The Greek War of Independence (1821-32) is…

The Greek War of Independence (1821-32) is the first nineteenth-century crisis to bring about European intervention.

In 1827 an Anglo-French fleet destroyed the Ottoman and Egyptian fleets at the Battle of Navarino, while the Russian army advances as far as Edirne before a cease-fire is called in 1829.

The European powers force the Porte to recognize Greek independence under the London Convention of 1832.