Event Cretan Front (Greek War of Indipendence)

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Was the theatre of war in Crete of the Greek War of Indipendence.

Chronology

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  • April 1828: In January 1828, the Epirote Hatzimichalis Dalianis landed in Crete with 700 men and in the following March took possession of Frangokastello.
  • January 1828: The Cretan insurgents were besieged in Gramvousa for more than two years by the Ottoman army.
  • April 1828: Frangokastello's defence was doomed after a seven-day siege and Dalianis perished along with 385 men.
  • January 1822: An uprising by Christians in Crete against Ottoman rule.
  • June 1824: By the spring of 1824, the Ottomans had managed to limit the Cretan resistance to just a few mountain enclaves.
  • August 1825: Led by Dimitrios Kallergis and Emmanouil Antoniadis, a group of Cretans captured the fort at Gramvousa and other insurgents captured the fort at Kissamos.