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Events on Sunday 22 April 1821 1
1821Execution of Patriarch Gregory V of ConstantinopleOttoman reprisal for the Greek uprisingThe Ecumenical Patriarch was hanged in Constantinople on the orders of Sultan Mahmud II despite having condemned the revolt. His death inflamed anti-Ottoman sentiment across Orthodox Christendom.