ÿþ<html> <head> <title> WHKMLA : Timelines : History of Ionian Islands </title> <META name="keywords" keyword="Corfu, Ithaca, Lefkas, Zakynthos, Kefallonia, Kythera, Saseno, Kerkyra, Lefkada, Septinsular Republic"> <!-- copyright Alexander Ganse, 2005-2007 --> </head> <body bgcolor="grey" text="black" link="blue" vlink="red" alink="brown"> <style> <!-- A{ font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; font-face: arial; } --> </style> <DIV align ="center"> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "../../index.html"> <img src = "../../whkmla2.jpg" border = "0"></a></TD></TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width = "200" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <font size = "2" face = "arial"><B> Ionian Islands History <BR> Index Page </b></font></TD> <TD width = "36" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "xionianisl.html"> <img src = "../../region/arrowleft.gif" width = "36" height = "36" border = "0"> </a></TD> <TD align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "xionianisl.html"> <img src = "../banners/banionisl.jpg" border = "0"> </TD> <TD width = "36" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <img src = "../../region/arrowright.gif" width = "36" height = "36" border = "0"> </a></TD> <TD width = "200" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <font size = "2" face = "arial"><B> </b></font></TD></TR></TABLE> <font size = "3" face = "arial"><B><i>First posted on June 6th 2005</i></b></font><BR><BR><BR><BR> </div><div align = "center"> <script language="JavaScript"> <!-- function SymError() { return true; } window.onerror = SymError; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-5834279270464755"; google_alternate_color = "FFFFE1"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_channel ="4814426207"; google_ad_type = "text"; //2007-02-17: MIT_ Ganse google_ad_channel = "0420158018"; google_color_border = "FF3300"; google_color_bg = "FFFFE1"; google_color_link = "0000CC"; google_color_url = "008000"; google_color_text = "6F6F6F"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> <BR><BR><BR> </div> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "center" valign = "center" width = "900"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "5"><B> Timeline : Ionian Islands </B></font> <BR><BR> <font size = "2"> Note : Lefkada is also known as <B>Leukas, Lefkas, Santa Maura</B>. Zakynthos as <B>Zante</B>. Kefallonia as <B>Cephallonia</B>, <BR> Ithaki as <B>Ithaca</B>, Kerkyra as <B>Korkyra, Corfu</B>, Kythira as <B>Kythera, Cerigo</B>, Sazan as <B>Saseno</B>. </TD></TR></TABLE> <BR><BR> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "left" valign = "center" width = "110"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> 1204 <BR> 1204 <BR> 1207 <BR> 1257 <BR> 1275 <BR> 1294 <BR> 1309 <BR> 1325 <BR> 1331 <BR> 1362 <BR> 1386 <BR> 1479 <BR> 1480 <BR> 1482 <BR> 1483 <BR> 1502 <BR> 1537 <BR> 1537 <BR> 1571 <BR> 1630 <BR> 1715 <BR> 1716 <BR> 1757 <BR> 1780 <BR> 1797 <BR> 1798 <BR><BR> 1798-1799 <BR> 1800 <BR> 1800 <BR> 1803 <BR> 1807 <BR> 1808 <BR> 1809 <BR> 1810 <BR> 1814 <BR> 1815 <BR> 1817 <BR> 1823 <BR> 1839 <BR> 1859 <BR> 1864 <BR> 1914 <BR> 1920 <BR> 1923 <BR> 1940-1943 <BR> 1943-1944 <BR> 1947 <BR> 1953 <BR> </font></TD> <TD align = "left" valign = "center" width = "600"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> Lefkada part of the Latin Empire <BR> Kefallonia and Zakynthos made "County Palatine of Caphalonia" <BR> Marco Venieri acquired Kythira <BR> Kerkyra part of Despotate of Epirus <BR> Byzantine rule on Kythira restored <BR> Lefkada became fief of Orsini family <BR> Venieri rule on Kythira restored <BR> Republic of Venice acquired Kythira <BR> Orsini rule on Lefkada ended <BR> Kefallonia, Zakynthos, Lefkada, Ithaki created Duchy of Leucadia <BR> Republic of Venice acquired Kerkyra, Lefkada <BR> Ottoman occupation of Lefkada <BR> Ottoman occupation of Kefallonia <BR> Republic of Venice acquired Zakynthos <BR> Republic of Venice acquired Kefallonia and Ithaki <BR> Republic of Venice acquired Lefkada <BR> Ottoman siege of Kerkyra <BR> Algerian pirates (Khaireddin Barbarossa) raided Kythira <BR> Naval Battle of Lepanto <BR> Population of Zakynthos rebelled against Venetian rule <BR> Brief Ottoman occupation of Kythira <BR> Ottoman siege of Kerkyra <BR> Earthquake struck Kefallonia <BR> Kythira rebelled against Venetian rule <BR> Treaty of Campo Formio; hitherto Venetian Ionian Islands annexed by France <BR> The French confiscated church