Ionian Republic

The Ionian Republic ( Greek: Ηνωμένον Κράτος των Ιονίων Νήσων ; ital. Stati Uniti delle Isole Ionie ) is a historical state that existed from 1815 to 1864. It was a protectorate of Great Britain . After the formation of the Greek state was donated by Great Britain to the Greek King George I.

UK protectorate
Ionian Republic
Νωμένον Κράτος των Ιονίων Νήσων Stati Uniti delle Isole Ionie
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The territory of the republic occupied 6 large and several small islands in the Ionian Sea.
← → 1815 - 1864
Capital	Corfu
Languages)	Greek , Italian
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Population
Form of government	republic
Official language	and

The Ionian Islands for centuries were part of the Venetian Republic , while the Campo-Formiysky world in 1797 did not go to revolutionary France . In 1798-1799, the Russian-Turkish forces drove the French off the islands and formed the Republic of the Seven Islands , which existed from 1800 to 1807. After that, France again annexed the Ionian Islands, and they became part of its Illyrian provinces .

On October 2, 1809, the British defeated the French fleet at Zakynthos and captured the islands of Zakynthos, Kefalonia and Kithira . In 1810, the British occupied Lefkada . Corfu remained under French rule until 1814.

The Congress of Vienna authorized the transfer of the islands under the "friendly protectorate" of Great Britain. Great Britain established a military administration there, and the Austrian Empire guaranteed the islands equal commercial status with Great Britain. On August 26, 1817, the Maitland Constitution was approved, in accordance with which a federation of seven islands was formed, and Sir Thomas Maitland became its first High Commissioner .

On March 29, 1864, Great Britain, Greece, France and Russia signed a treaty in London , after ratifying which the islands were to pass on to Greece. On 28 May, the High Commissioner issued a proclamation on the unification of the Ionian Republic with the Greek Kingdom.