
    Ottoman Empire
    between 1821 and 1830. The Greeks were later assisted by Great Britain,
    France
    and Russia, while the Ottomans were aided by their North African vassals, particularly the
    eyalet
    of
    Egypt
    . The war led to the formation of
    modern Greece
    . The revolution is celebrated by Greeks around the world as
    independence day
    on 25 March.
    Greece came under Ottoman rule in the 15th century, in the decades before and after the
    fall of Constantinople
    .
    [2]
    During the following centuries, there were sporadic but unsuccessful
    Greek uprisings
    against Ottoman rule.
    [3]
    In 1814, a secret organization called
    Filiki Eteria
    (Society of Friends) was founded with the aim of liberating Greece, encouraged by the revolutionary fervor gripping Europe in that period. The Filiki Eteria planned to launch revolts in the
    Peloponnese
    , the
    Danubian Principalities
    , and
    Constantinople
    itself. The insurrection was planned for 25 March 1821 (on the Julian Calendar), the Orthodox Christian
    Feast of the Annunciation
    . However, the plans of Filiki Eteria were discovered by the Ottoman authorities, forcing the revolution to start earlier. The first revolt began on 6 March/21 February 1821 in the
    Danubian Principalities
    , but it was soon put down by the Ottomans. The events in the north urged the Greeks in the Peloponnese (
    Morea
    ) into action and on 17 March 1821, the
    Maniots
    were first to declare war. In September 1821, the Greeks under the leadership of
    Theodoros Kolokotronis
    captured
    Tripolitsa
    . Revolts in
    Crete
    ,
    Macedonia
    , and
    Central Greece
    broke out, but were eventually suppressed. Meanwhile, makeshift Greek fleets achieved success against the
    Ottoman navy
    in the
    Aegean Sea
    and prevented Ottoman reinforcements from arriving by sea.
    Tensions soon developed among different Greek factions, leading to two consecutive civil wars. The
    Ottoman Sultan
    called in his vassal
    Muhammad Ali of Egypt
    , who agreed to send his son
    Ibrahim Pasha
    to Greece with an army to suppress the revolt in return for territorial gains. Ibrahim landed in the Peloponnese in February 1825 and brought most of the peninsula under Egyptian control by the end of that year. The town of
    Missolonghi
    fell in April 1826 after a
    year-long siege
    by the Turks. Despite a
    failed invasion of Mani
    , Athens also fell and the revolution looked all but lost.
    At that point, the three Great Powers—Russia, Britain and France—decided to intervene, sending their naval squadrons to Greece in 1827. Following news that the combined Ottoman–Egyptian fleet was going to attack the island of
    Hydra
    , the allied European fleets intercepted the Ottoman navy at
    Navarino
    . After a tense week-long standoff, the
    Battle of Navarino
    led to the destruction of the Ottoman–Egyptian fleet and turned the tide in favor of the revolutionaries. In 1828 the Egyptian army withdrew under pressure of a
    French expeditionary force
    . The Ottoman garrisons in the Peloponnese surrendered, and the Greek revolutionaries proceeded to retake central Greece. Russia invaded the Ottoman Empire and forced it to accept Greek autonomy in the
    Treaty of Adrianople (1829)
    . After nine years of war, Greece was finally recognized as an independent state under the
    London Protocol
    of February 1830. Further negotiations in 1832 led to the
    London Conference
    and the
    Treaty of Constantinople
    ; these defined the final borders of the new state and established
    Prince Otto
    of Bavaria as the first king of Greece.