Nikolaos Mykonios
Nikolaos Mykonios (Greek: Νικόλαος Μυκώνιος, November 6, 1803[1] - March 21, 1890) was a fighter of the Greek War of Independence and later an officer of the Greek army.
Biography
Mykonios was born in Koronida of
siege of the Acropolis where he was injured again, in the Karystos campaign (wounded again[2]), and in the Chios expedition.[3] In 1828 in Chios, on the orders of Fabvier he fell into the sea and swam to the opposite shore alerting the boats there, which came for reinforcement and saved all the regular Greek army in Chios from potential disaster.[2]
After the creation of the Greek State, Mykonios followed a military career reaching the rank of the major of Infantry. He retired on December 4, 1861.[3] and he died in Athens on March 21, 1890.[2]
References
Bibliography
- Konstantinos Skokos (1891). Ημερολόγιον Σκόκου. Athens: Εκ του Τυπογραφείου των Καταστημάτων Ανέστη Κωνσταντινίδου.
- Μεγάλη Στρατιωτική και Ναυτική Εγκυκλοπαίδεια, Athens 1927.