Nikolaos Zervas

Nikolaos Zervas
Born	1800 Souli, Ottoman Empire (now Greece)
Died	1869 Agrinio, Greece
Allegiance	Greece
Service/branch	Hellenic Army
Years of service	1821–1854
Rank	Major General
Battles/wars	Greek War of Independence (1821-1830) Epirus Revolt of 1854

Nikolaos Zervas (Greek: Νικόλαος Ζέρβας, 1800–1869) was a Greek revolutionary and Army general.

Zervas was born in Souli, Epirus, then Ottoman Empire, and became one of the leaders of the Souliotes. Zervas participated in the Greek War of Independence (1821–1830) and distinguished at the Battle of Analatos (April 1827).^[1] At March 1828, together with another revolutionary leader, Dimos Tselios, managed to push back an advancing Ottoman (Turkish-Albanian) force at Menidi, Attica.^[2]

After Independende Zervas participated in an anti-royalist revolt in Acarnania (1836).^[1] At 1854, already a Major General in the Hellenic Army, he resigned his post and joined general Theodoros Grivas in the Epirus revolt of 1854. The revolt aimed at the union of Epirus with the Kingdom of Greece, but failed.^[3]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Παγκόσμιο Βιογραφικό Λεξικό ("Universal Biographical Lexicon"). III. Athens: Ekdotiki Athninon. 1990. pp. 414–415. 
2. ^ Douglas Dakin. The Greek struggle for independence, 1821-1833. University of California Press, 1973 ISBN 9780520023420, p. 266
3. ^ M. V. Sakellariou. Epirus, 4000 years of Greek history and civilization. Ekdotikē Athēnōn, 1997, ISBN 9789602133712, p. 289: "where he was joined soon afterwards by soldiers of the regular army and volunteers, mostly Souliots, led by general N. Zervas".

Persondata
Name	Zervas, Nikolaos
Alternative names
Short description	Greek general
Date of birth	1800
Place of birth	Souli, Ottoman Empire (now Greece)
Date of death	1869
Place of death	Agrinio, Greece