(i) The Greek war of independence was the major event that mobilised the nationalist feelings among the educated elite across Europe. Greek had been part of the Ottoman Empire since the fifteenth century.
(ii) The growth of revolutionary nationalism in Europe sparked off a struggle for independence amongst the Greeks, which began in 1821.
(iii) The English poet Lord Byron organised funds and later went to fight in war, where he died of fever in 1824 .
(iv) Finally, the Treaty of Constantinople officially recognised Greece as an independent nation in 1832.