King Otto of Greece was deposed in a popular insurrection in October 1862. Starting on 18 October in Vonitsa, it soon spread to other cities and reached Athens on 22 October.

Background

On 1 February 1862, the first insurrection broke out in Nafplio, led by , and

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. Soon, the revolt started to spread to

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, Tripoli and Messenia. However, the royal authorities quickly managed to restore control and the revolt was suppressed by 20 March.

The revolution

On 16 October, King Otto and

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left for a royal visit to

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in order to strengthen the bonds between the Greek people and the crown. However, a new insurrection erupted two days later in Vonitsa, on the Ambracian Gulf, led by Dimitrios Voulgaris, Konstantinos Kanaris and Benizelos Roufos. Soon, the insurrection spread to Missolonghi and

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. On 22 October, the insurrection reached the capital Athens and a provisional government was established, with Rouphos as the Prime Minister. On the following day, the revolutionaries proclaimed the deposition of the royal couple, and convened an assembly for the election of a new monarch. The royal couple was then brought from Kalamata by the Minister of Police and placed under the protection of a British warship, HMS ''Scylla''. At the same time, the property of the royal couple which remained in the Old Royal Palace was inventoried before being returned to their legitimate possessors. Advised by ambassadors of the

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, Otto and his queen left Greece and went into exile. In spite of everything, the king refused to abdicate and did not envision his departure as being definitive.Driault and Lhéritier 1926, p. 487-488

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Background

The revolution

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