Greek War of Independence

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The Greek War of Independence was the early 19th-century revolutionary conflict in which Greeks fought to liberate themselves from Ottoman rule and establish an independent Greek state.

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Label	Occurrences
Greek War of Independence canonical	128
Greek Revolution	5
Greek Revolution of 1821	3
Greek War of Independence (1821–1829)	2
Greek War of Independence era	2
Agonas tis Aneksartisias (Struggle for Independence)	1
Greek War of Independence (Egyptian intervention)	1
Greek War of Independence (aftermath)	1
Greek War of Independence against Ottoman rule	1
Greek War of Independence against the Ottoman Empire	1
Greek War of Independence leaders	1
Greek War of Independence of 1821	1
Hellenic Revolution	1
Service in the Greek War of Independence	1
Ελληνική Επανάσταση του 1821	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T150893 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Greek War of Independence
Context triple: [Lord Byron, participatedIn, Greek War of Independence]

A. Greek Civil War
The Greek Civil War was a post–World War II conflict (1946–1949) between the Greek government and communist insurgents that became an early flashpoint of the Cold War and a catalyst for increased U.S. intervention in Europe.
B. Balkan Wars
The Balkan Wars were two early 20th-century conflicts in Southeastern Europe in which Balkan states fought the Ottoman Empire and then each other, reshaping regional borders and heightening tensions that helped set the stage for World War I.
C. Greek National Assemblies of the War of Independence
The Greek National Assemblies of the War of Independence were revolutionary representative bodies that convened during Greece’s struggle against Ottoman rule to draft early constitutions and lay the foundations of the modern Greek state.
D. Crimean War
The Crimean War was a mid-19th-century conflict in which Russia fought an alliance of the Ottoman Empire, Britain, France, and Sardinia, noted for its brutal conditions, military blunders, and the emergence of modern nursing and war reporting.
E. Dekemvriana
Dekemvriana refers to the violent clashes in Athens in December 1944 between communist-led resistance forces and British-backed government troops, a pivotal crisis that foreshadowed the Greek Civil War.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Greek War of Independence
Target entity description: The Greek War of Independence was the early 19th-century revolutionary conflict in which Greeks fought to liberate themselves from Ottoman rule and establish an independent Greek state.

A. Greek Civil War
The Greek Civil War was a post–World War II conflict (1946–1949) between the Greek government and communist insurgents that became an early flashpoint of the Cold War and a catalyst for increased U.S. intervention in Europe.
B. Balkan Wars
The Balkan Wars were two early 20th-century conflicts in Southeastern Europe in which Balkan states fought the Ottoman Empire and then each other, reshaping regional borders and heightening tensions that helped set the stage for World War I.
C. Greek National Assemblies of the War of Independence
The Greek National Assemblies of the War of Independence were revolutionary representative bodies that convened during Greece’s struggle against Ottoman rule to draft early constitutions and lay the foundations of the modern Greek state.
D. Crimean War
The Crimean War was a mid-19th-century conflict in which Russia fought an alliance of the Ottoman Empire, Britain, France, and Sardinia, noted for its brutal conditions, military blunders, and the emergence of modern nursing and war reporting.
E. Dekemvriana
Dekemvriana refers to the violent clashes in Athens in December 1944 between communist-led resistance forces and British-backed government troops, a pivotal crisis that foreshadowed the Greek Civil War.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (78)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Greek revolutionary war ⓘ revolution ⓘ war of independence ⓘ
countryInvolved	Greece ⓘ Kingdom of France ⓘ Ottoman Empire ⓘ Russian Empire ⓘ United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
endTime	1829 ⓘ 1830 ⓘ
followedBy	establishment of the Kingdom of Greece in 1832 ⓘ
hasAlternateName	Greek War of Independence ⓘ surface form: Agonas tis Aneksartisias (Struggle for Independence) Greek War of Independence ⓘ surface form: Greek Revolution of 1821 Greek War of Independence ⓘ surface form: Hellenic Revolution
hasCause	Greek nationalism ⓘ desire for independence from Ottoman rule ⓘ influence of Enlightenment ideas ⓘ influence of French Revolution ⓘ oppression of Christian populations in the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
hasCommander	Alexandros Mavrokordatos ⓘ Andreas Miaoulis ⓘ Demetrios Ypsilantis ⓘ Georgios Karaiskakis ⓘ Konstantinos Kanaris ⓘ Laskarina Bouboulina ⓘ Odysseas Androutsos ⓘ Theodoros Kolokotronis ⓘ
hasEthnicMajorityInsurgents	ethnic Greeks ⓘ
hasKeyDocument	Constitution of Troezen of 1827 ⓘ Provisional Constitution of Greece ⓘ surface form: Greek Declaration of Independence of 1822 Provisional Constitution of Greece ⓘ surface form: Provisional Constitution of Greece of 1822
hasLegalRecognitionInstrument	London Protocol of 1830 ⓘ Treaty of Constantinople of 1832 ⓘ
hasLocation	Aegean islands ⓘ surface form: Aegean Islands Aegean Sea ⓘ central Greece ⓘ surface form: Central Greece Crete ⓘ Epirus ⓘ Macedonia (Greece) ⓘ surface form: Macedonia Peloponnese ⓘ
hasMainBelligerent	Egypt Eyalet ⓘ First Hellenic Republic ⓘ Greek revolutionaries ⓘ Ottoman Empire ⓘ
hasOpposingCommander	Hurshid Pasha ⓘ Muhammad Ali Pasha ⓘ surface form: Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt Hurshid Pasha ⓘ surface form: Kiutahi Mehmed Pasha Mahmud II ⓘ
hasOutcome	creation of the Kingdom of Greece ⓘ decline of Ottoman control in southern Balkans ⓘ establishment of an independent Greek state ⓘ recognition of Greek independence ⓘ
hasParticipantOrganization	Filiki Eteria ⓘ National Assembly at Epidaurus ⓘ surface form: First National Assembly of Epidaurus First Hellenic Republic ⓘ surface form: Provisional Administration of Greece
hasReligionOfMajorityInsurgents	Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
hasResultingEntity	Kingdom of Greece ⓘ
hasSupportFrom	European philhellenic movement ⓘ Lord Byron ⓘ foreign volunteers ⓘ
hasSupportingBelligerent	Kingdom of France ⓘ Philhellenes ⓘ Russian Empire ⓘ United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
partOf	Eastern Question ⓘ decline of the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
precededBy	First Serbian Uprising ⓘ Orlov Revolt ⓘ Second Serbian Uprising ⓘ
significantEvent	Battle of Navarino in 1827 ⓘ Chios massacre in 1822 ⓘ London Protocol of 1830 ⓘ Treaty of Constantinople of 1832 ⓘ outbreak of revolution in the Peloponnese in March 1821 ⓘ proclamation of independence at the First National Assembly of Epidaurus in 1822 ⓘ siege and fall of Tripolitsa in 1821 ⓘ siege of Missolonghi ⓘ
startTime	1821 ⓘ

