Nikolis Apostolis (Greek: Νικολής Αποστόλης) was a Greek naval commander during the Greek War of Independence. Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία The Greek War of Independence (1821–1829 also commonly known as the Greek Revolution (Ελληνική Επανάσταση Elliniki Epanastasi; Ottoman Apostolis was born on the island of Psara in 1770. For the Genus of crambid Moths see Psara (moth. Psara (Ψαρά is a Greek island in the He was initiated into the Filiki Eteria in 1818. The Filiki Eteria (spelled also Philikí Etaireía, Greek alphabet: Φιλική Εταιρεία or Εταιρεία των Φιλικών) When the revolt against the Ottoman Empire broke out in 1821, Apostolis commanded a squadron of some 20 ships and was successful in keeping the Ottoman navy bottled up in the Dardanelles, preventing them from supplying and reinforcing their army in the Peloponnese. Year 1821 ( MDCCCXXI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year The Peloponnese or Peloponnesus ( Greek: Πελοπόννησος Pelopónnisos; see also List of Greek place names) is a large Peninsula Apostolis continued the struggle even after his native Psara was attacked and sacked by the Turks in 1824. The destruction of Psara was the Ottoman annihilation of the civilian population on the Greek island of Psara on July 5 1824, during the He helped supply the army and people of Messolonghi by running through the Turkish blockade during the final siege of that city. The Third Siege of Messolonghi (Τρίτη Πολιορκία του Μεσσολογίου often erroneously referred to as the Second Siege was fought in the Greek War of He died in Aegina in 1827. Aegina ( Greek: Αίγινα ( Egina) is one of the Saronic Islands of Greece in the Saronic Gulf, 17 miles (30 km from
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