London Treaty (1827)

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The London Treaty of July 6, 1827 was signed by Great Britain , France and Russia . The three major European powers demanded that the revolutionaries in Greece and the Ottoman Empire cease their hostilities and sought an armistice to be concluded within a month . The allied powers wanted to achieve that Constantinople create an independent Greek state and offered their mediation. In the event of the formation of a Greek state, the treaty aimed at the country continuing to belong to the Ottoman Empire and the sultan to remain the supreme ruler of an independent Greece.

The fleets of the three powers stationed in the Mediterranean were ordered to head for Greek waters and to prevent troops from being sent from Egypt to Greece. However, they should only start fighting if the Turks wanted to force a breakthrough to the mainland.

However, the ultimatum presented to the Porte by the ambassadors on August 16 remained unanswered. The Ottoman Empire relied on the strength of its naval forces for this decision. An Egyptian fleet, 89 sails strong with 5,000 troops, had arrived in Navarino on September 8th, to put an end to the whole war in Greece with a major blow. As a result, the Battle of Navarino took place shortly afterwards , in which the allies were victorious.

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  1. http://www.retrobibliothek.de/retrobib/seite.html?id=127784
  2. Greece . In: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon . 4th edition. Volume 07, Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna 1885–1892, p. 712.