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Hymn to Liberty → subject → Greek War of Independence ⓘ

Hymn to Liberty → basedOnEvent → Greek War of Independence ⓘ

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National Assembly at Troezen → partOf → Greek War of Independence ⓘ

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National Assembly at Troezen → politicalContext → Greek War of Independence ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greek Revolution

National Assembly at Troezen → category → Greek War of Independence ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Greek Revolution

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this entity surface form: Greek War of Independence against the Ottoman Empire

Greek War of Independence → hasAlternateName → Greek War of Independence ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greek Revolution of 1821

Greek War of Independence → hasAlternateName → Greek War of Independence ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hellenic Revolution

Greek War of Independence → hasAlternateName → Greek War of Independence ⓘ

this entity surface form: Agonas tis Aneksartisias (Struggle for Independence)

Missolonghi → associatedWithConflict → Greek War of Independence ⓘ

Edward Codrington → notableWork → Greek War of Independence ⓘ

this entity surface form: Service in the Greek War of Independence

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Army of Muhammad Ali → significantEvent → Greek War of Independence ⓘ

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Kingdom of Greece → participatedIn → Greek War of Independence ⓘ

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Ionian School of literature → associatedWithEvent → Greek War of Independence ⓘ

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Provisional national authority → partOf → Greek War of Independence ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Greek War of Independence against Ottoman rule

Chios → partOf → Greek War of Independence ⓘ

subject surface form: Chios massacre of 1822

First Hellenic Republic → partOf → Greek War of Independence ⓘ

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Theodoros Kolokotronis → movement → Greek War of Independence ⓘ

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Alexandros Mavrokordatos → movement → Greek War of Independence ⓘ

Alexandros Mavrokordatos → participantIn → Greek War of Independence ⓘ

Ioannis Kapodistrias → participantIn → Greek War of Independence ⓘ

Otto of Greece → event → Greek War of Independence ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greek War of Independence (aftermath)

Astros → hasHistoricalSignificance → Greek War of Independence ⓘ

Provisional Constitution of Greece → draftedDuring → Greek War of Independence ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Greek Revolution

Constitution of 1823 (Epidaurus) → adoptedDuring → Greek War of Independence ⓘ

Constitution of 1823 (Epidaurus) → relatedTo → Greek War of Independence ⓘ

Provisional Constitution of 1822 → context → Greek War of Independence ⓘ

Provisional Constitution of 1822 → adoptedDuring → Greek War of Independence ⓘ

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