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Events on Saturday 20 October 1827 1
1827Battle of NavarinoAllied fleet destroys the Ottoman-Egyptian navyIn Navarino Bay off the Peloponnese, a combined British, French and Russian fleet destroyed the Ottoman-Egyptian fleet without a formal declaration of war. The battle broke Ottoman naval power in the region and proved decisive in securing Greek independence.