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Celebration in the honour of Dimitrios Kallergis at a tavern in London.

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State sword presented to Dimitrios Kallergis, prime mover of the revolution of 3rd September 1843.

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The house of Don Pacifico, Portuguese consul in Athens, which was sacked by antisemitic groups in 1847. The Greek government's refusal to compensate Don Pacifico eventually led to a British intervention (as Don Pacifico was a British national) and the temporary blockade of the port of Piraeus.

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William Parler, Admiral of the British Navy, and head of the Piraeus blockade operation following the Don Pacifico affair, leaves Corfu for Cephalonia.

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The English and French camps in the Piraeus, during the British-French occupation of Athens and Piraeus in 1854-57.

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Fête to officers of the English and French forces, and the Greek army and Navy, in the Acropolis during the British-French occupation of Athens and Piraeus in 1854-57. July 1854

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Departure of Empress Elizabeth of Austria from Corfu, 1858.

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Kings Otto and Amalia visit Alfred Prince of Wales at the British Embassy, Athens. November 1859.

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The residents of Athens welcome George I of Greeks, October 1863 (imaginary representation). On the right, the Acropolis and the temple of Hephaestus.

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George I of Greece reviews the National Guard, 1863.

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The Ottoman army attacks the monastery of Arcadi, Crete, November 1866.

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The monastery of Arcadi, after the being blown up by the Cretans besieged inside, 1866.

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The blockade-runner “Arcadi”, symbol of the Cretan revolution, towed up the Dardanelles by Ottoman ships.

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H.M.S. “Ocean” brings provisions to the sufferers of the 1867 earthquake that hit Lesbos island.

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Street at the town of Mytilene after the 1867 earthquake.

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The conference of Paris, 1869.

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Lefkada, after the devastating earthquake of 1869.

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Church at Oropos where, according to popular legend, the brigand brothers Arvanitakis attended mass together with the British travellers they had taken captive (Dilesi murders, 1870).

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House at Oropos, or at Dilessi, in which the British travellers abducted by the brigands Arvanitaki were held captive (Dilessi murders, 1870).

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Members of the brigand band of Arvanitakis, perpetrators of the Dilessi murders, are taken to Athens to be brought to trial.

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The trial of the members of the brigand band of Arvanitakis, perpetrators of the Dilessi murders.

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Edward, Prince of Wales (later Edward VII of England) departs from Piraeus, 1875.

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George I of Greece visits Edward, Prince of Wales (later Edward VII of England) on board HMS “Serapis” at the port of Piraeus, 1875.

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Edward, Prince of Wales (later Edward VII of England) is photographed with the King and Queen of Greece during his visit to Athens in 1875.

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State breakfast given by Edward, Prince of Wales (later Edward VII of England) on board HMS “Serapis” to the King and Queen of Greece, 1875.

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Edward, Prince of Wales (later Edward VII of England) leaving Athens, 1875. In the background, Kapnikarea church and Ermou street.

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Riot between the Ottoman police and Greek residents of Istanbul, July 1876.

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George I and Olga of Greece visit admiral James Drummond, K.C.B, on flagship “Hercules”, 1877.

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Great Eastern crisis of 1875-78: Bulgarian refugees seek shelter at Greek schools in Philippopolis (today Plovdiv, Bulgaria).

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Great Eastern crisis of 1875-78: Greeks leave the city of Kavarna (today in Bulgaria).

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