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Great Eastern crisis of 1875-78: Bulgarian refugees seek shelter at Greek schools in Philippopolis (today Plovdiv, Bulgaria).

Tags: Bulgaria, Bulgarians, Carpets, Children, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Great Eastern Crisis (1875-78), History, Plovdiv / gr. Philippopolis, Refugees, Schools, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Women

Riot between the Ottoman police and Greek residents of Istanbul, July 1876.

Tags: Arquitecture and built environment, Battles, Carriages, Costume - Hats and headwear, Ethnic groups, Greeks, History, Houses, Human types, Istanbul, Mosques, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Thrace, Turkey, Turks, Weapons

The trial of the members of the brigand band of Arvanitakis, perpetrators of the Dilessi murders.

Tags: Arvanitakis brothers (brigands), Athens, Attica, Brigands, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Court officials, Courthouses, Dilessi murders (1870), Greece, History, Human types, Lawyers, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations

Members of the brigand band of Arvanitakis, perpetrators of the Dilessi murders, are taken to Athens to be brought to trial.

Tags: Animals, Arvanitakis brothers (brigands), Attica, Brigands, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dilessi murders (1870), Equids, Greece, History, Human types, Oropos, Shoes and footwear, Soldiers, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Weapons

House at Oropos, or at Dilessi, in which the British travellers abducted by the brigands Arvanitaki were held captive (Dilessi murders, 1870).

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Arvanitakis brothers (brigands), Attica, Brigands, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dilessi murders (1870), Greece, History, Houses, Human types, Oropos, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations

Lefkada, after the devastating earthquake of 1869.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Castle of Santa Maura (Lefkada), Castles and fortresses, Earthquakes, Frankish architecture, Frankish monuments, Greece, History, Houses, Human types, Ionian islands, Lefkada, Natural phenomena

The conference of Paris, 1869.

Tags: Carpets, Clocks, Conference of Paris (1869), Costume - Hats and headwear, English, Ethnic groups, France, French, Greeks, History, Human types, Interiors, Paris, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Turks, Writing tools

Street at the town of Mytilene after the 1867 earthquake.

Tags: Aegean islands, Architecture and built environment, Earthquakes, Greece, History, Houses, Human types, Islands of the Northeastern Aegean sea, Lesbos, Mytilene, Natural phenomena

H.M.S. “Ocean” brings provisions to the sufferers of the 1867 earthquake that hit Lesbos island.

Tags: Aegean islands, Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Earthquakes, Greece, History, Houses, Islands of the Northeastern Aegean sea, Lesbos, Natural phenomena

The blockade-runner “Arcadi”, symbol of the Cretan revolution, towed up the Dardanelles by Ottoman ships.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Arkadi (steamship), Boats and ships, Castles and fortresses, Cretan Revolution, Dardanelles / Çanakkale boğazı / anc. Hellespont, History, Houses, Kilitbahir Castle / Kilitbahir Kalesi, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Turkey

The monastery of Arcadi, after the being blown up by the Cretans besieged inside, 1866.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Arkadi Monastery, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Crete, Equids, Greece, History, Human types, Rethymno, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations

The Ottoman army attacks the monastery of Arcadi, Crete, November 1866.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Arkadi Monastery, Byzantine architecture, Cannons, Crete, Equids, Ethnic groups, Greece, History, Ottoman army, Rethymno, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Turks, Weapons

George I of Greece reviews the National Guard, 1863.

Tags: Animals, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Equids, George I of Greece, Greece, History, Kings, Officials, Soldiers, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Weapons

Kings Otto and Amalia visit Alfred Prince of Wales at the British Embassy, Athens. November 1859.

Tags: Amalia of Oldenburg (Queen of Greece), Animals, Architecture and built environment, Athens, Attica, Carriages, Costume - Hats and headwear, Equids, Greece, History, Human types, Kings, Modes of transport, Otto of Greece, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Women

Departure of Empress Elizabeth of Austria from Corfu, 1858.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Boats and ships, Corfu, Elisabeth Empress of Austria, Greece, History, Human types, Ionian islands, Kings, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Travel

The English and French camps in the Piraeus, during the British-French occupation of Athens and Piraeus in 1854-57.

Tags: Attica, Central Greece, Crimean war, Greece, History, Piraeus, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Tents

William Parler, Admiral of the British Navy, and head of the Piraeus blockade operation following the Don Pacifico affair, leaves Corfu for Cephalonia.

Tags: Boats and ships, Byzantine architecture, Byzantine monuments, Castles and fortresses, Corfu, Don Pacifico Affair (1847), Greece, History, Ionian islands, Military officers, Palaio Frourio - Old Fortress (Corfu), Ports, Sir William Parker, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations

The house of Don Pacifico, Portuguese consul in Athens, which was sacked by antisemitic groups in 1847. The Greek government's refusal to compensate Don Pacifico eventually led to a British intervention (as Don Pacifico was a British national) and the temporary blockade of the port of Piraeus.

