Greek War of Independence Clockwise: The camp of Georgios Karaiskakis at Kastella, burning of a Turkish frigate by a Greek fire ship, Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt at the Third Siege of Missolonghi, Battle of Navarino Date 21 February 1821 -- 12 September 1829 (8 years, 6 months and 3 weeks) Location Greece (including Aegean Sea) Result Greek independence: Establishment of the First Hellenic Republic (1822 -- 1832) Start of the Russo - Turkish War (1828 -- 1829) London Protocol Treaty of Constantinople Establishment of the Kingdom of Greece (1832) Start of the First Egyptian - Ottoman War Territorial changes The Peloponnese, Saronic Islands, Cyclades, Sporades and, Continental Greece ceded to the independent Greek state Crete ceded to Egypt Belligerents Greek revolutionaries (1821) First Hellenic Republic (from 1822) Supported by: Russian Empire (after 1827) United Kingdom (after 1823) France Haiti Ottoman Empire Eyalet of Egypt Beylik of Tunis Regency of Algiers Eyalet of Tripolitania Commanders and leaders Political: Filiki Eteria Alexandros Mavrokordatos Ioannis Kapodistrias (from 1828) Bishop Germanos III of Old Patras Military: Th. Kolokotronis Alexander Ypsilantis Demetrius Ypsilantis Georgios Karaiskakis † Richard Church Andreas Miaoulis Constantine Kanaris Markos Botsaris † Papaflessas † Mahmud II Muhammad Ali Pasha Omer Vrioni Mahmud Dramali Pasha Hursid Pasha Husrev Pasha Reşid Mehmed Pasha Ibrahim Pasha Casualties and losses est. 25,000 est. 20,000 Civilian deaths: estimated as high as 105,000
when did greece become independent from the ottoman empire
1832 1832