Navarino Bay
October 20, 1827
An allied British, French, and Russian fleet sailed into a bay on the Peloponnesian coast to enforce a ceasefire and ended up annihilating the Ottoman-Egyptian navy that had been bombarding Greek rebels. It was the last major naval battle fought entirely under sail - and the day Greek independence became certain.
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Also in 1827 (3 other events on record)
- Nicéphore Niépce Captures the First Photograph · Europe · Science
- Treaty of London on Greek Independence · Europe · Politics
- Beethoven Dies · Europe · Culture
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Era
Industrial Age (1801–1900), one of 513 events from that era on Saeculum.