Ionian Islands: Polity Style: 1816-1864 |
| 20 Jan/1 Feb 1816 |
the islands of Corfu, Cephalonia, Zakynthos (Zante), Lefkada (Santa Maura), Ithaca, Kythira (Cerigo), and Paxoi constituted the United States of the Ionian Islands under the protection of the monarch of the United Kingdom in accordance with a treaty between the United Kingdom, Austria, Russia, and Prussia concluded in Paris on 5 Nov 1815, effective upon the exchange of ratifications in London on 1 Feb 1816 (Ionian Gazette, No. 83, 27 Jan 1816, pp. 3-4; Descamps, 1:521-522; Bittner, 2:132) |
| 20 Jan/1 Feb 1816 - 20 May/1 Jun 1864 |
United States of the Ionian Islands :: Hēnōmenon Kratos tōn Ioniōn Nēsōn (Ηνωμένον Κράτος των Ιονίων Νήσων) :: Stati Uniti delle Isole Jonie |
| 17/29 Mar 1864 |
the United Kingdom consented to relinquish the protectorate over the Ionian Islands; United Kingdom, France and Russia recognize the union of the Ionian Islands with Greece in accordance with a treaty between the United Kingdom, France, Russia, and Greece concluded in London on 29 Mar 1864 (Xenos, 290-295) |
| 21 May/2 Jun 1864 |
the cessation of the protectorate of the United Kingdom and the unification of the Ionian Islands with Greece took effect on the date (2 Jun 1864) specified in the proclamation of the Lord High Commissioner of the Ionian Islands on 28 May 1864 in Corfu (Kerkyra) (Ionian Gazette, No. 692 Extra, 16/28 May 1864, pp. 4-5; British and Foreign State Papers, 57:1078-1079) |
