Filiki Eteria or Society of Friends was a secret political and revolutionary organization founded in 1814 in Odessa, whose purpose was to overthrow Ottoman rule in Greece and establish an independent Greek State. Society members were mainly young Phanariot Greeks from Constantinople and the Russian Empire, local political and military leaders from the Greek mainland and islands, as well as several Orthodox Christian leaders from other nations that were under Hellenic influence, such as Karađorđe from Serbia, and Tudor Vladimirescu from Romania. One of its leaders was the prominent Phanariote Prince Alexander Ypsilantis. The Society initiated the Greek War of Independence in the spring of 1821.
Decisive defeat of the Filiki Eteria by the Ottomans at Drăgășani (in Wallachia).
On June 19, in the year 1821, Decisive defeat of the Filiki Eteria by the Ottomans at Drăgășani (in Wallachia). This event is recorded as a Historical Events event in the history of June 19, one of 381 recorded events on this date across all of history.
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- This event took place on June 19, 1821 (AD era).
- It is categorised as a Historical Events event in recorded history.
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- Wikipedia source last updated on 17 May 2026.
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