Editing History of modern Greece (section)

==Assassination of Kapodistrias and the creation of the Kingdom of Greece==
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[[File:Kapodistrias murder by Pachis.jpg|thumb|''The murder of Ioannis Kapodistrias'' by [[Charalambos Pachis]].]]
[[File:Peter v Hess Empfang König Otto (1).jpg|thumb|''[[The Entry of King Otto of Greece into Athens]]'' by [[Peter von Hess]].]]

In 1831, Kapodistrias ordered the imprisonment of [[Petros Mavromichalis|Petrobey Mavromichalis]], the [[Bey]] of the [[Mani Peninsula]], one of the wildest and most rebellious parts of Greece.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Chrysopoulos |first=Philip |date=2024-09-27 |title=The Assassination of Kapodistrias, the First Leader of Modern Greece |url=https://greekreporter.com/2024/09/27/kapodistrias-assassination-greece/ |access-date=2025-02-14 |website=GreekReporter.com |language=en-US}}</ref> This was a mortal offence to the Mavromichalis family, and on 9 October 1831 (27 September in the [[Julian Calendar]]) Kapodistrias was assassinated by Petros' brother [[Konstantinos Mavromichalis|Konstantis]] and son [[Georgios Mavromichalis|Georgios]] on the steps of the church of [[Saint Spyridon]] in [[Nafplio]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last= |date=2024-09-27 |title=The Assassination of Ioannis Kapodistrias and its Aftermath |url=https://www.tovima.com/vima-history/the-assassination-of-ioannis-kapodistrias-and-its-aftermath/ |access-date=2025-02-14 |website=Tovima |language=en}}</ref>

Ioannis Kapodistrias was succeeded as Governor by his younger brother, [[Augustinos Kapodistrias]]. Augustinos ruled only for six months, during which the country was very much plunged into chaos.<ref name=":2" /> Under the protocol signed at the [[London Conference of 1832]] on 7 May 1832 between [[Bavaria]] and the protecting Powers, Greece was defined as an independent kingdom, free of Ottoman control, with the [[Arta, Greece|Arta]]-[[Volos]] line as its northern frontier. The protocol also dealt with the way in which a Regency was to be managed until [[Otto of Greece|Otto of Bavaria]] reached his majority to assume the throne of Greece. The Ottoman Empire was indemnified in the sum of 40,000,000 piastres for the loss of territory in the new kingdom.<ref name=":3" />