Navarino massacre

Siege of Navarino
Part of the Greek War of Independence
"Surrender of Neocastro" by Peter von Hess
Date March - 19 August 1821 Location Navarino, Morea Eyalet, Ottoman Empire (now Messenia, Greece) 36°54′43″N 21°41′28″E / 36.912°N 21.691°E / 36.912; 21.691 Result Greek victory
Belligerents
Greek revolutionaries	Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Konstantinos Pierrakos Mavromichalis	Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown
Around 3,000 Turkish Civilians killed.

The siege of Navarino was one of the earliest battles of the Greek War of Independence. It resulted in one of a series of massacres^[1] which resulted in the extermination of the Turkish civilian population of the region.