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 KANARIS, CONSTANTINE - LoveToKnow Article on KANARIS, CONSTANTINE
Kanaris was undoubtedly aided by the almost incredible sloth and folly of his opponents, but he chose his time well, and the service of the fireships was always considered peculiarly dangerous.
That Kanaris could carry out the venture with a volunteer party not belonging to a regularly disciplined service, not only proved him to be a clever partisan fighter, but showed that he was a leader of men.
The commander of the force of fifty small vessels and eight fireships sent to assail the Turkish fleet was the navarch Miaoulis, but it was Kanaris who executed the attack with the fireships on the flagship of the Capitan Pasha on the night of the 18th of June 1822.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /K/KA/KANARIS_CONSTANTINE.htm   (2533 words)

  
 KANARESE - LoveToKnow Article on KANARESE
Kanaris was undoubtedly aided by the almost incredible sloth and folly of his opponents, but he chose his time well, and the service of the fireships was always considered peculiarly dangerous.
That Kanaris could carry out the venture with a volunteer party not belonging to a regularly disciplined service, not only proved him to be a clever partisan fighter, but showed that he was a leader of men.
KANARIS (or CANARIS), CONSTANTINE (1790-1877), Greek patriot, belonged to the class of coasting sailors who produced if not the most honest, at least the bravest, and the most successful of the combatants in the cause of Greek independence.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /K/KA/KANARESE.htm   (599 words)

  
 Constantine IV - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Constantine IV
In 681, Constantine was forced to acknowledge the new Bulgarian Empire in the Balkans after having suffered a disastrous defeat in 680.
Constantine IV (649-685) was Byzantine emperor from 668-685.
In 680 Constantine called the Sixth Ecumenical Council (also known as the Third Council of Constantinople), reaffirming the doctrines of the Council of Chalcedon in 451.
www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Constantine-IV.html   (286 words)

  
 Kanaris, Greek hero in the war of independence
Konstantinos Kanaris was in the city of Odessa at this time, and the war on his island must have surprised him as he returned to his island in haste.
Konstantinos Kanaris (1790-1877) was born on Psara an small island close to Chios.
This brave act made Kanaris the hero of the Greek resistance, until today he is honored for this act.
www.fragrant-chios.com /info/people_kanaris.php   (292 words)

  
 Wilhelm Canaris - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wilhelm considered himself to be a distant descendent of the Greek Admiral, freedom fighter and politician Constantine Kanaris but the exact genealogical connection remains uncertain.
He joined the navy in 1905 and served as an officer in WW I aboard the SMS Dresden in the Battle of the Falkland Islands (December 8, 1914).
Wilhelm Franz Canaris (January 1, 1887 – April 9, 1945) was head of the German military intelligence service, the Abwehr, for much of World War II.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wilhelm_Canaris   (591 words)

  
 Tales of Athens’ Stoic Faces
The loss of Kanaris’ arms to football kicks is probably an exception among the usually deliberate forms of damage dealt to Athens’ statues.
Another Greek Independence War hero, the intrepid fire ship captain Constantine Kanaris, required more immediate attention last summer, when the arms of his statue on Kypseli Square slowly started to disappear.
The conservators eventually found their explanation among the children who play football on Kypseli Square, just beneath Kanaris’ beckoning arms.
www.helleniccomserve.com /athens_stoicism.html   (915 words)

  
 Psara - TheBestLinks.com - Aegean Sea, April 10, Constantine Kanaris, Egypt, ...
A noted native naval leader of the time was future Prime Minister of Greece Constantine Kanaris.
Psara, Aegean Sea, April 10, Constantine Kanaris, Egypt, Greece, June 21, Khios...
Psara- TheBestLinks.com - Aegean Sea, April 10, Constantine Kanaris, Egypt,...
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 nl Constantijn Constantine is the name of several people Constantine...
Constantine I of Greece Constantine I of Greece
Constantine I of Scotland Constantine I of Scotland
Constantine III of Scotland Constantine III of Scotland
www.biodatabase.de /Constantine   (175 words)

  
 Progress Of Liberal Ideas
The rude, energetic, and cruel Grand Duke Constantine, brother of the Emperor Alexander, was Military Governor.
The greatest cruelty, extortion, and peculation were practiced by the Russian officials, and the accession of Nicholas as Czar (1825), a stern wielder of despotic authority, did not mend matters.
Poland, which had been given to Russia by the Congress of Vienna, rose as one man. It had been made a Constitutional Kingdom, attached to Russia, with an administration of its own; its name and language were preserved, and a charter was granted containing a large measure of freedom for the people.
www.oldandsold.com /articles35/modern-europe-21.shtml   (4294 words)

  
 Kardamyla - Chios, Kardamylian Merchant Marine Fleet
In Psara, the Kardamylian seaman Adamantios Lemos, owner of a small ship, experienced in the maritime history of Chios and of the Asia Minor peninsula across from it, is hired by Constantine Kanaris as a pilot and helps him in the blowing up of the Turkish flagship.
The son of Adamantios, Constantine Lemos, a marine refugee in Syros, obtains the first captain's diploma of a ship in 1837.
After the pirates were eradicated, a few years prior to the national battles of 1821, the Kardamylians were seen in small boats floating on the shores of Chios, Psara, Mytilini, and neighboring shores toward Chios and Ionia, from Kydonies to Erythres, trading Kardamylian goods.
www.kardamyla.org /bknav.html   (1028 words)

  
 KANARIS
Find graves of people named KANARIS at Find-a-Grave.com (or add one that you know).
Search the KANARIS Family Message Boards at Ancestry.com (if available).
Search the KANARIS Family Resource Center at RootsWeb.com (if available).
www.worldhistory.com /surname/US/K/KANARIS.htm   (73 words)

  
 G.N.T.O. - Greek Islands - Psara
Birthplace of famous independence war fighter, Constantine Kanaris, Psara is the largest, in a complex of small islands by the same name.
Very quiet, sporting the typical Aegean beauty, Psara is not for the visitors that seek the thrill of a cosmopolitan vacation.
www.hri.org /infoxenios/english/aegean/psara/psara.html   (140 words)

  
 constantine information
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Latest version of article is located at wikipedia.org site.
www.vsearchmedia.com /constantine.html   (107 words)

  
 Infoplease Search: cavafy constantine
(Encyclopedia) Kanaris, Constantine, 1790–1877, Greek patriot, admiral, and politician.
(Encyclopedia) Constantine, Learie, 1902–71, West Indian cricket player and the first black man to sit in...
(Encyclopedia) Constantine Nikolayevich, 1827–92, grand duke of Russia; brother of Czar Alexander II.
www.infoplease.com /search.php3?query=Cavafy+Constantine   (127 words)

  
 Arkansas Families .net Presents, Constantine Vlasion Kanaris...Faulkner County, Arkansas Families
Arkansas Families.net Presents, Constantine Vlasion Kanaris...Faulkner County, Arkansas Families
www.arkansasfamilies.net /afamfaulknerdoi1.htm   (111 words)

  
 declarations.html
Signature of Constantine Vlasion Kanaris Subscribed and sworn to before me this 20th day of June, anno Domini 1911 J. Hartje, Clerk of the Circuit Court
I emigrated to the United States of America from Antwerp, Belgium on the vessel- not known; my last foreign residence was Dealhime, Germany.
www.rootsweb.com /~arfaulkn/declarations.html   (1640 words)

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