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    The Chios massacre (Greek: Η σφαγή της Χίου, pronounced [i sfaˈʝi tis ˈçi.u]) was a catastrophe that resulted in the death, enslavement, and flight of...
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    the horror of the wartime destruction visited on the Island of Chios in the Chios massacre. A frieze-like display of suffering characters, military might...
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    Chios (/ˈkaɪ.ɒs, ˈkaɪ.oʊs, ˈkiː-/; Greek: Χίος, romanized: Chíos [ˈçi.os] , traditionally known as Scio in English) is the fifth largest Greek island,...
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    off Chios took place on the night of 18 June 1822. The event, occurring during the Greek War of Independence, was a reprisal for the Chios massacre which...
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    A massacre is an event in which large numbers of people, often, but not necessarily civilians, are indiscriminately killed by another or others. The word...
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    (Pistacia lentiscus). It is also known as tears of Chios, being traditionally produced on the island Chios, and, like other natural resins, is produced in...
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    more than a century. Chios massacre Ottoman Bulgaria Ottoman Empire List of massacres in Ottoman Bulgaria Stara Zagora massacre Religion, Ethnicity and...
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  • and Turkish corsairs Battle of Chios (1822), also known as the Chios massacre, a suppression of Greek revolt and massacre of the island's population by...
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    in Chios and the ensuing Chios massacre in April 1822. He was killed when a fireship captained by Konstantinos Kanaris blew up his flagship in Chios harbour...
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    suppressed or played down. The Ottoman massacres at Chios in 1822 inspired Eugène Delacroix's famous painting Massacre of Chios; other philhellenic works by Delacroix...
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    Revolution, including those of Samothrace (1821), Chios (1822), Kos, Rhodes, Kasos and Psara (1824). The massacre of Samothrace occurred on September 1, 1821...
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    Chian diaspora (category Chios)
    families, like most of the population of Chios, were of mixed Greek and Genoese descent. This ended with the Chios Massacre of 1822, with much of the population...
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    he again achieved popular success for his The Massacre at Chios. Delacroix's painting of Chios Massacre during the Greek civil wars of 1823–1825 shows...
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    1822: Revenge of the Chios Massacre". Greek City Times. Retrieved 24 August 2020. "Constantine Kanaris – The Avenger of Chios". Chios Radio. Retrieved 24...
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    flagship off Chios took place on the night of 18 June 1822 during the Greek War of Independence, and was a reprisal for the Chios massacre which occurred...
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    Mesta, Greece (redirect from Mesta, Chios)
    traditional village on the island of Chios. It belongs to the Mastic Villages, a group of villages in South Chios where the main activity is the manufacture...
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    following a vote. March 31 – Greek War of Independence – Chios massacre: 20,000 Greeks on the island of Chios are slaughtered by Ottoman troops, and 23,000 exiled...
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  • Frankish-Byzantine Raoul/Ralles Family. Originally from the Greek island of Chios, due to the Chios massacre the Ralli family was forced to emigrate to the United Kingdom...
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    weakness, and the commission of atrocities by Ottoman military forces (see Chios massacre) further undermined the empire. The disbandment of the centuries-old...
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    Centurione, with his return to Chios as Protocome. He reclaimed his paternal estates and jointly exploited the lands of Chios and Phocea with a few Genoese...
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    Mustapha Khaznadar (category Politicians from Chios)
    Greek island of Chios as Georgios Halkias Stravelakis in 1817. In January 1822, rebels from the neighboring islands of Samos arrived on Chios and declared...
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    Destruction of Psara (category Massacres during the Greek War of Independence)
    by destroying the flagship of Nasuhzade Ali Pasha in revenge for the Chios massacre, killing 2,300 Turks, as well as the Kapudan Pasha himself. On 20 June...
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    Siege of Tripolitsa Colburn (1821) p. 56 iv) In conjunction with the Chios Massacre in 1822, several Chiote merchants were detained and executed at Constantinople...
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    Constantinople massacre of 1821, the Chios massacre, the Destruction of Psara, the Batak massacre, the Hamidian massacres, the Adana massacre, the ethnic...
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    garrisons, apart from the larger islands of Lesbos and Chios. Due to the recent Italo-Turkish War, Chios had been particularly well prepared and supplied for...
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  • The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in Greece. "The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, DRABESKOS (Sdravik) Macedonia, Greece"...
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    sold as slaves in Ottoman slave markets. One such incident was the Chios massacre of 1822. This had caused great indignation in Europe on behalf of the...
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    from the original on 10 June 2024. Retrieved 11 November 2018. "The Chios Massacre Of 1822". Queens Gazette. Archived from the original on 11 November...
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    study for his large oil painting The Massacre at Chios ("Scène des massacres de Scio"); a depiction of the Chios massacre which occurred in 1821 during the...
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    Greek boy from the Ottoman island of Sakız (Chios) orphaned at a very young age following the Chios massacre there. He was adopted by Kaptan-ı Derya (Grand...
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