Serbian and Russian support of the Cretan…

1869 CE

Serbian and Russian support of the Cretan rebellion has softened by 1869, and the Ottoman fleet has used a blockade of the island to its advantage.

The Cretan rebels find considerable public sympathy in the West but efforts by Russia and Serbia to profit from the Ottoman Empire's distraction in Crete bring diplomatic pressure from Britain and France.

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Iráklion Iraklion Greece View →

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Ottoman Empire View → Crete, Ottoman eyalet of View → Russian Empire View → Serbia, (Ottoman vassal) Principality of View → Greece, Kingdom of View → France, Second Empire of View → Britain (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) View →

Topics
Cretan Revolt (1866–1869) View →

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Watercraft View → Conflict View → Government View →

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Group: New Apostolic Church (NAC)
People: Fermín Lasuén
Topic: Naseby, Battle of
Location: Érsekújvár Nitriansky Slovakia
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