WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO APRIL 1821
Find out what all happened February to April 1821

Greek War of Independence: First revolutionary act in the monastery of Agia Lavra, Kalavryta. (21. March 1821)

Patriarch Gregory V of Constantinople is hanged by the Ottoman government from the main gate of the Patriarchate and his body is thrown into the Bosphorus. (10. April 1821)

Greek War of Independence: Battle and fall of city of Kalamata. (23. March 1821)

Greek War of Independence: Alexander Ypsilantis issues a proclamation at Iași, announcing that he had "the support of a great power" (i.e. Russia). (25. February 1821)

(Julian Calendar) Traditional date of the start of the Greek War of Independence. The war had actually begun on 23 February 1821. The date was chosen in the early years of the Greek state so that it falls on the day of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, strengthening the ties between the Greek Orthodox Church and the newly found state. (25. March 1821)

Greek War of Independence: Alexander Ypsilantis crosses the Prut river at Sculeni into the Danubian Principalities. (22. February 1821)

Alexander Ypsilantis starts the Greek War of Independence in Iași, Wallachia (now part of Romania). (23. February 1821)