Tripolitsa, Greece, is captured by Greek rebels during the Greek War of Independence.

Siege of Tripolitsa

1821 battle and massacre in the Greek War of Independence

The siege of Tripolitsa or fall of Tripolitsa, also known as the Tripolitsa massacre, was an early victory of the revolutionary Greek forces in the summer of 1821 during the Greek War of Independence, which had begun earlier that year, against the Ottoman Empire. Tripolitsa was…