Ioannis Kapodistrias orders the imprisonment of Petrobey…

Ioannis Kapodistrias orders the imprisonment of Petrobey Mavromichalis, the Bey of the Mani Peninsula, one of the wildest and most rebellious parts of Greece, in 1831.

This is a mortal offense to the Mavromichalis family.

Kapodistrias, awakening early in the morning of October 9, decides to go to church this Sunday despite the urges of his servants and bodyguards to stay at home.

When he reaches the church steps, Saint Spyridon in Nafplion, he sees Petrobey's brother Konstantis and son Georgios waiting outside and continues walking towards the entrance.

When he reaches them Konstantis and Georgios draw close to greet him and suddenly Konstantis draws his pistol and fires at him but misses. (The bullet sticks in the church's wall where it is still visible today.)

Immediately, he draws his dagger and stabs him in the stomach while Georgios finishes him off by shooting him in the head.

Konstantis is shot by General Fotomaras, who has watched the murder scene from his window, and by Kapodistrias's bodyguard (he tries to escape but the enraged crowd beats him to death).

Georgios manages to escape and hide in the French Embassy; after a few days, he surrenders to the Greek authorities.

He is sentenced to death by a court-martial and is executed by firing squad.

His last wish is that the firing squad not shoot his face, and his last words are "Peace Brothers!"

Kapodistrias’s younger brother, Augustinos, succeeds him as Governor.

The fate of Greece is now more than ever in the paternalistic care of Britain, France, and Russia.