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Events on Saturday 30 August 1828 1
1828French expedition lands in the PeloponneseMorea expedition aids Greek independenceA French expeditionary force landed in the Peloponnese to compel the withdrawal of Ottoman-Egyptian troops still occupying the region. The intervention followed the allied naval victory at Navarino the previous year and helped secure the Greek mainland. French engineers and scientists accompanying the force also conducted early studies of the region's antiquities.