Dionyssis Diakos

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Dionyssis Diakos
Διονύσης Διάκος
Born 1794
Pyrgos, (now Greece) Flag of Greece
Died 1887 (age 90)
Patras, Greece Flag of Greece
Nationality Flag of Greece Greek
Occupation Greek revolutionary leader

Dionyssis Diakos (Greek: Διονύσης Διάκος, 1805-1887) was a Greek revolutionary leader during the Greek War of Independence. He was born in Pyrgos and descended from a family or operators and revolutionary leaders. He was a runner for Pyrgos. He took part in a battle against Ibrahim and the fortress of Kastro. With the sack of the fortress, he was captive and ransomly freed. He was a major with Falangos. He died in 1884 at the age of 90.

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