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Konstantinos Kanaris blows up the Ottoman navy's flagship at Chios, killing the Kapudan Pasha Nasuhzade Ali Pasha.
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Konstantinos Kanaris
Greek politician (c. 1790 – 1877)
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Ottoman Navy
Navy of the Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Navy or the Imperial Navy, also known as the Ottoman Fleet, was the naval warfare arm of the Ottoman Empire. It was established after the Ottomans first reached the sea in 1323 by capturing Praenetos, the site of the first Ottoman naval shipyard and the nucleus of…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Chios
Island in Greece
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Kapudan Pasha
Admiral of the navy of the Ottoman Empire
The Kapudan Pasha, also known as the Kapudan-ı Derya was the grand admiral of the Ottoman Navy. Typically, the Kapudan Pasha was based at Galata and Gallipoli during the winter and charged with annual sailings during the summer months. The title of Kapudan Pasha itself is only…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Nasuhzade Ali Pasha
Ottoman admiral
Nasuhzade Ali Pasha, commonly known as Kara Ali Pasha, was an Ottoman-Albanian admiral of the Ottoman navy during the early stages of the Greek War of Independence. In 1821, as second-in-command of the Ottoman navy, he succeeded in resupplying the isolated Ottoman fortresses in…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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Day of the year
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