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Rigas Feraios

History; European history

Rigas Feraios or Rigas Velestinlis, born Antonios Kyriazis, pronounced also known as Konstantinos or Constantine Rhigas;(born at 1757 – died at June 24, 1798) was a Greek writer, political ...

Theodoros Kolokotronis

History; European history

Theodoros Kolokotronis (born at 3 April 1770 – died at 4 February 1843) was a Greek general and the pre-eminent leader of the Greek War of Independence against the Ottoman Empire. Kolokotronis' ...

Ioannis Kapodistrias

History; European history

Count Ioannis Antonios Kapodistrias (born at 11 February 1776 – died at 9 October 1831), sometimes anglicized as John Capodistrias was a Greek Foreign Minister of the Russian Empire and one of the ...

The Second Crusade

History; European history

Alexios's son John II Komnenos succeeded him in 1118 and ruled until 1143. John was a pious and dedicated Emperor who was determined to undo the damage to the empire suffered at the Battle of ...

Alexios I Komnenos

History; European history

Alexios I Komnenos, Latinized as Alexius I Comnenus (born at 1056 – died at 15 August 1118, though some sources list his date of birth as 1048), was Byzantine emperor from 1081 to 1118. Although he ...

The First Crusade

History; European history

After Manzikert, a partial recovery (referred to as the Komnenian restoration) was made possible by the Komnenian dynasty. The first Komnenian emperor was Isaac I (1057–1059), after which the Doukas ...

Basil II

History; European history

Basil II (born at 958 – died 15 December 1025) was a Byzantine Emperor from the Macedonian dynasty who reigned from 10 January 976 to 15 December 1025. He was known in his time as Basil the ...

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