Destruction of Psara

Name: Destruction of Psara
Start: 1824

1824 CE.

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The Destruction of Psara (in Greek: Καταστροφή των Ψαρών, Katastrofí ton Psarón) was the killing of thousands of Greeks on the island of Psara by Ottoman troops during the Greek War of Independence in 1824.

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