Category: History of Zakynthos
During the Nazi occupation of Greece, Mayor Karrer and Bishop Chrysostomos refused…
Mussolini-led Italy invaded Greece in October 1940 but the invasion was halted after…
The First World War period was dominated by two parties on Zakynthos, the Romas and…
On the 5th of June of 1864, with the treaty which was signed in London between…
Around the time of other revolutionary movements in Europe in 1848, the Party of…
On 30 September 1821, following the outbreak of the Greek War of Independence, an…
On the 19th of September of 1809 there appeared in Zakynthos (Zante) three frigates…
The beginning of the Greek War of Independence resulted in a number of land and naval…
The Battle of Lala (9–13 June 1821) was one of the first major conflicts of the Greek…
With the outbreak of the Greek War of Independence, one of its leaders, Alexander…
The Filiki Eteria (or Society of Friends) was a secret 19th-century organization…
After the capture of Zakynthos, Kefalonia and Ithaci, in March 1810, Oswald and…
A year after the initial French Napoleonic occupation of Zakynthos, the wider European…
In 1806, the Ottoman Empire declared war on the Russian Empire; and thereafter, the…
After continued tension throughout the Ionian Islands, the constitution of the…
The governance of Zakynthos was also made difficult by the intervention of other…
After a long period of negotiations, on 21 March 1800 the Treaty of Constantinople was…
Resistance continued to grow among the Cittadini, Popolari and some of the peasants to…
The French garrison forces on Zakynthos included 444 men and 47 officers, their…
After the departure of the French, the intervention of the allies followed, and the…
The Treaty of Campoformio signed on 18 October 1797 dismantled the Venetian Republic…
Many of the Zakynthian patriotic revolutionaries coalesced around the figure of the…
By the time of the French Revolution, the Republic of Venice was already in serious…
Although it is difficult to entirely document the fullest extent of…
The Orlov Revolt was a Greek uprising primarily centred in the Peloponnese. It erupted…
The Seventh Venetian-Ottoman War (or the Second Morean War) was fought between the…
Following the fall of various Venetian-occupied cities and forts in mainland Greece…
The Morean War (or Sixth Ottoman–Venetian War) was fought between 1684 and 1699. The…
The Fifth Ottoman–Venetian War was fought over the island of Crete, Venice’s…
Zakynthos was considered a relatively wealthy island throughout the period of the…
Venetian rule was anything but peaceful during the period of the occupation. The…
Another key source of Zakynthian refugees and influence on Zakynthian culture…
The life of Saint Dionysios of Zakynthos provides a clue as to life during the early…
The people of Zakynthos contributed to the famous Battle of Lepanto not only due to…
Shortly after the establishment of Venetian rule in 1484, Venice sought to repopulate…
The Turkish naval squadron returned to Zakynthos and anchored near Argassi. The naval…
During the early 16th century, the Venetian Republic had refrained from partaking in…
A little earlier, on 17 August 1500, the admiral of the fleet, Benedetto Pesaro and…
Bayezid II made further demands on the Venetian Republic in the following months which…
The Second Ottoman–Venetian War (1499–1503) saw the Ottoman Turks, under the command…
Ottoman rule lasted only until 22 April 1484; however, the Ottoman Turks did not…
During the reign of the Ottoman Turkish sultan Mehmet II, the Tocco family had been…
By 1460, and during the reign of Mehmed II, the Ottoman Turks eventually controlled…
After 1185 Zakynthos became part of the County palatine of Cephalonia and Zakynthos…
Zakynthos (Zante) came under the Roman power when the Consul, the Roman Senator Titus…
Zakynthos came under the Roman power when the Consul, the Roman Senator Titus…
Zakynthos (Zante) is considered in mythology to be the first settler of the island,…