Treaty of London (1827)
The Treaty of London (
However, the Ottoman Empire, basing its decision upon its supposedly-superior naval force, declined to accept the treaty. The Treaty of London allowed the three European powers to intervene on behalf of the Greeks. At the naval Battle of Navarino, on 20 October 1827, the Allies crushed the combined Ottoman–Egyptian fleet in an overwhelming victory that forcefully and effectively created an independent Greek state.[3]
The Treaty of London also bound Russia to a promise not to attempt any territorial aggrandisement at the expense of Turkey or secure any exclusive commercial advantage from Turkey as the result of any subsequent Russian war with Turkey. The war between Russia and Turkey, anticipated by the treaty, actually broke out in June 1828 when Russian troops crossed the
See also
References
- ^ Loyal Cowles, "The failure to restrain Russia: Canning, Nesselrode, and the Greek question, 1825–1827." International History Review 12.4 (1990): 688–720.
- ^ a b c d "Internet History Sourcebooks". legacy.fordham.edu. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
- ^ C. M. Woodhouse, The battle of Navarino (Hoddler and Stoughton, 1965).
- ^ Alexander Bitis, Russia and the Eastern question: army, government and society, 1815-1833 (Oxford University Press, 2006).
Further reading
- Full text of the Treaty in "The History of the Oriental Question", p. 73, at https://archive.org/details/history-of-eastern-question-2nd/page/n11/mode/2up?view=theater
- Anderson, M.S. The Eastern Question, 1774-1923: A Study in International Relations (1966) online