Liberation of Kalamata

The Liberation of Kalamata took place on 23 March (O.S.) 1821 when Greek irregular revolutionary forces took control of the city after the surrender of the Ottoman garrison, without fighting. It was one of the first events of the Greek War of Independence. Kalamata became so the first major town to be liberated.

Soon, one of the first tactical regiments was created in the city under the command of the Corsican philhellene Joseph Balestra.