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Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 138. Chapters: Equinox, Passover, Bacchanalia, Pi Day, Ides of March, Good Friday, Mardi Gras, Father's Day, Saint Patrick's Day, Lady Day, Earth Day, Saint Joseph's Day, Hinamatsuri, Greek War of Independence, Nowruz, Purim, Land Day, Easter Vigil, Courir de Mardi Gras, Annunciation, International Women's Day, Newroz as celebrated by Kurds, World Water Day, Rama Navami, Shamrock Club of Wisconsin, Saint David's Day, World Day of Prayer, Martisor, Ugadi, National Pig Day, Martenitsa, Bahá'í Naw-Rúz, Serfs Emancipation Day, Commonwealth Day, Sizdah Be-dar, Youth Day, Evacuation Day, National Poison Prevention Week, Irish-American Heritage Month, Nyepi, Casimir Pulaski Day, Whuppity Scoorie Day, Baba Marta, Navy Day, Youth Art Month, Royal Hours, World Tuberculosis Day, St Piran's Day, Ayyám-i-Há, Quinquatria, Clean Up Australia, Germanos of Patras, Women's History Month, Agonalia, White Day, National Corndog Day, Harmony Day, Middle Name Pride Day, Honen Matsuri, Thriambus, Tibetan Uprising Day, World Down Syndrome Day, National Doctors' Day, Matronalia, Maryland Day, Prince Kuhio Day, World Poetry Day, International Astrology Day, Tola of Clonard, Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice, Tubilustrium, International Dadaism Month, Self-injury Awareness Day, International Day Against Police Brutality, Sun-Earth Day, Spiritual Baptist/Shouter Liberation Day, International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Canberra Day, Saint Casimir's Day, Equirria, Seward's Day, Waffle day, Tolkien Reading Day, Vernal Equinox Day, Freedom Day, Remembrance Day, Koreisai, World Kidney Day, Read Across America, Patrick of Avernia, Transfer Day, International Francophonie Day, Ajîl-e Moshkel-goshâ. Excerpt: The Greek War of Independence, also known as the Greek Revolution (Greek: ; Ottoman: Yunan Isyani) was a successful war of independence waged by the Greek revolutionaries between 1821 and 1830, with later assistance from several European powers, against the Ottoman Empire, who were assisted by their vassals, the Eyalet of Egypt and partly the Vilayet of Tunisia. Following the fall of the Byzantine Empire to the Ottoman Empire, most of Greece came under Ottoman rule. During this time, there were frequent revolts by Greeks attempting to gain independence. In 1814, a secret organization called the Filiki Eteria was founded with the aim of liberating Greece. The Filiki Eteria planned to launch revolts in the Peloponnese, the Danubian Principalities and Constantinople. The first of these revolts began on 6 March 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 in action and on 17 March 1821 the Maniots declared war on the Ottomans. By the end of the month, the Peloponnese was in open revolt against the Turks and by October 1821 the Greeks under Theodoros Kolokotronis had captured Tripolitsa. The Peloponnesian revolt was quickly followed by revolts in Crete, Macedonia and Central Greece, which would soon be suppressed. Meanwhile, the makeshift Greek navy was achieving 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. Meanwhile, the Ottoman Sultan negotiated with Mehmet Ali of Egypt, who agreed to send his son Ibrahim Pasha to Greece with an army to suppress the revo...

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