Assassination of Capodistrias
1831 · Event
Greece's first head of state — a former Russian foreign minister trying to build a government out of warlords and clans — is shot and stabbed on the church steps of Nafplio by the brother and son of a chieftain he had imprisoned. The anarchy that follows convinces the powers to impose a monarchy; the new nation begins with a martyr and a lesson.
On these timelines: The Greek War of Independence, Eastern Europe & the Balkans, Master
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