Tags: Athens, Attica, Central Greece, David Pacifico (Don Pacifico), Diplomats, Don Pacifico Affair (1847), Greece, History, Houses, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations

State sword presented to Dimitrios Kallergis, prime mover of the revolution of 3rd September 1843.

Tags: Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Constitution, Dimitrios Kallergis, Greece, History, Otto of Greece, Revolution of 3 September 1843, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Weapons

Celebration in the honour of Dimitrios Kallergis at a tavern in London.

Tags: Constitution, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dimitrios Kallergis, Everyday objects / Domestic utensils and vessels, Festivities / Celebrations, History, Human types, London, Otto of Greece, Portraits, Revolution of 3 September 1843, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, United Kingdom

The Parthenon in 1687, after being blown up by the army of Francisco Morosini.

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Architecture and built environment, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Francesco Morosini, Greece, History, Parthenon

The uprising of 3rd September 1843. A multitude of insurgent Greeks gather before the Royal Palace (today the Greek Parliament), to demand a Constitution.

Tags: Animals, Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Equids, Greece, Greek Parliament (formerly Royal Palace), History, Human types, Otto of Greece, Revolution of 3 September 1843, Soldiers, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Women

Theodoros Kolokotronis lying in stay at Athens, 17th February 1843.

Tags: Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Fighters of the Greek Revolution, Greece, Greek War of Independence, History, Portraits, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Theodoros Kolokotronis

Theramenes is arrested on the orders of Critias.

Tags: Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Greece, History, Soldiers, Theramenes

The battle of Plaka, 1821.

Tags: Battle of Plaka (1821), Battles, Costume - Hats and headwear, Epirus, Ethnic groups, Greece, Greek War of Independence, Greeks, History, Human types, Ottoman army, Souli, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Turks, Weapons, Women

The battle of Chaeronea in 338 BCE (imaginary representation).

Tags: Battle of Chaeronea (338 BCE), Battles, Boeotia, Central Greece, Chaeronea, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, History, Military uniforms, Soldiers, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Weapons

Miltiades and Themistocles (imaginary representation).

Tags: Athens, Attica, Central Greece, Costume - Hats and headwear, Greece, History, Human types, Imaginary representations - Reconstructions, Miltiades, Themistocles

Athenian ships sail out to Salamis (imaginary representation).

Tags: Acropolis of Athens, Art and antiquities, Athens, Attica, Battle of Salamis (479 BCE), Boats and ships, Central Greece, Children, Greece, History, Human types, Imaginary representations - Reconstructions, Parthenon, Soldiers, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Women

Relief and inscription on a building of the Venetian era at the town of Chania. At the time of the author's visit, it had been converted into a milirary hospital by Ottoman commander Mehmet Ali.

Tags: Chania, Crete, Greece, History, Inscriptions, Lion of Venice, Reliefs, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Venetian monuments

Statue of Conradin, Duke of Swabia and King of Sicily (1252-1268) at the church of Santa Maria del Carmine, Naples. The statue was made by Bertel Thorvaldsen and erected by Maximilian of Bavaria in 1847.

Tags: Bertel Thorvaldsen, Church of Santa Maria del Carmine (Naples), Conradin, History, Italy, Kings, Naples / Napoli / anc. Neapolis, Portraits, Sculptors, Sculptures, Southern Italy

Map of Malta with reference to the island's siege by the Ottomans in 1565.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Coats of arms – Emblems, History, Malta, Ottoman army, Siege of Malta (1565), State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Tents, Towers

Scene from the siege of Rhodes, 1522.

Tags: Aegean islands, Animals, Boats and ships, Costume - Hats and headwear, Dodecanese, Greece, History, Horses, Medieval old town of Rhodes, Ottoman army, Ottoman officials, Rhodes, Siege of Rhodes (1522), State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations

Scene from the Janissaries' revolt against Grand Vizier Ibsir Pasha in 1655. The Sultan receives the Janissaries' claims; at the same the dead body of the Chief Eunuch of the Harem is surrendered to the insurgents through the palace window.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Costume - Hats and headwear, Eunuchs, History, Human types, Istanbul, Janissaries, Ottoman monuments, Social sphere and everyday life, State and military institutions - Diplomatic relations, Sultans, Thrace, Topkapi Palace (Topkapı Sarayı), Turkey

Tomb of British prison reformer John Howard at Kerch, Crimea.

Tags: Animals, Architecture and built environment, Black Sea, Funerary monuments, History, Horses, Human types, John Howard, Kerch / anc. Pantikapaion, Russia, Ukraine

The fortress of Saint Job (?) besieged by the Habsburg army, 1686.

Tags: Architecture and built environment, Castles and fortresses, History

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