property, raised taxes, established a school <BR> and printing press <BR> Russian fleet took Ionian Islands <BR> Septinsular Republic established (Russian-Ottoman Protectorate) <BR> Rebellion on Kythira against feudal lords <BR> Constitution adopted <BR> Treaty of Tilsit restored island group to France <BR> Ionian Academy of Letters and Arts established (dissolved 1814) <BR> British occupation of Kefallonia, Zakynthos, Kythira <BR> British occupation of Lefkada <BR> British occupation of Kerkyra <BR> United States of the Ionian Islands established; British Protectorate <BR> Constitution drafted <BR> Ionian Academy (Univ.) established <BR> Bank of the Ionian Islands founded in London <BR> Currant introduced to Lefkada <BR> Ionian Islands annexed by Greece <BR> Sazan occupied by Italian troops <BR> Albania ceded Sazan to Italy <BR> Italian occupation of Kerkyra <BR> WW II : Italian Occupation <BR> WW II : German Occupation <BR> Italy ceded Sazan to Albania <BR> Earthquake struck Kefallonia <BR> </font></TD> </TR></TABLE><BR><BR><BR><BR> </div><div align = "center"> <script language="JavaScript"> <!-- function SymError() { return true; } window.onerror = SymError; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-0213752126925919"; google_alternate_color = "FFFFE1"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_channel ="4814426207"; google_ad_type = "text"; google_color_border = "FF3300"; google_color_bg = "FFFFE1"; google_color_link = "0000CC"; google_color_url = "008000"; google_color_text = "6F6F6F"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> <BR><BR><BR><BR> <TABLE border = "3" cellspace="5" cellpadding="5" align="center"> <TR> <TD width = "100" valign = "top" align = "center" bgcolor="#FFFACD"> <font size = "3" face = "Times Roman" color = "#000000"> EXTERNAL <BR> FILES </font></TD> <TD width = "750" valign = "top" align = "left" bgcolor = "#FFFACD"> <font size = "2" face = "Times Roman" color = "#000000"> Republican French 1797-1798 and Russian/Turk 1798-1800, from <A HREF = "http://www.corfuxenos.gr/History/republic.htm"><B>Corfuxenos</B></A> <BR> Septinsular State 1800-1807 and Imperial French, 1807-1815, from <A HREF = "http://www.corfuxenos.gr/History/septinsular.htm">B> Corfuxenos</B></A> <BR> British Protectorate 1815-1864, from <A HREF = "http://www.corfuxenos.gr/History/british.htm"><B>Corfuxenos</B></A> <BR> Foreign and Colonial Troops in British Pay, 1815, from <A HREF = "http://www.hillsdale.edu/dept/History/Documents/War/Nap/1815-foreign-units.htm"><B>Documents in Military History</B></A> posted by Hillsdale, mentions Ionian Greek Infantry <BR> History of Zakynthos. from <A HREF = "http://www.greekislands.com/zakynthos/home.htm"><B>greekislands.com</B></A> <BR> Cyprus, Ionian Islands, from <A HREF = "http://www.regiments.org/milhist/europe/cyprus.htm"><B>Land Forces of Britain, the Empire and Commonwealth </B></A> <BR> History of Kythera, from <A HREF = "http://www.kythera.net/main/history.htm"><B>Kythera.net</B></A>, from <A HREF = "http://www.greeka.com/ionian/kythira/kythira-history.htm"><B>Greeka.com</B></A> <BR> History of Kefalonia, from <A HREF = "http://www.greeka.com/ionian/kefalonia/kefalonia-history.htm"><B>Greeka.com</B></A> <BR> History of Lefkada (Levkas, Leukas), from <A HREF = "http://www.greeka.com/ionian/lefkada/lefkada-history.htm"><B>Greeka.com</B></A> <BR> Article Ionian Islands, from <A HREF = "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ionian_Islands"><B>Wikipedia</B></A> <BR> Article Sazan, from <A HREF = "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sazan"><B>Wikipedia</B></A> <BR> Article Ionian Islands, from <A HREF = "http://41.1911encyclopedia.org/I/IO/IONIAN_ISLANDS.htm"><B>EB 1911</B></A> <BR> World Statesmen : <A HREF = "http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Greece.html#Ionian"><B>Ionian Islands</B></A>, by Ben Cahoon <BR> </font></TD> </TR></TABLE><BR><BR><BR><BR> </DIV> <DIV align="center"> <A href="mailto:aganse@hotmail.com"> <IMG src="../../email.gif" border="0"></a><BR> <BR><BR><BR><BR><BR> <font size = "2" face = "Times Roman"> Click here to go <A HREF = "../../index.html">Home</A> <BR> Click here to go to <A HREF = "../../about.html">Information about KMLA, WHKMLA, the author and webmaster</A> <BR> Click here to go to <A HREF = "../..links.html">Statistics</A><BR> </font> <BR><BR><BR> <!-- Start of CH Counter --> <script type="text/javascript"> //<!-- // chCounter v2.0.0 // settings: cstatus = "active"; 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