United States of the Ionian Islands
| United States of the Ionian Islands | ||||||||||
| Ηνωμένον Κράτος των Ιονίων Νήσων (el) Inoménon-Krátos ton Ioníon Níson Stati Uniti delle Isole Ionie (it) |
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| Amical protectorate of the United Kingdom | ||||||||||
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 The Republic's territory extended to the seven main islands plus the smaller islets of the Ionian Sea
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| Capital | Corfu | |||||||||
| Languages |
Greek Italian |
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| Religion | Greek Orthodox | |||||||||
| Government | Republic | |||||||||
| Legislature | Parliament | |||||||||
| • | Upper house | Senate | ||||||||
| • | Lower house | Legislative Assembly | ||||||||
| Historical era | 19th century | |||||||||
| • | Congress of Vienna | 9 June 1815 (signed) | ||||||||
| • | Protectorate est. | 9 November 1815 | ||||||||
| • | Constitution | 26 August 1817 | ||||||||
| • | Treaty of London | 29 March 1864 | ||||||||
| • | Gifted to Greece | 28 May 1864 | ||||||||
| Area | ||||||||||
| • | 1864 | 2,659 km² (1,027 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | ||||||||||
| • | 1864 est. | 236,000 | ||||||||
| Density | 88.8 /km² (229.9 /sq mi) | |||||||||
| Currency | Obol (1818–64) | |||||||||
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| Today part of |
 Greece
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| References: Capital city; languages; area and population. | ||||||||||
The United States of the Ionian Islands (Greek: Ἡνωμένον Κράτος τῶν Ἰονίων Νήσων, Inoménon-Krátos ton Ioníon Níson, literally "United State of the Ionian Islands"; Italian: Stati Uniti delle Isole Ionie) was a state and amical protectorate of the United Kingdom between 1815 and 1864. It was the successor state of the Septinsular Republic. It covered the territory of the Ionian Islands, in modern Greece, and it was ceded to Greece as a gift of the United Kingdom to the newly enthroned King George I at the end of the protectorate.
Before the French Revolutionary Wars, the Ionian Islands had been part of the Republic of Venice. When the 1797 Treaty of Campo Formio dissolved the Republic of Venice, they were annexed to the French Republic as the French departments of Greece. Between 1798 and 1799, the French were driven out by a joint Russo-Ottoman force. The occupying forces founded the Septinsular Republic, which enjoyed relative independence under nominal Ottoman suzerainty and Russian control from 1800 until 1807.
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