Greek War of Independence
- 1821 March 4 - Greeks vs Turks north-west of Zakynthos
- June 5, 6 and 8 - Greeks defeat Turks
- August 10-c. 13 - Skirmishes
- October 1 - Skirmish
- 1822 March 4
- May 31
- June 18–19 - Greek fireships under Constantine Kanaris blow up the flagship of Ottoman admiral Kara Ali Pasha
- 1823 September 27 - Greeks vs Turks west of Lemnos
- October 23 - Greeks vs Turks near Pondikonisi
- 1824 August 11, 12, 13, 16, 17 and c. 26 - Various skirmishes between Greeks and Turks/Egyptians/Tunisians
- September 1 - First Budrum - Greeks vs Turks and Egyptians
- September 9 - Second Budrum
- September 22 - Greeks vs Egyptians near Nikaria
- September 29
- November 12 and 13 - Greeks vs Turks and Egyptians near Spinalonga
- 1825 April 29
- May 26
- June 1 - Greeks defeat Turks between Euboea and Andros
- June 14 and 15 - Greeks defeat Turks and Egyptians near Suda Bay
- June 28 and 29 - Greeks vs Turks and Egyptians south of Cerigo
- August 3 - Greeks defeat Turks near Missolonghi
- November 14 - Greeks under Miaoulis vs Turks/Egyptians/Algerines/Tripolitans near Navarin
- November 25, 26, 29, 30 and December 6 and 7 - Greeks vs Turks (and allies?) near Missolonghi
- 1826 January 22 and 28 - Greeks vs Turks
- April 15
- July 27 and 28 - Greeks vs Turks near Samos
- September 10 and 11 - Greeks vs Turks near Mitylene
- October 7 (6?) - Greeks vs Turks in Aegean Sea (?)
- 1827 September 29 - Greeks vs Turks in Salona Bay
- October 20 Navarino - British/French/Russian squadrons, under Admirals Codrington, de Rigny, and Geiden, destroy Turkish/Egyptian/Tunisian fleet of Tahir Pasha off south-west Greece
- 1828 January 31 - British and French defeat Greek pirates at Grambusa
- June 9 (May 26 OS) - Russians defeat Turks near Braila (Russo-Turkish War)
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