Dimitrios Miaoulis
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| Dimitrios Miaoulis Δημήτριος Μιαούλης' |
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| Born | 1794 Hydra (now Greece  ) |
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| Died | 1836 Greece |
| Nationality | Greek |
| Occupation | hydrographer, naval leader |
Dimitrios Miaoulis (Greek: Δημήτριος Μιαούλης, 1794 - 1836) was a Greek revolutionary leader.
[edit] Biography
He was born in Hydra in 1794 and was the first son of the naval leader Andreas Miaoulis who participated in the Greek War of Independence from the Historic Hydrian family of Miaoulis.
He was educated into the navigation during his childhood years and with the outbreak of the revolution, he was the first to represent from all of his family. In April 1821, he was appointed by the community of Hydras as a fleet commander of the Hydrian boats which with the cooperation of Spetses ships, they said Nikolaos Botasis, he sailed into the Gulf of Corinth, presented that he escaped in order to ruin all Turkish ships that sailed to Patras. On May 21, the Greeks governed and left the tiny port of Nafplio. Then, ten English warships sailed into Patras and destroyed the Turkish ships under the protection of the flag and headed for Zante.
Later, Dimtrios Miaoulos was ruled with his father in the entire naval battles during the revolution. As a ship leader (minister) of Kimon, he headed for England during the transportation commission where he went to London for asking the protection of Greece from England during the model of the United States of the Ionian Islands.
After the national he was ranked with a mark of a ship leader from the Royal Navy, after Kapodistrias, he was granted federal land in the Nafplio Sweets which.
He died in 1836. He was married to Maroussa Voudouri and he had three children, Andreas, Nikolaos and Dimitrios.
[edit] References
- This article is translated and is based from the article at the Greek Wikipedia (el:Main Page)
