1821 ~THE GREEK WAR OF INDEPENDENCE ~ VIDEO

The Greek War of Independence ( 1821– 1831), also known as the Greek Revolution ( Greek: Ελληνική Επανάσταση / Elliniki Epanastasi), was a successful war waged by the Greeks to win independence for Greece from the Ottoman Empire. Independence was finally granted by the Treaty of Constantinople in July 1832 when Greece (Hellas) was recognized as a free country. The Greeks were the first of the subject peoples of the Ottoman Empire to secure recognition as a sovereign power. Greeks celebrate their independence day every year, on March 25.